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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
George Lewis -- Photo by Maurice Weiss

George Lewis Has Spent His Career Creating Space for Black Musicians — His New Opera is No Exception

This sponsored article is part of a paid partnership with the Curtis Institute of Music. George Lewi...
Author
Yaz Lancaster
Samantha Bennett and George Nickson of enSRQ -- Photo by Matt Holler

5 Questions to Samantha Bennett and George Nickson (co-founders/artistic directors, enSRQ)

Although Sarasota is home to several performing arts organizations, programming in the Southwest Flo...
Author
Esteban Meneses
Tazewell Thompson -- Photo by Jeffrey Henson Scales

5 Questions to Tazewell Thompson (writer, librettist, director)

As one of the earliest genres of music to emerge from the United States, spirituals were once tools...
Author
Dalanie Harris
Gabriela Ortiz -- Photo by Mara Arteaga

For Composer Gabriela Ortiz, Heritage and Culture are Consistent Throughlines

This sponsored article is part of a paid partnership with the Curtis Institute of Music. Composer Ga...
Author
Vanessa Ague
The Honorable Elizabeth A. Baker -- Courtesy of artist

The Honourable Elizabeth A. Baker Challenges Paradigms of Access and Connection

Listen to an audio version of this article (7-minute listen) The Honourable Elizabeth A. Baker is a...
Author
Yaz Lancaster
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...
Author
Christian Kriegeskotte
Kazem Abdullah -- Courtesy of artist

5 Questions to Kazem Abdullah (conductor)

As a conductor who can often be found in the pit of an opera house, many hours of Kazem Abdullah’s l...
Author
Stephanie Boyd
Mary Elizabeth Bowden -- Photo by Lisa Marie Mazzucco

5 Questions to Mary Elizabeth Bowden (trumpeter)

The sound of the trumpet has long indicated we’re on the precipice of something – announcements of a...
Author
Connie Li
Reena Esmail -- Photo by Hannah Arista

With Her Syncretic Music, Reena Esmail Invites Listeners to Engage Through Their Own Cultural Lens

Reena Esmail’s sweeping, passionate compositions take elements of Hindustani music, elements o...
Author
Thulasi Seshan
Evan Williams -- Photo by Amurica Photo

5 Questions to Evan Williams (composer, conductor)

Composer Evan Williams often juxtaposes multiple themes and emotions in his works, seamlessly thread...
Author
Ciyadh Wells
Karen Slack -- Photo by Kia Caldwell

Karen Slack’s “African Queens” Project is a Marriage of New Music, History, and Timeless Artistry from Black Composers

Many musicians have a recording that changed their fervor — an album that they studied, trapped in i...
Author
Donna Lee Davidson
LaRob K. Raphael -- Photo by Aiden Kranz

5 Questions to LaRob K. Rafael (bass-baritone, arts administrator)

Having masterfully weaved himself into the Black classical music scene, the Chicago-based innovator...
Author
Katie Brown
Kwamé Ryan -- Courtesy of artist

5 Questions to Kwamé Ryan (conductor)

Kwamé Ryan is an internationally awarded conductor and the recently named Music Director Designate o...
Author
Sofía Rocha
Del Sol Quartet -- Photo by AFW Productions

5 Questions to Del Sol Quartet

For three decades, Del Sol Quartet has been committed to the music of our time. But with their Angel...
Author
Christine S. Escobar
Mazz Swift -- Photo by Erika Kapin Photography

The Debut Album from Mazz Swift is a Full Circle Moment, Creatively and Personally

As a child, Mazz Swift would introduce themselves as a violinist – even though they had never touche...
Author
A. Kori Hill
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