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Christian Kriegeskotte

Christian Kriegeskotte (he/him) is a composer, writer and budding audiophile who has worked professionally in feature film music production, artist management and the mainstream record industry. He received his BFA and Master of Music from Carnegie Mellon University and is currently based in Pittsburgh, PA.
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Hannah Ishizaki -- Photo by Fred R. Conrad

Hannah Ishizaki Takes Pittsburgh Symphony for a Spin with New World Premiere

In 2017, when Hannah Ishizaki was still in high school, the premiere of her work City of Bridges mad...
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Alarm Will Sound Hits the Road with “Sun Dogs” Films-in-Concert

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
Akropolis Reed Quintet -- Photo by Jason Walker

5 Questions to Akropolis Reed Quintet

This fall, the Detroit-based Akropolis Reed Quintet will enter into its 16th season with all five of...
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Christian Kriegeskotte
Hub New Music and Kojiro Umezaki -- Courtesy of Soka Performing Arts Center

On New Album, Hub New Music and Kojiro Umezaki Connect through Distance

At the conceptual core of a distance, intertwined is the notion of storytelling, with traditional fo...
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Christian Kriegeskotte
Apply Triangle -- Photo by Marisa Tornello

5 Questions to Apply Triangle

Apply Triangle is an electroacoustic trio based in New York comprised of flutist Yoshi Weinberg, cla...
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Christian Kriegeskotte
William Brittelle -- Photo by David A. Gray

On William Brittelle’s “Alive in the Electric Snow Dream,” Nostalgia Meets Sci-Fi Dystopia

There are no overt samples or references to other works in William Brittelle’s Alive in the Electric...
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Christian Kriegeskotte
Attack Theater performs with Roomful of Teeth at the International Conference of Dalcroze Studies -- Photo by Charlie Claffey

Finding Your Body: Applying Dalcroze Eurhythmics to Contemporary Music

There are certain experiences we all go through that, in the moment, feel novel or trivial; those ti...
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Christian Kriegeskotte
Issei Herr -- Photo by Eileen Emond

Transforming through Queerness, Issei Herr Finds Magic within her Cello

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
Elizabeth A. Baker Chaotic Neutral

Elizabeth A. Baker’s Dreamworld Turns Mercurial in “Chaotic Neutral”

The Honourable Elizabeth A. Baker does not want to tell you what it’s all about. In fact, she would...
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Christian Kriegeskotte
Yu Nishiyama A Lotus in the Mud

Yu Nishiyama’s Debut Album “A Lotus in the Mud” Comes Into Bloom

As an avid record collector, I have a pretty strong ability to pick albums off the shelf that look l...
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Who Cares How You Listen? – Thoughts on Our Relationship with Recordings

As artists who are also listeners, we tend to have a complex relationship with recorded music. When...
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Christian Kriegeskotte, Ciyadh Wells
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JJJJJerome Ellis Reframes Disability as a Means for Creation in “The Clearing”

For artist, writer and composer JJJJJerome Ellis, his name poses a challenge; not a challenge of ide...
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Christian Kriegeskotte
White People Killed Them

“White People Killed Them” Builds Democratic Spaces with Chacon, Dieterich, and Trammell

White People Killed Them, out now on the indie label SIGE Records, is an invigorating new recording...
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Christian Kriegeskotte
Charmaine Lee KNVF

Charmaine Lee Dissects Language and Sound with New LP, “KNVF”

Attempting to confine Charmaine Lee’s vocal stylings to any particular genre or, dare I say, combina...
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Christian Kriegeskotte
Raven Chacon--Photo courtesy of the artist

5 Questions to Raven Chacon about Radio Coyote

Raven Chacon, born in Fort Defiance, Navajo Nation, lives today in Albuquerque, New Mexico where he...
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Christian Kriegeskotte
Elif Yalvaç Mountains Become Stepping Stones

Elif Yalvaç Haunts Ears and Minds on Mountains Become Stepping Stones

Elif Yalvaç grew up in an area of Turkey where, according to her bio, guitars were hard to come by.
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Christian Kriegeskotte
HOCKET performs Christopher Stark's Les barricades quotidiennes for #What2020SoundsLike

HOCKET Premieres Fifty New Works by Asking #What2020SoundsLike

In tandem with the evolving norms of the past year, Los Angeles based piano duo HOCKET (the combined...
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Christian Kriegeskotte
Lucas Yasunaga performs at High Zero 2020--Screenshot provided by Christian Kriegeskotte with permission from High Zero

Baltimore’s High Zero 2020 Brings Spontaneous Music Making Online

“No, no, no, NO, NO!” began M. C. Schmidt, acting president of Baltimore’s High Zero Foundation. “Th...
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Christian Kriegeskotte
How to Turn the Moon

How to Turn the Moon: Sanchez and Crispell Converse in Sound and Texture

How to Turn the Moon is a new collection of improvisations and cellular compositions by New York-bas...
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Christian Kriegeskotte
Jennifer Koh Alone Together Week Nine

Jennifer Koh Champions New Works From Isolation with “Alone Together”

On Saturday, June 6, 2020, New York-based violinist Jennifer Koh took to the internet to present the...
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Christian Kriegeskotte
Bobby Barry Meccano Club

Bobby Barry Weaves a Curious Tapestry with Meccano Club

Bobby Barry’s new tape, Meccano Club (released May 1, 2020 by Bloxham Tapes on digital and cassette)...
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Christian Kriegeskotte
Kamraton--Photo courtesy Beyond 2020 Microtonal Music Festival

University of Pittsburgh Hosts Beyond 2020 Microtonal Music Festival

From Friday, February 28 through Sunday, March 1, 2020, Pittsburgh played host to an unprecedented a...
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Christian Kriegeskotte
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Resonance Works Pittsburgh Works to Diversify the Canon

On Sunday, November 3, 2019, Pittsburgh’s resident multimodal performing arts company, Resonance Wor...
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Christian Kriegeskotte
Afro Yaqui--Photo by David Roth

Afro Yaqui Music Collective Works to Resurrect Silenced Voices

On Thursday, October 24, 2019, the Afro Yaqui Music Collective took the stage on Pittsburgh’s North...
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