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Christina Petrowska Quilico Performs Caravassilis Piano Works

Solo piano recitals focussing exclusively on the works of a single contemporary composer are relativ...
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Justin Rito
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Ligeti Quartet “Hay Fever” at Southbank Centre

The UK-based Ligeti Quartet is making great strides across Britain, gaining national attention throu...
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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BBC Symphony Sounds from Japan: Takemitsu, Kondō, & Fujikura

The BBC Symphony Orchestra Total Immersion series gives London audiences the opportunity to spend a...
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Aaron Holloway-Nahum
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These Dreams: ICE and Carla Kihlstedt at Ecstatic Music Festival

Do you dream? I do. My dreams are like bizarre television shows, and, unfortunately, I only sometime...
Author
Will Roane
Bruce Brubaker

Bruce Brubaker at the University of Denver

This is a review that I hadn't intended to write. I've had the pleasure of hearing Bruce Brubaker pe...
Author
Andrew Lee
Composer Christopher Rouse (photo credit: christopherrouse.com)

Oberlin Orchestra Plays Christopher Rouse NY Premiere at Carnegie Hall

One night after an impressive performance by the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble at DiMenna Cent...
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Marina Kifferstein
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Hotel Elefant Brings Versatility To New Chamber Music

Last October, I CARE IF YOU LISTEN featured a video of the freshly deployed new music ensemble Hotel...
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Daniel Garrick
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Present Meets Past: Oberlin CME and ICE at DiMenna Center

I don't think there is any other place in the world quite like the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. It...
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Marina Kifferstein
Soldier Songs (L-R: Zac Ballard, Christopher Burchett) Photo credit Jill Steinberg

NYC premiere of David T. Little’s Soldier Songs at PROTOTYPE Festival

Classical music and warfare have always been covert bedfellows. Mozart’s forgeries of the Alla turca...
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Matt Mendez
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Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance at the Barbican

To some it was a rare experience.  For fans of Philip Glass, attending a live performance of Koyaani...
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
Jeffrey Means conducting Sound Icon (Michele McDonald/Boston-Globe)

Two Concerts in Boston: Preservationism or Progressivism? (part 2/2)

Sound Icon | Part 2: The Progressivist (read also Part 1: The Preservationist) If Boston Musica Viva...
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Christian Gentry
Boston Musica Viva (Photo by Aram Boghostan/Boston Globe)

Two Concerts in Boston: Preservationism or Progressivism? (part 1 of 2)

Boston Musica Viva | Part 1: The Preservationist Last November, I began this post with the intention...
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Christian Gentry
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London Sinfonietta New Music Show 3 at Southbank Centre

Situated on the edge of the River Thames, The Queen Elizabeth Hall at Southbank Centre was the site...
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Daniel Emmerson
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Two Modern Requiems Help To Reflect After Sandy

French twentieth-century organ composer Maurice Duruflé and contemporary American composer Gregory S...
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Daniel Garrick
The Empty Bottle

(Un)Familiar Music’s (Re) New Amsterdam Benefit Concert

"Why are we holding a new music fundraiser in a Chicago rock bar?" Organizer Doyle Armbrust was the...
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Sam Zelitch
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MuSE Sounds of Arts Festival a Multimedia Extravaganza

The new music scene in New York offers plenty of premieres, ensembles, and concerts, yet there are s...
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David Pearson
Matthias Pintscher

Matthias Pintscher at The Phillips Collection

Like the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, or the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia before...
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Paul Moon
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Liquid Room for John Cage: Ictus Ensemble in Luxembourg

The Brussels-based Ictus ensemble brought a three-hour marathon of music to Luxembourg on Thursday,...
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Xenia Pestova
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Flexible Music in Ear Heart Music Series at Roulette

Writing in 2009, Peter Adriaansz once compared his ideal conception of music to that of a tree. “Aki...
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Sasha Tartikovsky Jones
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Chaya Czernowin: Metaphors Unlock the Imagination

It is hard to imagine a contemporary composer of more exhilarating artistry and warmhearted spirit t...
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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Seth Woods: A Concert More Experienced Than Heard

I’m not sure I’ve been to a solo instrumental recital as wide-ranging in its exploration of sounds a...
Author
David Pearson
Wadada Leo Smith

Wadada Leo Smith Headlines Edgefest 16 in Ann Arbor

  Avant-garde composer/trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith delivered a stirring midwest premiere of his...
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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MuSE: Keepin’ It Real in Queens

Finally. A new music festival in NYC without the shi shi Manhattan vibe or hipster Brooklyn pretenti...
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David Pearson
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Thought: Crash Ensemble at Project Arts Centre Dublin

2012 is a big year for Crash Ensemble. They are celebrating 15 years since they were formed by now C...
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Chris Ledwidge
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