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Lee Hyla: My Life on the Plains on Tzadik

One should know about all the structures of fantasy and the fantasies of structures, and mix surpris…
Author
Matt Mendez
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George Benjamin’s Written on Skin: The Power of Restraint

Written on Skin, the highly anticipated first full-length opera by British composer George Benjamin,…
Author
Aaron Holloway-Nahum
Dan Visconti at Copland House

5 questions to Dan Visconti (composer)

On April 5, 2013 at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, the ACO will present its next Orchestra Undergroun…
Author
Matt Mendez
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Dionysus Overwhelms Apollo in HK Gruber’s Realization of Oedipus Rex

“What is important for the lucid ordering of the work – for its crystallization,” Igor Stravinsky te…
Author
Caitlin Smith
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5 Questions to Scott J. Hunter (contemporary music and art advocate)

Scott J. Hunter is a modern renaissance man. Raised in a musical family, he majored in science in co…
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
Rebecca Saunders - Photo by Katrin Schander

This week: concerts in New York (April 1 – April 7, 2013)

coLABoratory: Playing It UNsafe (Workshop V) | American Composers Orchestra coLABoratory: Playing It…
Author
Sam Reising
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San Francisco Symphony Plays Peer Gynt

This belated review covers an event prior to the negotiations breakdown that happened in San Francis…
Author
Kelsey Walsh
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Nadia Sirota’s Baroque: The Business of Creating a Canon

Nadia Sirota may very well become known as the most important violist of her generation. With elite…
Author
Daniel Kushner
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Blind Ear Music at Big Foote Studio | Hang #6

Founded in 2009 by composers Jakub Ciupinski and Cristina Spinei, Blind Ear Music is a software/conc…
Author
Thomas Deneuville
Alec Hall

5 questions to Alec Hall (composer, co-director of Qubit)

On March 29 and 30, 2013, Qubit—a new contemporary music and performance art initiative founded in 2…
Author
Thomas Deneuville
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Concert Black, Ensemble, et al., Iktus Percussion at Galapagos [Slideshow]

On March 26, 2013, Concert Black, Ensemble, et al., and Iktus Percussion shared the bill at Galapago…
Author
Thomas Deneuville
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Fonema Consort Dazzles with Mirrors II in Chicago

Fonema Consort’s Mirrors II concert dazzled like the Swarovki crystal-studded images by their host,…
Author
Arlene & Larry Dunn
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Suzanne Farrin: Corpo di Terra on New Focus Recordings

The first release exclusively devoted to the music of Suzanne Farrin can be described as a quasi-aut…
Author
Xenia Pestova
Laura Kaminsky

5 questions to Laura Kaminsky (composer, Artistic Director of Symphony Space) about “How To Get Started”

On April 2, Symphony Space will celebrate John Cage’s centenary with this rare performance of Cage’s…
Author
Thomas Deneuville
The Attacca Quartet

This week: concerts in New York (March 25 – March 31, 2013)

Vital Vox Festival | Vox Electronics: Philip Hamilton / Loom Trio / Sarah Bernstein VITAL VOX: A VOC…
Author
Sam Reising
Bang on a Can All-Stars - Photo by David Andrako

Ecstatic Music Festival 2013: Bang on a Can All-Stars

The Bang on a Can All-Stars presented the seventh concert of the quickly growing Ecstatic Music Fest…
Author
Daniel Garrick
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Another #ChicagoNewMusicPlethora

Chicago is a hot burning bonfire of contemporary music, bursting with talented composers, expert pla…
Author
Arlene & Larry Dunn
Hsin-Yun Huang

5 questions to Hsin-Yun Huang (violist)

On Monday, March 25, the American Modern Ensemble will present American Stories, a program of contem…
Author
Thomas Deneuville
Julia Adolphe

This week: concerts in New York (March 18 – March 24, 2013)

Atmospheric Shift: Music of the Elements & The Ice:STORM/The Wind:TORNADO | Two Sides Sounding &…
Author
Sam Reising
Clint Mansell - Photo by Chris Owyoung

5 questions to Clint Mansell (composer, singer, guitarist)

You might know Clint Mansell from the band Pop Will Eat Itself (former lead singer and guitarist), o…
Author
Thomas Deneuville
Patricia Alessandrini

5 questions to Patricia Alessandrini (composer and installation artist)

Patricia Alessandrini’s compositions and sound installations often involve live electronics, usually…
Author
Xenia Pestova
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Ashley Paul: Line the Clouds on rel records

Upon coming to terms with the exceptional caliber this album bears, one must be prepared for the exp…
Author
Daniel Emmerson
R. Andrew Lee

This week: concerts in New York (March 11 – March 17, 2013)

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Sam Reising
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newEar Ensemble’s “Strangely Familiar” in Kansas City

Kansas City’s major classical music ensembles have focused on melding visual and musical art for the…
Author
Don Clark
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