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The Tortoise and His Raincoat: Music for a Very Long Walk

5 questions to Nat Evans (composer)

On April 30, Seattle-based composer Nat Evans stepped onto the Pacific Crest Trail, beginning a summ...
Author
Dana Wen
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5 questions to Preston Stahly (artistic and executive director of Tribeca New Music)

The Tribeca New Music Festival is back this week with its 2014 edition: 5 concerts at The Cell from...
Author
Thomas Deneuville
Ludovic Morlot - Photo by Sussie Ahlburg

5 questions to Ludovic Morlot (Seattle Symphony’s Music Director)

On May 6, 2014, the Seattle Symphony will give the NY premiere of John Luther Adams’s Pulitzer...
Author
Sam Reising
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5 questions to Jamie Leigh Sampson (bassoonist, composer, author)

 Jamie Leigh Sampson wears enough hats to open her own millinery shop. An active new music bassoonis...
Author
Arlene & Larry Dunn
Composer Christopher Rouse (photo credit: christopherrouse.com)

5 questions to Christopher Rouse (composer) about his Requiem

The New York premiere of Christopher Rouse’s Requiem, performed by the New York Philharmonic as the...
Author
David Dies
Lainie Fefferman

5 questions to Lainie Fefferman (composer) about “Here I Am”

Composer—and community builder—Lainie Fefferman will be presenting "Here I Am" at Roulette on Thursd...
Author
Thomas Deneuville
Yotam Haber

5 questions to Yotam Haber (composer, exiting artistic director MATA Festival)

The 2014 edition of the MATA Festival is in full swing. Yotam Haber, the exiting artistic director,...
Author
David Dies
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5 questions to Dana Jessen (Bassoonist, Improviser, Entrepreneur)

In true modern musical artist fashion, Dana Jessen has her fingers and her feet planted in multiple...
Author
Arlene & Larry Dunn
Robert Sirota - Photo by Brian Hatton

5 questions to Robert Sirota (composer) about Pange Lingua Sonata

On Wednesday, March 26, Hyeyung Julie Yoon (violin, Chiara Quartet) and Soyeon Kate Lee (piano) will...
Author
David Dies
Jennifer Walshe

5 questions to Jennifer Walshe (composer)

THMOTES, a project by Irish composer Jennifer Walshe, involved a number of text scores sent via Snap...
Author
Paul Kilbey
Tracy Silverman

5 questions to Tracy Silverman (violinist, composer, producer)

The recent release of "Between the Kiss and the Chaos" on Delos was a great opportunity to ask five...
Author
David Dies
Ursula Oppens

5 questions to Ursula Oppens (pianist)

On Thursday, March 6 at 7:30 pm, Symphony Space will be hosting a concert in honor of the renowned A...
Author
David Dies
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5 questions to Dwight Currie (Curator of Performances, The Ringling Museum in Sarasota, Florida)

For over 85 years The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota has been a important bastion...
Author
Arlene & Larry Dunn
Joby Burgess - Photo Kathy Hinde

5 questions to Joby Burgess (percussionist)

Joby Burgess - Photo Kathy Hinde[/ca...
Author
Steven Berryman
Jonathan Biss - Photo by Benjamin Ealovega

5 questions to Jonathan Biss (pianist, educator)

Tomorrow, Friday, January 17, Jonathan Biss “one of the most thoughtful and technically accomplished...
Author
Thomas Deneuville
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5 questions to Madeleine Cocolas (composer)

At the beginning of 2013, Seattle-based composer Madeleine Cocolas made a resolution to write one pi...
Author
Dana Wen
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

5 questions to Isaac Thompson (Director of Artistic Planning, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra)

During the 2012-13 season, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra presented two concerts that caught my at...
Author
David Dies
Mason Currey - Photo by Stephen Kozlowski

5 questions to Mason Currey (writer, editor) about Daily Rituals

By writing this book, I feel that you were trying to debunk the poisonous and lasting 19th c. myth o...
Author
Thomas Deneuville
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5 questions to Luke Rinderknecht (Percussionist)

Percussionist Luke Rinderknecht has recently returned to the Cleveland area after working from a New...
Author
Arlene & Larry Dunn
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5 questions to Ed Bennett (composer)

Ed Bennett is a Northern-Irish composer based in London. His collaborators include the BBC Symphony...
Author
Xenia Pestova
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5 questions to Phyllis Chen (Director, UnCaged Toy Piano Festival)

Phyllis Chen is an accomplished pianist, both on the full-sized concert instrument and on the pint-s...
Author
Arlene & Larry Dunn
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5 questions to Matthew Fava (Toronto New Music Alliance) about the New Music Passport

The Toronto New Music Alliance just launched a new initiative: a New Music Passport. For $35 (plus a...
Author
Joanne Lam
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5 questions to Tim Weiss (Conductor, Educator at Oberlin Conservatory)

Conductor and educator Tim Weiss is at the epicenter of a contemporary music hurricane at Oberlin Co...
Author
Arlene & Larry Dunn
David Shifrin - Photo by Bob Handelman

5 questions to David Shifrin (clarinetist, artistic director)

Rob Wendt asked 5 questions to David Shifrin (clarinetist, artistic director) about the legacy of Pa...
Author
Rob Wendt
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