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Contemporaneous

This week: concerts in New York (March 4, 2019 – March 10, 2019)

Contemporaneous IMAGINATION Presents In a snapshot of the endlessly varied forms of musical expressi…
Author
Sam Reising
Gemma Peacocke Waves and Lines

Gemma Peacocke’s Waves and Lines Amplifies Stories of Afghan Women

The evocation of place is central in Gemma Peacocke’s Waves and Lines (New Amsterdam Records). Her n…
Author
Hannah Rosa Schiller
Kate Sheeran

5 Questions to Kate Sheeran (Executive Director, Kaufman Music Center)

Kate Sheeran, a hornist and brilliant educational administrator, succeeded the retiring Lydia Kontos…
Author
Anne Goldberg-Baldwin
Ljova Solo Opus

Ljova’s SoLò Ópus Explores Improvisation with Fadolín and Loop Pedal

Composer, arranger, and violinist/violist Lev Zhurbin, a.k.a. Ljova, has a diverse array of musical…
Author
James May
Ayça Çetin--Photo by Jabez Co

5 Questions to Ayça Çetin (flutist) about Cosmos New Music

Cosmos New Music is an ensemble dedicated to contemporary music that incorporates multiple genres an…
Author
Jarrett Goodchild
Inbal Segev

This week: concerts in New York (February 25, 2019 – March 3, 2019)

Cutting Edge Concerts The February 25 program will begin with pianist Nadia Shpachenko-Gottesman per…
Author
Sam Reising
Helga Davis--Photo courtesy Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Helga Davis Brings New Perspectives to Boston’s Gardner Museum

“I woke up this morning thinking about planting seeds.” In her warm voice that exudes a characterist…
Author
Amanda Cook
Nicolas Benavides--Photo by Vivian Sachs

5 Questions to Nicolas Lell Benavides (composer)

Nicolas Lell Benavides is a Los Angeles and San Francisco-based composer from New Mexico. His comic…
Author
Gemma Peacocke
4 Bucolic Machines

Video Premiere: Now Hear Ensemble Performs 4 Bucolic Machines (Ghys)

Today’s video premiere features Now Hear Ensemble (flutist Adriane Hill, clarinetist Amanda Kr…
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Nouveau Classical Project Currents

Currents: Nouveau Classical Project Releases Debut Album

Nouveau Classical Project released their debut album Currents with Gold Bolus Recordings on December…
Author
Brianna Matzke
M. Lamar

This week: concerts in New York (February 18, 2019 – February 24, 2019)

Lux et Amor: The Music of Dan Forrest and Ola Gjeilo DCINY conductor James Meaders leads the Disting…
Author
Sam Reising
Da Capo Chamber Players

Music on the Edge: Da Capo Chamber Players at the Warhol Museum

On Saturday, February 2, 2019, the Andy Warhol Museum welcomed New York’s storied Da Capo Cham…
Author
Christian Kriegeskotte
Retrouvailles

Video Premiere: Compitello and Truesdell Perform Aperghis’ Retrouvailles

Today’s Four/Ten Media video premiere features MikeDrop Duo (Mike Compitello and Mike Truesdel…
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José Martínez

Turning Up the Volume: José Martínez (percussionist, composer)

Turning Up the Volume is a collection of interviews that focuses on the individual stories of up and…
Author
Jessica Griggs
Composers Now 2019 Festival Opening Event--Photo by Nan Melville

Composers Now 2019 Festival Opening Event at National Opera Center

The Composers Now 2019 Festival Opening Event showed off an organization on target. Few evenings wra…
Author
Lana Norris
Courtney Bryan

This week: concerts in New York (February 11, 2019 – February 17, 2019)

Hidden Figures Vocalist and WQXR host Helga Davis and composers Courtney Bryan and Shelley Washingto…
Author
Sam Reising
Post-Haste Reed Duo

Track Premiere: Post-Haste Reed Duo Performs Takuma Itoh’s Snapshots

Today’s track premiere features Post-Haste Reed Duo (saxophonist Sean Fredenburg and bassoonist Javi…
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Continuum--Photo by Nicola Betts

Toronto Celebrates New Music with Sixth Annual 21C Music Festival

From January 16-20, 2019, the sixth annual 21C Music Festival found Toronto in the grip of an extrem…
Author
Bruce A. Russell
Wendel Patrick

Active Listening #3: Pipeline (SPP) by Wendel Patrick

Active Listening is a series that unites composers with audiences who care about social justice. The…
Author
Lior Willinger
Wavefield Ensemble

Wavefield Ensemble: “Visible Traces” at National Sawdust

You may not be familiar with Wavefield Ensemble, but if you’ve spent any amount of time attending co…
Author
Tristan McKay
Bearthoven

This week: concerts in New York (February 4, 2019 – February 10, 2019)

Anaïs Maviel: who is this ritual for and from? In collaboration with choreographer Daria Faïn, compo…
Author
Sam Reising
Jaap van Zweden conducts New York Philharmonic in world premiere of Julia Wolfe's Fire in My Mouth at David Geffen Hall

Fire in my mouth: Julia Wolfe Examines Immigration and the Labor Movement

I didn’t think it was possible for Julia Wolfe to outdo her 2014 Anthracite Fields, but I was wrong.
Author
Rebecca Lentjes
PUBLIQuartet

5 Questions to PUBLIQuartet about “Freedom and Faith”

PUBLIQuartet, Artists-in-Residence at National Sawdust, is a string quartet seeking to challenge the…
Author
Tracy Monaghan
AEQUA ICE and Anna Thorvaldsdottir

AEQUA: Anna Thorvaldsdottir and ICE Invite Ecological Listening

In recent years, the environment and humankind’s ecological impact have been a frequent subject in c…
Author
Jacob Kopcienski
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