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Henryk Gorecki’s Concerto-Cantata on Naxos

Most musicians and audience members alike know Henryk Mikolaj Górecki (1933-2010) primarily for his…
Author
Kelsey Walsh
Randy Gibson

5 Questions to Randy Gibson (composer, co-founder of Avant Media)

Randy Gibson is a composer and performer living and working in New York City. He is the co-founder o…
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Andrew Lee
From Moog to Mac CD Cover

Herbert Deutsch: From Moog to Mac

From Moog to Mac sets about curating a documentation of processes, experimentation, and resulting ef…
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Daniel Emmerson
Leaha Maria Villarreal and Mary Kouyoumdjian

5 questions to Leaha Maria Villarreal and Mary Kouyoumdjian (composers, artistic/executive directors of Hotel Elefant)

Experiments in Opera has commissioned 10 composers to present new operas that last no more than 10 m…
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Daniel Kushner
Bill Band - Photo credits Tim Darwish, Bill Ryan

This week: concerts in New York (February 4 – February 10, 2013)

Kevin Puts & Friends | NYFOS Next…
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Sam Reising
Steven Mackey

5 questions to Steven Mackey (composer) about One Red Rose

On February 12, the Brentano String Quartet will perform  the world premiere of a composition by Ste…
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Thomas Deneuville
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Beethoven Could Have Used More Dinosaurs

Kids, Graphic Scores, & How Music Education is a Two-Way StreetI suppose I should open with a di…
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Danny Clay
Warsaw Philharmonic

Fire and Time, American works for orchestra on Navona

None of the works on this compilation disc, composed from 1993 to 2009, are particularly adventurous…
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Don Clark
The Firehouse Space, 246 Frost St. Brooklyn, NY 11211

5 questions to Chris Graham (percussionist, curator)

Tomorrow, Friday, February 1, Iktus Percussion kicks off The Firehouse New Music Series with Cadilla…
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Thomas Deneuville
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These Dreams: ICE and Carla Kihlstedt at Ecstatic Music Festival

Do you dream? I do. My dreams are like bizarre television shows, and, unfortunately, I only sometime…
Author
Will Roane
Bruce Brubaker

Bruce Brubaker at the University of Denver

This is a review that I hadn’t intended to write. I’ve had the pleasure of hearing Bruce Brubaker pe…
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Andrew Lee
Composer Christopher Rouse (photo credit: christopherrouse.com)

Oberlin Orchestra Plays Christopher Rouse NY Premiere at Carnegie Hall

One night after an impressive performance by the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble at DiMenna Cent…
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Marina Kifferstein
Martin Boykan Photo by BMOP Website

5 Questions to Martin Boykan

As a composer, scholar, and teacher, Martin Boykan’s influence pervades the spectrum of recent compo…
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Christian Gentry
George Benjamin - Copyright F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd

This week: concerts in New York (January 28 – February 3, 2013)

FOCUS! 2013: The British Renaissance Chamber Concert George Benjamin – Copyright F. Hoffmann-L…
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Sam Reising
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Hotel Elefant Brings Versatility To New Chamber Music

Last October, I CARE IF YOU LISTEN featured a video of the freshly deployed new music ensemble Hotel…
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Daniel Garrick
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Present Meets Past: Oberlin CME and ICE at DiMenna Center

I don’t think there is any other place in the world quite like the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. It…
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Marina Kifferstein
Henry Cowell A Man Made of Music

A Man Made of Music: Joel Sachs on Henry Cowell

I just finished reading Joel Sachs’ new book, Henry Cowell: A Man Made of Music for the third time.
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Kelsey Walsh
Patrick Grant

This week: concerts in New York (January 21 – January 27, 2013)

coLABoratory: Playing It UNsafe (Workshop III) | American Composers Orchestra This season, coLABora…
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Sam Reising
New Zealand String Quartet

Asian Music for String Quartet

The New Zealand String Quartet has shown much care and attention to detail in bringing to life the m…
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David Pearson
Soldier Songs (L-R: Zac Ballard, Christopher Burchett) Photo credit Jill Steinberg

NYC premiere of David T. Little’s Soldier Songs at PROTOTYPE Festival

Classical music and warfare have always been covert bedfellows. Mozart’s forgeries of the Alla turca…
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Matt Mendez
Chilly Gonzales

Chilly Gonzales at the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center

On Friday, January 11, 2013, Chilly Gonzales gave the US premiere of Piano Concerto No. 1, written f…
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Thomas Deneuville
Kim Kashkashian

Music for Viola: Kim Kashkashian records Kurtág and Ligeti

One of the most pleasing aspects of listening to solo string repertoire, from Bach to Bartók, is its…
Author
Caitlin Smith
Trio Kavak

This week: concerts in New York (January 14 – January 20, 2013)

Respire | Lea Bertucci Lea Bertucci[/…
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Sam Reising
Cathy Berberian

Waiting for the Berberians

Here’s a story I hope is true. Years ago, Laurie Anderson contacted Thomas Pynchon via snail mail to…
Author
Sam Zelitch
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