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I first heard music by Ahmed Alabaca at the premiere of their Ode to Liberty, a 10-minute tone poem…
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Esteban Meneses
Vocalist, improviser, and composer Isabel Crespo Pardo has a new song that’s worth your ears. WeR…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
Home, identity, and self are ideas that apply to everyone navigating their way through life; each st…
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Kevin Baldwin
Juliana Huxtable is an artist who transcends labels, defined only by her ability to breach and resha…
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Donna Lee Davidson
At Bang on a Can’s Long Play Festival, nothing is more exciting than pulling open the door to a new…
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Vanessa Ague
This sponsored article is part of a paid partnership with the Curtis Institute of Music. Dai Wei was…
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Chrysanthe Tan
ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. “Nobody needs me,” composer Alex Shapiro…
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Amanda Cook
In the United States, the concept of “Americanism” is frequently tied to imperialism, patriarchy, an…
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Jasmine IVANNA Espy
Danielle Jagelski is a prime example of socially responsive artistry in the 21st century. Based in N…
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Forrest Howell
Compelling and deeply touching, with grace and passion in equal measure, Sirventès is a collection o…
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Sofía Rocha
Pianist Mina Miller is the founder, president, and artistic director of Music of Remembrance, a non-…
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Sofía Rocha
ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
In 1959, Ed Bland proclaimed the “death of jazz” in his groundbreaking film, The Cry of Jazz. Set in…
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Jacob Kopcienski
Juantio Becenti (Diné/Navajo) composes music that defies easy description. With an organic and intui…
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Tristan McKay
Yaz Lancaster is a transdisciplinary artist, composer, and violinist whose work combines various tec…
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Clover Nahabedian
Palestine-born Firas Zreik is a creator and collaborator based in New York City. He is an advocate f…
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Jennifer Jolley
Spektral Quartet and singer Julia Holter’s new album, Behind the Wallpaper (released March 3 on New…
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Lauren Ishida
ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
Flutist and composer Nicole Mitchell says she isn’t used to hearing an entire program of her work, b…
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Donna Lee Davidson
This article was commissioned by American Composers Forum. Image caption: Artists featured in “…
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Carolina Heredia
As soon as I revealed to Brooklyn-based cello player and composer Issei Herr that I was calling in t…
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Christian Kriegeskotte
