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Micah Huang is a musician and performing artist whose work focuses on cathartic rituals and grassroo…
Nicolás Lell Benavides’ familial and local ties to New Mexico form the basis of his strong perspecti…
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Sofía Rocha
In a time with so much uncertainty, how do we determine what is essential? Is it only our basic huma…
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Katie Brown
Nina Fukuoka is a Japanese and Polish composer and performer based in New York City. She makes instr…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
Money Matters is a NewMusicBox x I CARE IF YOU LISTEN collaboration, supported by New Music USA…
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Daniel Reza Sabzghabaei
There’s one question every artist will encounter in their career: who inspires you? If it’s a teache…
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Dalanie Harris
When he isn’t playing his three-stringed Tibetan dranyen, you will probably catch Tenzin Choegyal hu…
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Christian Kriegeskotte
In today’s global village, the desire to merge traditions has never been stronger. There is no…
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Hamed Erfani, Yasaman Seif
The creative output of queer multimedia artist Lu Coy is expansive; their works encompass electroaco…
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Yaz Lancaster
I am a composer, improvisor and lecturer, from Cali, Colombia, currently living in Bogotá, Colombia.
Do We Truly Celebrate Each Other’s Success? On Envy, Empathy, and the Illusion of Merit in Classical Music
Nov 5, 2025
As a classical pianist born to Russian and Kurdish roots in Scandinavia, I’ve always been aware of h…
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Lana Suran
A stalwart in the creation and support of new classical music for the last half century, American Co…
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Stephanie Boyd
Sarah Kirkland Snider Reframes Chronic Illness as a Creative Force in New Opera “HILDEGARD”
Oct 30, 2025
Sarah Kirkland Snider dreamed of writing the opera HILDEGARD in college. She first came to know Hild…
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Lana Norris
You Must Only Make Music: Rethinking Access, Work, and Belonging of International Composers in the U.S
Oct 29, 2025
Money Matters is a NewMusicBox x I CARE IF YOU LISTEN collaboration, supported by New Music USA…
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James Díaz
Multiphonics are a beloved extended technique on the clarinet, used to create effects ranging from v…
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Michelle Hromin
The Honourable Elizabeth A. Baker is a new renaissance artist whose work is best expressed as a…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
A string quartet album is more than a slice of an ensemble’s repertoire; it’s an expression of what…
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Kathleen McGowan
Like any living art, contemporary classical music is in a constant state of flux. Aesthetic tides ri…
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Tristan McKay
I find myself circling the drain of uncertainty these days; am I wearing clothes or styling them? Do…
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Connie Li
Musician, composer, and activist Mark Lomax, II dares to trust himself by playing the notes that spe…
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Katie Brown
In a 2022 article for I CARE IF YOU LISTEN, “We Need to Talk About Money,” composer Juhi Bansal dism…
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Brandon Elliott, Dale Trumbore
Just before Rafiq Bhatia’s performance at the Warhol Museum on Oct. 7, I had a chance to catch up wi…
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Christian Kriegeskotte
Depth and width are sometimes positioned as a dichotomy and treated as irreconcilable — however, com…
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Sofía Rocha