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Interview

Amy Beth Kirsten -- Courtesy of Artist

Amy Beth Kirsten’s Multidimensional Storytelling is on Display in “Infernal Angel”

Transdisciplinary artist and director Amy Beth Kirsten is motivated by curiosity. Whether she is com...
Author
Yaz Lancaster
Gabriela Díaz and Ayane Kozasa of The Kronos Quartet -- Photo by Danica Taylor

5 Questions to Gabriela Díaz and Ayane Kozasa (Kronos Quartet)

The celebrated Kronos Quartet are beloved because of the five decades they have dedicated to uplifti...
Author
Thulasi Seshan
Samantha Ege -- Photo by Jason Dodd

5 Questions to Samantha Ege (pianist, scholar)

Very few musicians find equal footing in the worlds of music and words. Some might think of Sir Step...
Author
Forrest Howell
Angel Bat Dawid -- Photo by Daria Miasoedova

For Angel Bat Dawid, Music is Community, Protection, and Staying True to Herself

“An angel isn’t necessarily a mythical being: it’s someone who’s bringing a message, and...
Author
Christine S. Escobar
Macie Stewart -- Photo by Shannon Marks

5 Questions to Macie Stewart (multi-instrumentalist, composer)

Macie Stewart is one of those artists who is seemingly everywhere. As a multi-instrumentalist, compo...
Author
Tristan McKay
Saad Haddad -- Photo by Bess Adler

5 Questions to Saad Haddad (composer)

Composer Saad Haddad’s music is energetic, full of life and vitality, and quite inventive – twisting...
Author
Sofía Rocha
Solomiya Moroz -- Photo by Natalia Rainyk

5 Questions to Solomiya Moroz (composer)

Solomiya Moroz is a UK-based Ukrainian-Canadian composer and flutist whose textural music defies pre...
Author
Esteban Meneses
Sarah Belle Reid -- Photo by Etta Gerdes

5 Questions to Sarah Belle Reid (performer-composer)

As a classical trumpeter, Sarah Belle Reid felt that she was constantly being asked to emulate the s...
Author
Chrysanthe Tan
Delfin Demiray -- Photo by Nichole MC Photography

5 Questions to Delfin Demiray (composer, pianist)

This sponsored article is part of a paid partnership with the Curtis Institute of Music. Philadelphi...
Author
Tristan McKay
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...
Author
Christian Kriegeskotte
Omar Thomas -- Photo by Remi McQuen

5 Questions to Omar Thomas (composer)

Omar Thomas is an award-winning composer and jazz artist based in Austin, TX. Raised in a Guyanese f...
Author
Gemma Peacocke
Beth Morrison -- Photo by Maru Teppei

5 Questions to Beth Morrison (founder and director, Beth Morrison Projects)

Beth Morrison’s ideas are game changers. Since the founding of Beth Morrison Projects (BMP) in 2006,...
Author
Stephanie Boyd
Damon Locks -- Photo by Jamie Kelter Davis

Damon Locks Broadens the Continuum of Black Art with his “List of Demands”

Despite being a New Yorker for over a decade, my first trip to Chicago in 2024 made me reconsider th...
Author
Yaz Lancaster
Candice Hoyes -- Photo by Jessie Obialor

5 Questions to Candice Hoyes (soprano, songwriter, archivist)

Candice Hoyes is a multi-hyphenate artist who leans into the full range of her creativity. As a sopr...
Author
Katie Brown
Riwaya Ensemble Founders - Sami Seif, Noémie Chemali, and Amer Hasan -- Photo by Kuo Kai Chin

5 Questions to Riwaya Ensemble

The New York-based Riwaya Ensemble considers themselves storytellers. The name of the composer-led c...
Author
Christine S. Escobar
Tonia Ko -- Photo by Kaupo Kikkas

5 Questions to Tonia Ko (composer)

The London Symphony Orchestra regularly promotes new music, but surely their recent performance feat...
Author
Caroline Potter
TJ Cole -- Photo by O'Neil Arnold

5 Questions to TJ Cole (composer)

This sponsored article is part of a paid partnership with the Curtis Institute of Music. Louisville-...
Author
Kevin Baldwin
Adam Tendler -- Photo by Lila Barth

5 Questions to Adam Tendler (pianist)

After his father’s unexpected passing, pianist Adam Tendler received an envelope of cash from his st...
Author
Anne Goldberg-Baldwin
Leanna Keith -- Photo by David Wall

5 Questions to Leanna Keith (flutist)

Leanna Keith’s work fans out like a constellation; through flute and taiko performance, education, a...
Author
Connie Li
Teddy Abrams -- Photo by Lauren Desberg

For Teddy Abrams, Leading an Orchestra is a Musical and a Civic Responsibility

This sponsored article is part of a paid partnership with the Curtis Institute of Music. Teddy Abram...
Author
A. Kori Hill
Jennifer Koh and Weston Sprott

5 Questions to Jennifer Koh and Weston Sprott (Sounds of US Festival)

It is rare to encounter someone as memorable as violinist Jennifer Koh. I met her briefly one summer...
Author
Forrest Howell
Titilayo Ayangade -- Photo by Titilayo Ayangade

5 Questions to Titilayo Ayangade (cellist, photographer)

Titilayo Ayangade started playing cello at age five, but her passion didn’t ignite until she discove...
Author
Chrysanthe Tan
Žibuoklė Martinaitytė -- Photo by Arũnas Balténas

5 Questions to Žibuoklė Martinaitytė (composer)

These days, Žibuoklė Martinaitytė is based in New York City, but she was born and raised in Lithuani...
Author
A. Kori Hill
Kebra-Seyoun Charles -- Photo by Alexandria Hill

5 Questions to Kebra-Seyoun Charles (double bassist, composer)

Kebra-Seyoun Charles is a dynamic and innovative artist who breathes fresh air into the classical ge...
Author
Katie Brown
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