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Tigue, Innov Gnawa, and Underground System Shake Things Up at National Sawdust

On June 2, 2017, Brooklyn’s contemporary music sanctuary National Sawdust cleared away the chairs an...
Author
Christian Kriegeskotte
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MATA’s Inaugural New Music from the Islamic World

Within the last two years, MATA’s call for scores received a sudden influx of Iranian pieces. Submis...
Author
Lana Norris
Dither Quartet

In Residence at Roulette: Brendon Randall-Myers Excels

On June 20, 2017, patrons of Brooklyn’s progressive-music proscenium, Roulette, were treated to a co...
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Christian Kriegeskotte
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Colorful Rites by Stravinsky and Iyer at Ojai Music Festival

Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring: has any piece of music written since 1913 been so genuine yet so alien,...
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Aaron Wolff
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Exploring the fluidity of time and space: Lisa Bielawa’s Vireo

When I settled into my seat, pen and taco notebook in hand, to review Lisa Bielawa’s Vireo, I was no...
Author
Rebecca Lentjes
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Oslo’s 2017 Only Connect Festival of Sound Inspires

A determining factor for any music festival, at least for this reporter, is not what is fun or excit...
Author
Kurt Gottschalk
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Chase & Sorey Forge Extra-Terrestrial Paths at Ojai Music Festival

The flute unfolded itself into kaleidoscope of characters and sounds in the hands of Claire Chase on...
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Aaron Wolff
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Chelsea Music Festival: Curated Dinner and Beethoven All Night

The Chelsea Music Festival is a placemaker. One doesn’t feel that they must speak a foreign language...
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Lana Norris
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Emerging from Trouble at Ojai Music Festival

The 71st Ojai Music Festival took place in Ojai, CA from June 8-11, 2017 with pianist and composer V...
Author
Aaron Wolff
Nouveau Classical Project--Photo by Julia Comita

“Currents:” Nouveau Classical Project at National Sawdust

On May 25, 2017, the stage at National Sawdust played home to a collection of talented and political...
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Rebecca Lentjes
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SPOR Festival 2017 Concludes With iScreen, YouScream!

SPOR is on a mission to prove that “music has the same potential for exploratory curation as all oth...
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Amanda Cook
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Experiments in Opera Presents Flash Operas at Symphony Space

Combining six chamber operas, four stellar singers, five instrumentalists, one intrepid conductor, a...
Author
Lauren Ishida
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SPOR Festival 2017 Call for Proposals Presents Music as Sound Art

One of the many goals of Denmark’s annual SPOR festival is to feature contemporary art that is sound...
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Amanda Cook
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SPOR Festival 2017: SCENATET Explores Epiphany

In the festival’s 10th anniversary year, SPOR Festival and Artistic Directors Anna Berit Asp Christe...
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Amanda Cook
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Eötvös Conducts Filarmonica della Scala in World Premiere

The Hungarian composer Péter Eötvös is not reluctant to take on challenging contemporary topics. His...
Author
James Imam
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MATA Festival 2017 Concludes with “Dangerous Currents”

Diversity is important to MATA, said Artistic Director Du Yun, and diversity beyond race: “diverse e...
Author
Lana Norris
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88 Keys (plus strings, mallets, & music boxes) at MATA’s Piano Night

Composer and performer Du Yun stated that “this program is dear to my heart” prior to a...
Author
Rebecca Lentjes
Bearthoven

Bearthoven Debut Album Release at (Le) Poisson Rouge

Whether you learned by watching Leonardo DiCaprio get clobbered in The Revenant or from your dutiful...
Author
Christian Kriegeskotte
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The Summer King: Pittsburgh Opera’s First World Premiere

On April 29, 2017 at the Benedum Center, Pittsburgh Opera launched a world premiere performance for...
Author
Amanda Cook
Contemporaneous

Contemporaneous Brings “Transcendental Geometry” to Brooklyn

The air at Roulette was permeated by unusual musical lines and shapes on April 11, 2017, as new musi...
Author
Rebecca Lentjes
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Lost in Sound: My Top 5 Moments From the 2017 Big Ears Festival

Despite an almost impossibly diverse lineup of musical artists and styles, there was one constant th...
Author
Daniel Kushner
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Big Ears Festival 2017: Vocal Mysticism and Pop Music Flair

The 2017 Big Ears Festival continued its eclectic programming on March 25-26 with performances by Me...
Author
Daniel Kushner
Shara Nova

Big Ears Festival 2017 Presents Remarkable Solo Sets

Since 2009, the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, TN has presented complex and challenging programs th...
Author
Daniel Kushner
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Visions and Voices “Stages” The Industry’s Hopscotch

The University of Southern California’s Arts and Humanities Initiative—Visions and Voices—plan...
Author
Gavin Gamboa
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