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Bluthaus - Photo by Ruth Walz

Emotional details in Haas’ Bluthaus at Wiener Festwochen in Vienna

In a pre-concert chat at the Theater an der Wien on Sunday, June 15, composer Georg Friedrich Haas s…
Author
Caitlin Smith
Two x Four, Koh and Laredo

Jennifer Koh and Jaime Laredo: Two x Four

It wasn’t until seventh grade that I met my first violin teacher; before then, I was largely self-ta…
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Norman Cahn
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Find Your Values: How Music Entrepreneurs Make Smart Career Choices

Values are your qualities of intrinsic worth and the principles that run your life. Core values help…
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Astrid Baumgardner
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This week: concerts in New York (June 30 – July 6, 2014)

LABA Presents: New Strings Attached Multi-faceted guitar virtuoso and a 2013/14 LABA fellow Nadav L…
Author
Sam Reising
Summer 2014 Mixtape

The Summer 2014 Mixtape is Out!

It’s here! What’s in it? The Summer 2014 Mixtape features some fantastic music from solo…
Author
Thomas Deneuville
Tim Benjamin - Photo Drew Forsyth

5 questions to Tim Benjamin (composer) about Madame X

Following his 2013 opera Emily, composer Tim Benjamin is back this August with Madame X, an operatic…
Author
Angelina Panozzo
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F*ck you. Pay me: Some Thoughts on Musicians and Money.

Yesterday morning, Ellen McSweeney wrote an excellent piece detailing payment trouble she and others…
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Andrew Lee
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Denk closes Ojai Music Festival with Ligeti, Ives, Beethoven

In California’s quiet and secluded Ojai valley persists a rugged individualist sensibility which is…
Author
Gavin Gamboa
Tracy Silverman

This week: concerts in New York (June 23 – June 29, 2014)

Tracy Silverman: Concerto for One | Performance and Party In Concerto for One Tracy takes orchestra…
Author
Sam Reising
Arvo Pärt - Photo by Peeter Langovits

Arvo Pärt’s Sonic Journeys at Carnegie Hall

In the 11th century Guido of Arezzo, music theorist and monk, created a scale. He called the first b…
Author
Jennifer Stock
Lewis Spratlan: Apollo and Daphne Variations

BMOP Delivers Stellar Performances on Apollo and Daphne Variations

It is an all too familiar scene: patrons travel to a grandiose hall to hear a major symphony orchest…
Author
Amanda Cook
Walk With Me for iOS

MATA Premieres New York Walkscape

Walk With Me for iOS On Saturday, June 21, Make Music New York will present 1,300 free concerts in N…
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Thomas Deneuville
Miguel Frasconi

This week: concerts in New York (June 16 – June 22, 2014)

Joker Nies & Miguel Frasconi’s Omnichord Madness at Harvestworks | Dark Circuits Festival [capti…
Author
Sam Reising
Marc-André Hamelin - Photo by Sim Canetty-Clarke

Marc-André Hamelin performs Feldman’s For Bunita Marcus

On Sunday afternoon, May 25, 2014, celebrated pianist-composer Marc-André Hamelin performed Morton F…
Author
Bruce A. Russell
Britten Sinfonia

Explorations: The Sound of Nonesuch Records at Barbican

2014 marks the 50th anniversary of Nonesuch Records, the American record label whose catalogue embra…
Author
Steven Berryman
Krista Martynes

This week: concerts in New York (June 9 – June 15, 2014)

Silent Moons and Brahmsian Schoenbergs | Chelsea Music Festival [caption id=”attachment_5131″ align=…
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Sam Reising
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Seattle’s Spectrum Dance Theater Explores American String Quartets

“American music! What’s its stylistic range, and what’s its dance potential?” asked New York Times d…
Author
Dana Wen
Courtesy of The Americas Society

This week: concerts in New York (June 2 – June 8, 2014)

Gallos y Huesos Courtesy of The Amer…
Author
Sam Reising
newEar Contemporary Music Ensemble. Photo Credit: Scott Unrein

newEar’s Distant Travels in Kansas City

Kansas City’s  newEar Contemporary Music Ensemble concluded its 21st season Saturday, May 3 at All S…
Author
Don Clark
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Powerplant Plays New Will Gregory Commission in Bristol

Powerplant, a trio of percussion, live visuals and sound design, commissioned a new piece from Goldf…
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Richard Barnard
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The Arditti Quartet, 40 Years Young

The Arditti Quartet hosted a day long 40th Birthday celebration on 26 April 2014 in the recently ope…
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Aaron Holloway-Nahum
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Scott Worthington, Even the Light Itself Falls on Populist Records

Scott Worthington is a busy and visible figure in LA’s tight new music scene, both as a composer and…
Author
Jason Charney
NCP rehearsing Potential Energies - Photo by Mickey Hoelscher

Potential Energies: 5 questions to Sugar Vendil & Trevor Gureckis

On Thursday, May 29, 2014 (8pm), the Nouveau Classical Project is presenting the world premiere of P…
Author
Thomas Deneuville
Arvo Pärt - Photo by Peeter Langovits

This week: concerts in New York (May 26 – June 1, 2014)

Scarlatti:Cage:Sonatas John Cage (Court…
Author
Sam Reising
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