Exciting news for fans of Alex Ross (and music): The Rest Is Noise Festival. Headed up by the Southbank Centre in the UK, this year-long celebration of contemporary and classical music begins in 2013: “The festival will be divided into 12 chronological themes, from The Big Bang: A New Century, a New World in January to New World Order: No More Rules in December; other themes include Berlin in the 20s and 60s Weekend: the West Does Revolution. It will be accompanied by a TV series on BBC4. “Speaking at the launch of the Southbank Centre’s 2012/13 classical music season, director Jude Kelly said the festival was initially conceived four years ago, when she read a proof copy of Ross’s book, which was published in 2007. Kelly said the festival would take in several art forms and aim to involve audiences ‘hostile to 20th-century music’ while giving those already highly committed to it ‘another route in’.”

Exciting news for fans of Alex Ross (and music): The Rest Is Noise Festival. Headed up by the Southbank Centre in the UK, this year-long celebration of contemporary and classical music begins in 2013:

“The festival will be divided into 12 chronological themes, from The Big Bang: A New Century, a New World in January to New World Order: No More Rules in December; other themes include Berlin in the 20s and 60s Weekend: the West Does Revolution. It will be accompanied by a TV series on BBC4.

“Speaking at the launch of the Southbank Centre’s 2012/13 classical music season, director Jude Kelly said the festival was initially conceived four years ago, when she read a proof copy of Ross’s book, which was published in 2007. Kelly said the festival would take in several art forms and aim to involve audiences ‘hostile to 20th-century music’ while giving those already highly committed to it ‘another route in’.”