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Radiant Ragas: Contemporary Classical Indian Music That Thrills

The stage was set in the traditional Indian style and featured bright lights and cushions. The size...
Author
Angelina Panozzo
Alarm Will Sound

Alarm Will Sound Breathes Life Into The Player Piano

On Friday, June 26, 2015 preeminent chamber band Alarm Will Sound descended upon the Whitney Museum...
Author
Christian Kriegeskotte
String Orchestra of Brooklyn

Meditations: An Evening with the String Orchestra of Brooklyn

Since the demise of the Brooklyn Philharmonic in 2012, the borough has been without an orchestral vo...
Author
Sam Reising
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Nouveau Classical Project at The Center for Fiction

“21-year-old Danny wouldn’t believe this was happening!” At an evening of his music curated by Nouve...
Author
Lana Norris
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Bruce Brubaker and the Music of Philip Glass at Le Poisson Rouge

On Tuesday, June 16, pianist Bruce Brubaker took to the stage at Le Poisson Rouge to celebrate Glass...
Author
Sam Reising
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Avanti! Chamber Orchestra gets carte blanche at Chelsea Music Festival

Sounds that gallivanted, catapulted, zigzagged, and, eventually, tangoed: granted “free license” to...
Author
Rebecca Lentjes
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Chelsea Music Festival brings Finland and Hungary to NYC

The Chelsea Music Festival’s Opening Night Gala took place at Canoe Studios, a warehouse practically...
Author
Lana Norris
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George Lewis premieres “Afterword” at Roulette

“Black folks do not issue ultimatums to white folks in Mississippi … we had to get out!” rang tenor...
Author
Lana Norris
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Glenn Kotche’s Wild Sound is Unexpectedly Brilliant

“Here is your audience instrument; you take it apart like chopsticks,” said the usher, handing me a...
Author
Rebecca Lentjes
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Spektral Quartet presents Comic Cadences at Constellation

A string quartet walks into a bar. The cellist gets up on stage and does his best Lenny Bruce impres...
Author
Daniel Hautzinger
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Hercules in Mato Grosso brings South American opera to New York

In Argentinian composer Esteban Insinger’s chamber opera Hercules in Mato Grosso (2014), two men cap...
Author
Rebecca Lentjes
Exceptet

New Ensemble Exceptet debuts at Cloud City

Walking through Brooklyn’s Cloud City art space on May 17, 2015, you passed a vintage sink full of d...
Author
Lana Norris
Composer Frederic Rzewski

Frederic Rzewski in Pittsburgh: Eluding expectations

Frederic Rzewski didn’t expect a crowd. It was a sunny Saturday afternoon in April, and he was perfo...
Author
Elizabeth Bloom
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Reich’s Three Tales in IMAX at the London Science Museum

Steve Reich wrote his rarely performed Three Tales between 1998 and 2002, and each concerns a key ev...
Author
Aaron Holloway-Nahum
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An Evening with Barrière and Saariaho

Billed by Soundstreams as an “intimate concert plus a discussion,” this was a rare opportunity to wa...
Author
Bruce A. Russell
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Nedudim: A collaboration between Fifth House Ensemble and Baladino

There is an old saying that goes something like, “No one is a prophet in their homeland.” In music,...
Author
Justin Rito
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Mary Kouyoumdjian’s Silent Cranes gives voice to a century of turmoil in U.S. première at Roulette

How refreshing to experience an entire evening of works by a woman, even if the subject matter—the c...
Author
Rebecca Lentjes
Meredith Monk--Photo by Peter Ross

Marveling in the human voice at Meredith Monk and Vocal Ensemble’s 50th anniversary

“I’ll sing one more before I collapse,” Meredith Monk laughed after her 50th anniversary concert at...
Author
Rebecca Lentjes
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2015 Look and Listen Festival Opens at BRIC Arts Media

Friday, May 1, 2015 marked the opening of the fourteenth annual Look and Listen Festival, a series d...
Author
Christian Kriegeskotte
Muhal Richard Abrams, Roscoe Mitchell, and George Lewis-- Photo by R.I. Sutherland-Cohen

AACM Celebrates 50th Anniversary at Bohemian National Hall

The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) has produced some of America’s best...
Author
Lana Norris
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Chilly Gonzales and Kaiser Quartett at Barbican Centre

Monday, April 13, 2015 marked the final of three consecutive sold-out shows by Chilly Gonzales &...
Author
Joanne Lam
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Dancing lamps, a tortured piano: Illuminating objects and heavy concepts at the MATA Festival

MATA Festival artistic director Du Yun, telling the audience how she and the other directors had rec...
Author
Rebecca Lentjes
Talea Ensemble--Photo by Beowulf Sheehan

Three Nights at MATA Keeps Your Ear on its Toes

As Executive Director Todd Tarantino impressively boasted during his remarks at MATA‘s opening...
Author
Christian Kriegeskotte
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Voices and Strings concludes Vancouver New Music season

Vancouver New Music wrapped its season on Saturday, April 18, 2015 with a sold-out concert at the Or...
Author
Joanne Lam
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