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Esprit Orchestra Celebrates Gamelan Music in Toronto

Esprit Orchestra's second concert of the season, held Sunday November 17, 2013, at Koerner Hall, Roy...
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Joanne Lam
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New Music for the Math-Rock Set: Wertmüller with Steamboat Switzerland

The incorporation of ideas, tone colours and material from popular music into art music compositions...
Author
Caitlin Smith
Georg Friedrich Haas

Georg Friedrich Haas’ in vain by the London Sinfonietta at Southbank

On Friday, December 7, London Sinfonietta descended into pre-natal darkness in a spectacular renditi...
Author
Xenia Pestova
Composer Caroline Shaw

Roomful of Teeth and Holly Herndon at (le) poisson rouge

On Monday, November 4, 2013, the a cappella ensemble Roomful of Teeth took to the stage at (le) pois...
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Sam Reising
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Invisible Cities in LA: An operatic tour de force

Los Angeles's Union Station, which will be celebrating its 75th anniversary next year, was the site...
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Gavin Gamboa
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Morton Subotnick Performs a Sorcerer’s Brew of Music at MOCA Cleveland

Morton Subotnick, a true pioneer of electronic music, celebrated his 80th birthday this year. Yet on...
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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Yale in New York Concert Champions the Legacy of Paul Hindemith

Despite this concert having been anticipated in The Wall Street Journal and The Jewish Week (as well...
Author
Rob Wendt
ensemble, et al. - Photo by Thomas Deneuville

This week: concerts in New York (November 25 – December 1, 2013)

The Washington Soloists Chamber Orchestra perform Beethoven and Hickey Tonight’s program inclu...
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Sam Reising
Zbigniew Preisner - Photo Anna Wloch

Zbigniew Preisner and Lisa Gerrard: Diaries of Hope

On Saturday, October 12, 2013, Polish film composer Zbigniew Preisner conducted the Britten Sinfonia...
Author
Daniel Emmerson
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Esprit Orchestra Launches New Era in Toronto Season Opener

Esprit Orchestra's opening concert on Thursday, October 24, 2013, in Koerner Hall at Royal Conservat...
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Joanne Lam
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Introverted Music With a Dramatic Flourish From Ensemble die reihe

Focusing on the subtle, quiet textures of a small chamber ensemble in a still room can be a meditati...
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Caitlin Smith
Up Close - Credit: Kevin Yatarola / Courtesy Lincoln Center

Music and its Visual Alter-Ego: Michel van der Aa at Lincoln Center

What we see affects what we hear. And while classical music concerts are no exception to this rule,...
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Troy Herion
Crissy Broadcast. Photo Credit: James Block

Lisa Bielawa’s Crissy Broadcast: Field of Possibilities

It is truly difficult to objectively review a work like Lisa Bielawa's Crissy Broadcast. The hour-lo...
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Danny Clay
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Outsourced Music From Germany at Bowling Green New Music Festival

Chicago-based Ensemble Dal Niente brought the controversial young German composer Johannes Kreidler...
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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34th Annual Bowling Green New Music Festival

Every autumn since 1980, Bowling Green State University has transformed into an  international hub o...
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Jason Charney
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Transcendent Pathways Concerts Debut at San Francisco Conservatory

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music hosted the Inaugural Concert of the Transcendent Pathways co...
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Danny Clay
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Sexist portrayal of poverty in Harlot’s Progress at Theater an der Wien

In 1731, the British artist William Hogarth made a series of six paintings titled “A Harlot’s Progre...
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Caitlin Smith
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Filmmaker or Playwright? Composer Paul Lansky Premieres Textures

Around 2004, composer Paul Lansky famously made an about-face. After over 40 years of pioneering wor...
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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Bassoonist Peter Kolkay Shines in Joan Tower Premiere

Composer Joan Tower’s newest work, Red Maple, premiered on October 4, 2013, at the Koger Center for...
Author
Thomas Dempster
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Nico Muhly’s Two Boys: A thrilling production at the Metropolitan Opera

Monday, October 21, 2013 marked the New York premiere of Nico Muhly’s opera Two Boys at the Metropol...
Author
Sam Reising
Arvo Pärt - Photograph by K. Kikkas

Arvo Pärt: Soul Replenishing at Soundstreams Toronto Season Opener

Many season openers tend to displays of bravado and vivacity. Soundstreams' sold-out opener at Royal...
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Joanne Lam
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eighth blackbird Soars with Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble

Three-time Grammy winners eighth blackbird returned to their nest for a concert with the Oberlin Con...
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Arlene & Larry Dunn

Thomas Adès in San Francisco: A Warm, Welcoming Concert Among Friends

Early October saw the San Francisco Symphony continuing it's commendable streak of new music program...
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Danny Clay
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Ryan Muncy Breaks New Sonic Ground for Saxophone in Chicago

Michael Lewanski, conductor of Chicago’s Ensemble Dal Niente, introduced saxophonist (and EDN Execut...
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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