Category
Concert
On June 2, 2017, Brooklyn’s contemporary music sanctuary National Sawdust cleared away the chairs an...
Author
Christian Kriegeskotte
Within the last two years, MATA’s call for scores received a sudden influx of Iranian pieces. Submis...
Author
Lana Norris
On June 20, 2017, patrons of Brooklyn’s progressive-music proscenium, Roulette, were treated to a co...
Author
Christian Kriegeskotte
Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring: has any piece of music written since 1913 been so genuine yet so alien,...
Author
Aaron Wolff
When I settled into my seat, pen and taco notebook in hand, to review Lisa Bielawa’s Vireo, I was no...
Author
Rebecca Lentjes
A determining factor for any music festival, at least for this reporter, is not what is fun or excit...
Author
Kurt Gottschalk
The flute unfolded itself into kaleidoscope of characters and sounds in the hands of Claire Chase on...
Author
Aaron Wolff
The Chelsea Music Festival is a placemaker. One doesn’t feel that they must speak a foreign language...
Author
Lana Norris
The 71st Ojai Music Festival took place in Ojai, CA from June 8-11, 2017 with pianist and composer V...
Author
Aaron Wolff
On May 25, 2017, the stage at National Sawdust played home to a collection of talented and political...
Author
Rebecca Lentjes
SPOR is on a mission to prove that “music has the same potential for exploratory curation as all oth...
Author
Amanda Cook
Combining six chamber operas, four stellar singers, five instrumentalists, one intrepid conductor, a...
Author
Lauren Ishida
One of the many goals of Denmark’s annual SPOR festival is to feature contemporary art that is sound...
Author
Amanda Cook
In the festival’s 10th anniversary year, SPOR Festival and Artistic Directors Anna Berit Asp Christe...
Author
Amanda Cook
The Hungarian composer Péter Eötvös is not reluctant to take on challenging contemporary topics. His...
Author
James Imam
Diversity is important to MATA, said Artistic Director Du Yun, and diversity beyond race: “diverse e...
Author
Lana Norris
Composer and performer Du Yun stated that “this program is dear to my heart” prior to a...
Author
Rebecca Lentjes
Whether you learned by watching Leonardo DiCaprio get clobbered in The Revenant or from your dutiful...
Author
Christian Kriegeskotte
On April 29, 2017 at the Benedum Center, Pittsburgh Opera launched a world premiere performance for...
Author
Amanda Cook
The air at Roulette was permeated by unusual musical lines and shapes on April 11, 2017, as new musi...
Author
Rebecca Lentjes
Despite an almost impossibly diverse lineup of musical artists and styles, there was one constant th...
Author
Daniel Kushner
The 2017 Big Ears Festival continued its eclectic programming on March 25-26 with performances by Me...
Author
Daniel Kushner
Since 2009, the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, TN has presented complex and challenging programs th...
Author
Daniel Kushner
