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Video Premiere: miracle ear (David Lang) by Matt Evans

Today we’re premiering a new video: miracle ear, by David Lang. The piece is performed by Matt…
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Thomas Deneuville
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Dal Niente and Deerhoof Present Balter/Saunier

Rarely do such distinct musical voices come together to make a perfect hybrid as Ensemble Dal Niente…
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Jason Charney
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5 Questions to Federico Garcia-De Castro (Pittsburgh New Music Festival artistic director)

When most people think of flourishing new music cities, Pittsburgh probably isn’t one of the first n…
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Zoë Madonna
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Ludovico Einaudi’s Elements on Ponderosa Music & Art

Upon a first listening, Ludivoco Einaudi’s Elements begins as a promising journey through an enticin…
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Christian Gentry
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Paul Moravec’s “The Shining”: World Premiere at Minnesota Opera

Stephen King crafts stories revealing that the scariest things that go bump in the night are not sup…
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Megan Ihnen
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5 Questions to Peter Sellars (Ojai Festival Music Director)

Opera and theater director Peter Sellars is the Music Director for the 70th annual Ojai Music Festiv…
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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5 Questions to Sarah Kirkland Snider (composer)

Composer Sarah Kirkland Snider is in the midst of a whirlwind season with a new orchestral commissio…
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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MATA Festival 2016: The Music Speaks for Itself

“We like to call this MATA masala,” said Executive Director Todd Tarantino of “Neither Land, Nor Sea…
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Lana Norris
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TIGUE’s Debut Album Peaks

First impressions can tell you a lot. So the adage goes, the first seven seconds of an interview or…
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Justin Rito
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Tallinn Music Week: Contemporary Classical Showcase at the Museum of Estonian Architecture

After concerts at a renovated warehouse the first night, and in an 800-year-old church the second ni…
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Rebecca Lentjes
Matt Marks

5 Questions to Matt Marks (composer-performer)

Matt Marks is a versatile composer, vocalist, and instrumentalist. He is a founding member of Alarm…
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Amanda Cook
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Monthly Music Hackathon: Gender in Music

Gender in Music is the theme of this month’s Monthly Music Hackathon. On April 30, at Spotify’s NYC…
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
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Big Ears Festival: eighth blackbird and Bonnie “Prince” Billy

The composer David Rakowski recently tweeted, “The problem with having genres is that people claim t…
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Zoë Madonna
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Tallinn Music Week: Contemporary Classical Showcase at Niguliste Kirik

It was surprising to see so many people present at the Niguliste Kirik (St. Nicholas Church) on the…
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Rebecca Lentjes
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Big Ears Festival: Steven Schick and the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra

Knoxville’s 2016 Big Ears Festival, a three-day marathon of the experimental sides of pop, jazz, and…
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Zoë Madonna
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Martha Mooke’s No Ordinary Window on Monkmusic Records

Martha Mooke’s No Ordinary Window on Monkmusic Records is an amazing look into what is possible with…
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Jarrett Goodchild
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Tallinn Music Week Opening Night at Kultuurikatel

If you had told me a few weeks ago that I’d spend the night of March 31 in a recently renovate…
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Rebecca Lentjes
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The Spring 2016 Mixtape is out!

In 1844, there was no December 31 in the Philippines. They went from December 30, 1844 to January 1,…
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Thomas Deneuville
Yair Klartag

5 Questions to Yair Klartag (composer)

Yair Klartag is one of four composers commissioned by MATA, this year. His piece There’s no la…
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Lana Norris
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5 Questions to Stephen Miles and R.L. Silver (New Music New College)

Since 1998, series director Steve Miles and producer Ron Silver have been revving up the contemporar…
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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Gibson’s Apparitions of the Four Pillars: 2016 Avant Media Festival

The final night of the seventh annual Avant Media Festival, which took place on March 5, 2016, was m…
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Rebecca Lentjes
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Sō Percussion and Friends Blend Rock and the Avant-Garde at Carnegie Hall

Since Sō Percussion first came across my radar, it’s been abundantly clear that the quartet is all a…
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Daniel Kushner
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5 Questions to Kristjan Järvi (conductor, curator)

Conductor Kristjan Järvi has achieved acclaim for his innovative programming, thinking outside the b…
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Rebecca Lentjes
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Stacy Garrop’s Mythology Symphony & Other Orchestral Works

The sounds and stories of Stacy Garrop’s Mythology Symphony (2007-2013), recently recorded and relea…
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Rebecca Lentjes
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