Marina Kifferstein -- Photo by Titilayo Ayangade
Album

Review: Marina Kifferstein “Strand Line”

Ashkan Behzadi, Gold Bolus Recordings, Liza Lim, Luciano Berio, Marina Kifferstein, TAK Ensemble, The Rhythm Method
The violin doesn’t always sound like a violin on Marina Kifferstein’s new album, Strand Line (Oct. 23, Gold Bolus Recordings). Across its five tracks, the violinist and composer creates one aural illu…
Poiesis Quartet -- Photo by Curtis Perry
Album

Review: Poiesis Quartet “Surfacing”

Brian Raphael Nabors, Bright Shiny Things, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Kevin Lau, Max Ball, Poiesis Quartet, Sky Macklay
The ancient Greek concept of poiesis is the creation of something that has never existed before. True to this namesake, the Poiesis Quartet is committed to programming and commissioning new string qua…
Shelley Washington and Wild Up -- Photo by Angel Origgi
Concert

Review: Wild Up and Shelley Washington “How We Hold Together”

CalArts, Christopher Rountree, Collective Orchestra, REDCAT, Shelley Washington, Wild Up
Within the sonically contained black box theater at REDCAT, a prismatic playroom of toys, knick-knacks, and household items were sprinkled amid instruments, cushions, and chairs. As the world premiere…
Talea Ensemble -- Courtesy of artist
Concert

Review: Talea Ensemble Composer Spotlight on Amadeus Regucera

Adrian Morejon, Amadeus Regucera, Cy Twombly, Dennis Sullivan, EMPAC, James Baker, Joseph Jordan, Mike Lormand, Sae Hashimoto, Talea Ensemble
There is no music without the body. String players live with rock-hard finger callouses. Wind and brass players could shift sails with their pulmonary exertions. Pianists and percussionists fire up mu…
Mali Obomsawin -- Photo by Fivish
Interview

Mali Obomsawin is Looking for the Breaking Point

Allison Burik, billy woods, Deerlady, Maalem Mahmoud Guinia, Magdalena Abrego, Mali Obomsawin, Noah Campbell, Out of Your Head Records, Pharoah Sanders, Taylor Ho Bynum
The double bass is one of several tools that Mali Obomsawin uses in a career that spans free jazz, experimentalism, film scoring, and a punk ethos. As a kid, she initially wanted to follow in her olde…
Ashley DuBose -- Photo by Jayme Halbritter
Ashley DuBose — Photo by Jayme Halbritter

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Sivan Cohen Elias -- Photo by Patrick Pelham
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