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Alyssa Weinberg -- Photo by Zoe Prinds-Flash

Alyssa Weinberg Finds Inspiration in Bold Imagery and Deep Collaborations

This sponsored article is part of a paid partnership with the Curtis Institute of Music. “I’m…
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Christine S. Escobar
Tangram presents

Tangram Marks Five Years of Thoughtful and Adventurous Programming at LSO St Luke’s

Tangram, a collective of musicians who celebrate the interaction between contemporary Western and Ch…
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Caroline Potter
Johanny Navarro -- Photo by Ricardo Acevedo

ListN Up Playlist: Johanny Navarro (January 25, 2024)

ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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Yvette Janine Jackson--Photo by Catherine Koch

Yvette Janine Jackson Looks to the Cosmos in Double Bill of Radio Operas at Roulette

Does our perception of the space around us affect our experience of a musical work? As the audience…
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Donna Lee Davidson
PROTOTYPE 2024 presents Terce: A Practical Breviary -- Photo by Maria Baranova

“Terce: A Practical Breviary” Reimagines Religious Texts as a Celebration of Divine Femininity

Tucked away in Brooklyn, hidden behind an unassuming church facade, a community choir filled The Spa…
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Lana Norris
Trio Zimbalist -- Photo by Viktor Jelinek

5 Questions to Trio Zimbalist (piano trio)

This sponsored article is part of a paid partnership with the Curtis Institute of Music. Formed in 2…
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Anne Goldberg-Baldwin
Yaz Lancaster -- Photo by Felix Walworth

Yaz Lancaster’s Thoughtful Curation of “comp.01” Unifies Wide-Ranging Aesthetics for a Common Cause

comp.01 accomplishes a lot of things that compilation albums often struggle to do: it is unified by…
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Tristan McKay
Booker Stardrum -- Photo courtesy of Dennison Hill

ListN Up Playlist: Booker Stardrum (January 11, 2024)

ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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Joseph Bohigian -- Photo by Raffi Paul

Joseph Bohigian Connects Armenian Traditions to Diasporic Culture on Debut Album

Composer Joseph Bohigian’s debut album The Water Has Found its Crack is centered around his engageme…
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Clover Nahabedian
Kronos Quartet, 2023 -- Photo by Lenny Gonzalez

50 Years and 1,100 New Works In, Kronos Quartet is Showing No Signs of Slowing Down

When Kronos Quartet traveled to Austria in 2018 to perform at Esterházy Palace – the home of Franz J…
Author
Vanessa Ague
Cheng² Duo -- Photo by Andrej Grilc

Cheng² Duo Explores the Intersection of Asian Identity and Western Classical Music on “Portrait”

Following three albums full of well-trod classical repertoire for cello and piano, Cheng² Duo’s Port…
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Forrest Howell
Gity Razaz--Photo by Ronald Andrew Schvarztman

5 Questions to Gity Razaz (composer)

If you’ve heard music by composer Gity Razaz, you know its power. Gity’s wide, sweeping sonorities a…
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Stephanie Boyd
Daijana Wallace -- Photo by Julian Kincaid

ListN Up Playlist: Daijana Wallace (December 21, 2023)

ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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JACK Quartet -- Photo by Shervin Lainez

JACK Quartet Closes 2023 with Experimental World Premieres by JACK Studio Artists

Launched in 2019, JACK Studio provides up to 15 composers each year with the opportunity to partake…
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Donna Lee Davidson
Tania León -- Photo by Gail Hadani

5 Questions to Tania León (composer, conductor)

This sponsored article is part of a paid partnership with the Curtis Institute of Music. Tania León’…
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Yaz Lancaster
André 3000 -- Photo by Kai Reagan

André 3000’s “New Blue Sun” Models How Classical Music Can Engage New Audiences

Artists often comment on the pressure they feel from fans to produce new music and bring freshness a…
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Katie Brown
Naeim Rahmani -- Photo by Mary Whitfield

5 Questions to Naeim Rahmani (guitarist)

Seattle-based artist Naeim Rahmani is known for his striking and highly engaging performances of the…
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Ciyadh Wells
Yarn/Wire --Photo by Pascal Perich

Yarn/Wire Deftly Navigates Two Sets of Experimental Music at FRANKIE in LA

I’ve never found myself at a concert wondering where the other patrons were coming from or what they…
Author
Dalanie Harris
Shi-An Costello performs

Video Premiere: Shi-An Costello Performs “Opening (like you’re high on opium)” from The Orient

“Opening (like you’re high on opium)” begins with washes of gently pulsating chord…
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Nokuthula Ngwenyama -- Photo by Mark Morgan

5 Questions to Nokuthula Ngwenyama (composer, violist)

In the oeuvre of composer and violist Nokuthula Ngwenyama (No-goo-TOO-lah En-gwen-YAH-ma), music ope…
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A. Kori Hill
Lesley Mok -- Photo by Tarishi Gupta

ListN Up Playlist: Lesley Mok (December 7, 2023)

ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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Jennifer Walshe -- Photo by Andrea Avezzù, courtesy of La Biennale di Venezia

Jennifer Walshe Brings Chaos, Whimsy, and Nostalgia to hcmf// 2023

Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (hcmf//) is a significant part of the contemporary and new…
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Michelle Hromin
JACK Quartet -- Photo by Shervin Lainez

Anatomy of a Commission: Performers as Commissioners

Designed for both music creators and their collaborators, “Anatomy of a Commission” is a digital res…
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Austin Wulliman
Joel Thompson -- Photo by Rachel Cheong

Joel Thompson Brings Introspection and Imagination to New ACF-led Commission

This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. “I don’t know if you know, but I&#8…
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Amanda Cook
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