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Face the Music's Pannonia Quartet, David Harrington, Alexandra Vrebalov - Photo by Meg Goldman

5 questions to Vasudevan Panicker (pianist, composer, managing director of Face the Music)

Could you introduce yourself and Face the Music to our readers? My name is Vasudevan Panicker, but m…
Author
Thomas Deneuville
counter)induction

Group Theory by counter)induction

CDs are not live music. CDs have to compete for our attention in ways that concerts never do. They n…
Author
Andrew Lee

This week: concerts in New York (June 18, 2012 – June 23, 2012)

So Percussion’s International Night Of (Awesomeness) For one incredible night at LPR in New York Cit…
Author
Sam Reising
Ashley Bathgate performing Daniel Wohl's Saint Arc

Bang on a Can 25th Marathon [live blogging]

Welcome to the first live blogging event on I Care if You Listen! We are at the World Financial Cent…
Author
Thomas Deneuville
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French Composers’ Pieces – Le Noir de l’Etoile (Gérard Grisey)

“In 1967, a young astronomer detected in the heavens a rapidly varying radio signal, in the fo…
Author
Thomas Deneuville
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Richard Beaudoin’s Microtimings

Theory and aesthetics in new music are two very, very different things. There’s what goes in to a pi…
Author
Paul Kilbey
Evan Ziporyn - Photo by Andy Ryan

5 questions to Evan Ziporyn (composer, clarinetist, member of Bang on a Can All-Stars)

With the 25th Bang on a Can (BOAC) Marathon taking place at the end of the week (Sunday, June 17) we…
Author
Thomas Deneuville
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Cornelius Dufallo’s Journaling: Solo Violin, Seven Unique Composers

Violinist Cornelius Dufallo’s new CD Journaling presents the music of six contemporary composers liv…
Author
David Pearson
Winter Garden, 2009 Bang on a Can Marathon - Photo by Stephanie Berger

This week: concerts in New York (June 12, 2012 – June 18, 2012)

Just another week of concerts in New York City. Ubiquity not required but it could help… This…
Author
Thomas Deneuville
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The Brooklyn Youth Chorus at Roulette

I CARE IF YOU LISTEN met with Dianne Berkun, Artistic Director/Founder of the Brooklyn Youth Chorus…
Author
Thomas Deneuville
Tilt Brass - Photo J. Christenson

A Blast of Brass on a Block of Greenwich Townhouses

New York’s West Village, once a center of radicalism in the arts and politics, is now home to a lot…
Author
David Pearson
Sleeping Giant - Line drawing by Timo Andres. Yes, Timo Andres.

Under the influence: Deviant Septet commissions Sleeping Giant

Igor Stravinsky once said that “A good composer does not imitate; he steals.” In Histories, a new pi…
Author
Adrianne Koteen
Eclipse Quartet - Photo by Stanford Lee Wilson

Eclipse Quartet’s Concert Full of Clarity and Conversation

What was most captivating about Eclipse String Quartet’s March 22 performance at Roulette in Brookly…
Author
David Pearson

This week: concerts in New York

Margaret Leng Tan “SATIEfaction” Margaret Leng Tan will perform music by John Cage, Toby Twining, Fe…
Author
Thomas Deneuville
Darcy James Argue

Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society @ Le Poisson Rouge

We all know, deep down, that classifying music is a fool’s game, yet we can’t seem to stop ourselves…
Author
Evan Burke
Marie Incontrera

Marie Incontrera’s Riot Girl Opera (A First)

Marie Incontrera’s At the Other Side of the Earth, a riot girl opera, received its exciting premiere…
Author
David Pearson
Bryce Dessner accompanies BYC on guitar in two of his own works - Photo by Robert Maass

Double treat: Brooklyn Youth Chorus at BAMcafé and Roulette

What I find most interesting about the Brooklyn Youth Chorus is the elegance with which the ensemble…
Author
Evan Burke
Eli Keszler performing Cold Pin

5 questions to Eli Keszler (composer, artist and multi-instrumentalist)

Can you tell us more about your new piece, L-Carrier, that premieres on June 7 at Eyebeam? I’m reall…
Author
Thomas Deneuville

Trio Elego’s Cosmopolitan: Music by Glinka and Schnyder

The young German musicians in Trio Elego give fine presentations of music by Daniel Schnyder and Mik…
Author
David Pearson
Liam Robinson, Vincent Raikhel, Christopher Cerrone, Scott Wollschleger

Red Light New Music at Symphony Space

Red Light New Music, a composer collective and new music ensemble now in its seventh season, present…
Author
Adrianne Koteen
Tanya Tagaq

Kronos Quartet: Women’s Voices at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

The Kronos Quartet’s recent concert at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts’ Novellus Theater was unquest…
Author
Kelsey Walsh
Ensemble SOLI

Everything is Bigger in Texas: San Antonio’s SOLI Chamber Ensemble Matches High Ambition with Huge Results

There were two wonderful opportunities over the past month for chamber music fans in Texas to experi…
Author
George Heathco

A Tribute to Robert Muczynski

Two years ago today composer Robert Muczynski passed away. He left behind a strong output of mostly…
Author
David Pearson

Announcing our partnership with the Huffington Post

As of today, the Huffington Post started reposting selected articles from I Care if You Listen. The…
Author
Thomas Deneuville
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