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Julius Eastman -- Photo by Ron Hammond

Review: AfriClassical Futures Presents “The Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc”

What happens when an iconoclast becomes an institution? That question continues to unfold with Juliu…
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Hannah Edgar
Liz Draper -- Photo by Eric Reich

Review: Liz Draper at Edna’s Park

The sky can’t decide if it’s going to rain. Baby blue dots the gaps between hulking grey clouds over…
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Dustin Nelson
Sarah Davachi -- Photo by Sean McCann

Sarah Davachi is a Sonic Architect

The organ at the Church of St. Luke & St. Matthew looms over Sarah Davachi as she takes a seat t…
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Vanessa Ague
International Contemporary Ensemble -- Photo by Fadi Kheir

Review: International Contemporary Ensemble at TIME:SPANS Festival

In the last minutes of Márton Illés’ Forajzok (2021), every member of the International Contemporary…
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Jordan Silversmith
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ListN Up Playlist: Sharon Chohi Kim (Aug. 20, 2026)

Sharon Chohi Kim is a Los Angeles-based performance-maker, vocalist, and composer whose work brings…
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Mary Kouyoumdjian -- Photo by Desmond White

Review: Mary Kouyoumdjian “Paper Pianos”

The work of Mary Kouyoumdjian is equally rooted in composition and documentary through projects abou…
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Clover Nahabedian
Imani Winds -- Courtesy of artist

Review: Imani Winds “Rise”

Imani Winds is an ensemble that has continually fulfilled its mission to inspire generations of musi…
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Christian Kriegeskotte
Jennifer Koh -- Photo by Juergen Frank

Review: Jennifer Koh “The American Concerto, Volume One”

On The American Concerto, Volume One (Aug. 14, Cedille Records), the Grammy Award-winning violinist…
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Dalanie Harris
Christopher Thompson -- Photo by Ricky A. Richardson

5 Questions to Christopher Thompson (composer, percussionist)

Composer and percussionist Christopher Thompson deftly demonstrates how overlooking the constraints…
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Katie Brown
Rebekah Heller -- Photo by Olivia Bonnamour

Review: Rebekah Heller “Righteous Rage”

Rebekah Heller is on a mission to smash every tired stereotype or bad orchestra joke about the basso…
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Kathleen McGowan
Piao Niu performs in Du Yun's

Review: Du Yun “The Ocean Etched in the Forest” (刻在森林的海)

A last-minute venue change brought Chinese Arts Week’s presentation of Du Yun’s The Ocean Etched in…
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Yaz Lancaster
Sunken Cages, aka Ravish Momin -- Photo by Mike Vanemon

5 Questions to Ravish Momin (drummer, producer)

Electronic drummer, producer, educator, and clinician Ravish Momin is known for his groundbreaking r…
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Michelle Hromin
Amadeus Julian Regucera -- Photo by Michael Valiquette

ListN Up Playlist: Amadeus Julian Regucera (Jul. 23, 2026)

The work of Amadeus Julian Regucera (b.1984, He/They) engages with the embodied and acoustical energ…
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Sarah Hennies -- Photo by David Andrews

5 Questions to Sarah Hennies (composer)

Over the past 20 years, Sarah Hennies has developed an iterative musical practice that finds sonic a…
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Jacob Kopcienski
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Review: “A Fine Chance for Permanence”

What do you get when you feature five of the most accomplished contemporary performer-improvisers on…
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Tristan McKay
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5 Questions to Andrew Yee (cellist, composer)

Andrew Yee, a multi-hyphenate new music powerhouse, continues to build an oeuvre that spans composit…
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Connie Li
Dylan Fujioka -- Photo by Roman Koval

ListN Up Playlist: Dylan Fujioka (Jul. 9, 2026)

Dylan Fujioka is a Japanese-American composer, performer, actor, and model most known for his work o…
Charmaine Lee -- Photo by Arturs Pavlovs

5 Questions to Charmaine Lee (vocalist, composer, and co-founder of Kou Records)

For experimental musician and artist Charmaine Lee, meaningful ideas are best expressed in a languag…
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Christian Kriegeskotte
Charlotte Kennedy and Archie Inns as Ramona and Ermon in

Review: Royal College of Music “Fantasy and Fairytales”

It’s end-of-term showtime at the London conservatoires, and recently I’ve seen some exciting new sho…
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Caroline Potter
Ash Fure at Pioneer Works -- Photo by Ahad Subzwari

Review: Ash Fure and Laurel Halo at Pioneer Works

Everything seemed perfectly engineered for presence on Jun. 25 at Pioneer Works. The sun twinkled go…
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Vanessa Ague
Kronos Quartet -- Photo by Danica Taylor

Review: Kronos Quartet “ZonelyHearts”

Kronos Quartet is an ensemble that needs little introduction — the San Francisco-based group recentl…
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Sofía Rocha
José Martínez -- Photo by Julia Gang

5 Questions to José Martínez (composer)

José Martínez has charted numerous routes through tradition and storytelling by leaning into abstrac…
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Jacob Kopcienski
Ali Balighi -- Photo by Venus Bayat

5 Questions to Ali Balighi (composer)

Composer, electroacoustic musician, and educator Ali Balighi seems most comfortable in the unstable…
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Christian Kriegeskotte
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