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Since their founding in 1998, the string quartet ETHEL has been deeply rooted in commissioning, inno…
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Jacob Kopcienski
After his father’s unexpected passing, pianist Adam Tendler received an envelope of cash from his st…
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Anne Goldberg-Baldwin
Audiences were treated to a thought-provoking performance on Nov. 21 as part of the Kaufman Music Ce…
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Stephanie Boyd
Leanna Keith’s work fans out like a constellation; through flute and taiko performance, education, a…
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Connie Li
ListN Up playlists are commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists are selected by ACF staff (…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
When we think of arts institutions as bastions of culture, thought, and innovation, it’s hard to com…
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Dalanie Harris
This sponsored article is part of a paid partnership with the Curtis Institute of Music. Teddy Abram…
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A. Kori Hill
Music doesn’t exist in a vacuum; it is a product of its time. Compositions are microcosms of the wor…
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Shruthi Rajasekar
Have you ever looked up in the sky on a crisp winter morning and observed a rainbow-like halo encirc…
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Christian Kriegeskotte
How artists approach digital content is a sprawling, deeply complicated question. While some key top…
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Andrew Ousley
It is rare to encounter someone as memorable as violinist Jennifer Koh. I met her briefly one summer…
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Forrest Howell
ListN Up playlists are commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists are selected by ACF staff (…
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The morning before I saw We Have Gone As Far As We Can Together, a ritual opera inspired by “the son…
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Donna Lee Davidson
Titilayo Ayangade started playing cello at age five, but her passion didn’t ignite until she discove…
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Chrysanthe Tan
In our recent interview, Piano Spheres core artist Thomas Kotcheff explained that the foundation of…
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Lana Norris
Described as a concept album, Polyglot seeks to address questions of language and identity through p…
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Sofía Rocha
These days, Žibuoklė Martinaitytė is based in New York City, but she was born and raised in Lithuani…
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A. Kori Hill
ListN Up playlists are commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists are selected by ACF staff (…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
In the Oct. 18 pre-concert talk on Afromodernism and music of the African diaspora at David Geffen H…
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Donna Lee Davidson
I don’t need many reasons to enter a room filled with colored lights. It’s one of my favorite things…
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A. Kori Hill
Kebra-Seyoun Charles is a dynamic and innovative artist who breathes fresh air into the classical ge…
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Katie Brown
The Chicago-based Ensemble Dal Niente bills itself as “the industry leader in commissioning and perf…
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Thulasi Seshan
On Oct. 9 at Merkin Hall, the Kaufman Music Center presented the second installment in this season’s…
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Lauren Ishida
George Lewis Has Spent His Career Creating Space for Black Musicians — His New Opera is No Exception
This sponsored article is part of a paid partnership with the Curtis Institute of Music. George Lewi…
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Yaz Lancaster