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Florent Ghys, phase à la française on Cantaloupe

Earlier this Fall, Cantaloupe (the record label created 10 years ago by the founders of Bang on a Ca…
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Thomas Deneuville

New music video series: Hanging out with Janus Trio

I am really excited to announce a new feature on this blog: a video series. Inspired by the amazing…
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Thomas Deneuville
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Extended Techniques: Resource for New Sounds or Cheap Gimmicks?

[caption id=”attachment_1897″ align=”alignleft” width=”232″ caption=”Jean-François Charles, Electroc…
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Tai Livingston
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The Contemporary Classical Composer’s Bullshit Generator

This is too viral not to be posted… Last week Dominic Irving, a UK-based composer and pianist,…
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Thomas Deneuville
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Ian Bostridge and Thomas Adès at Carnegie Hall: Dusting off Romanticism

What happens when a brilliant Lied performer is accompanied by a foremost composer? Well, something…
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Thomas Deneuville
David Lang

On artistic solidarity and the globalization of music

Like many readers of this blog, I am on the mailing list for Bang on a Can. A recent email described…
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Rob Wendt

Walking the line between music and chaos: Hubert Howe’s Clusters on Ravello Records

There are many elements of music which we take for granted, especially in traditional Western music,…
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Neil Prufer
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50 Years of Minimalism: Rock ‘n’ Rollers @ Kings Place, London

I felt fortunate to attend the final concert that formed part of a short series at Kings Place, Lond…
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Steven Berryman
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Delos’ Release of Tchaikovsky’s Complete Works for Violin and Piano Delivers

The Delos label’s new disc of Tchaikovsky’s complete works for violin and piano delivers consistentl…
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David Pearson
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Choral Chameleon’s Tempus, a fun journey through “Time”

Last Sunday evening, the innovative Manhattan-based choir Choral Chameleon presented an eclectic pro…
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Lauren Ishida
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra - Photo by Larry Fink

Gabriel Kahane and Orpheus Symphony Orchestra at Galapagos

On Sunday, November 20th, at Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn, singer/songwriter/composer/pianist/gui…
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Matt Weber
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French Composers’ Names – Vincent d’Indy

Born in Paris from an aristocratic family, d’Indy studied with César Franck at the Conservatoi…
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Thomas Deneuville
Gregory Spears direction his Requiem

New Amsterdam Records does splits at Galapagos

It was a big night yesterday for New Amsterdam Records. The New York based label was having a double…
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Thomas Deneuville
Matthew Bourne - Photo by Briony Campbell

Written/Unwritten: London Sinfonietta @ Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London

I’m always keen to hear concerts that attempt to fuse genres and London Sinfonietta’s Written/Unwrit…
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Steven Berryman
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Aisha Orazbayeva’s debut album on Nonclassical (UK)

Violinist Aisha Orazbayeva’s debut album Outside released 31st October 2011 on the UK-based Nonclass…
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Steven Berryman
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American Mystic, the Music of Alan Hovhaness on Delos

Alan Hovhaness would have been 100 this year, and for this occasion Delos is releasing American Myst…
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Thomas Deneuville
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5 questions to Mike Lemanski, illustrator/designer

In “Sheet Music in Colour”, you explore the relationship between music and art/design. What motivate…
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Thomas Deneuville
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French Composers’ Names – Gérard Grisey

The third composer in this French composers’ names series that was part of Ensemble l’Itinéraire (al…
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Thomas Deneuville
Fred Ho - Photo by Rainer Fehringer

Channeling Optimism in Fred Ho’s “The Sweet Science Suite”

Fred Ho’s new work, The Sweet Science Suite: A Scientific Soul Honoring of Muhammad Ali seemed to ch…
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David Pearson
Darcy James Argue conducting Brooklyn Babylon at BAM - Photo credits James Matthew Daniel

Something for the Imagination: The Theatre, Music, and Art of Brooklyn Babylon

The best music is often that which makes the perfect soundtrack for its time, sounding completely “i…
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David Pearson
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From the Margins: Nouveau Classical Project @ Galapagos Art Space

Two weeks ago, the Nouveau Classical Project presented an ambitious production at Galapagos Art Spac…
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Jeremy Howard Beck
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Lisa Moore & Sō Percussion: Martin Bresnick’s “Caprichos Enfáticos” on Cantaloupe

Francisco Goya’s famous series of prints Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War) were crea…
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Jeremy Howard Beck
Ensemble Signal and Brad Lubman

Le Poisson Rouge pays tribute to a Polish icon

I finally made it to Le Poisson Rouge, which I have heard so much about, to hear this tribute concer…
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Rob Wendt
Bang on a Can All Stars

Blazing New Paths: Bang on a Can 25th Anniversary Concert

It is no exaggeration to say that something of a crisis has existed in classical music for several d…
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David Pearson

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