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Mingjia Chen -- Photo by Haley Freedlund

Playlist

ListN Up Playlist: Mingjia Chen (April 24, 2025)

Agatsuma Hiromitsu, Drab Majesty, Eyvind Kang, Gilbert O’Sullivan, Jessika Kenney, Lucy Liyou, Mingjia Chen, Myung-Whun Chung, Naná Vasconcelos, Nina Simone, Olivier Messiaen, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Radiohead, Scala & Kolacny Brothers, Xiu Xiu, Yano Akiko, Yano et Agatsuma

ListN Up playlists are commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists are selected by ACF staff (including I CARE IF YOU LISTEN and innova Recordings). Mingjia Chen sings, composes, improvises, wri…

I CARE IF YOU LISTEN

Apr 23, 2025

Concert

Carlos Simon’s “Good News Mass” Takes Audiences to Church in Captivating LA Premiere

Carlos Simon, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Courtney Ware Lett, Gustavo Dudamel, Jason White, LA Phil, Leonard Bernstein, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Melina Matsoukas, Randall Goosby, Samoht, The Samples, Zebulon Ellis

The Los Angeles Philharmonic has been aptly lauded for their commitment to innovation in classical music, and the orchestra served as a timely vessel of hope and encouragement with the premiere of Car…

Katie Brown

Apr 22, 2025

2025 Foundation for Contemporary Arts awardees -- Photos by Laura Pardo, Televaya, and Zachary Fabri

Feature

The Foundation for Contemporary Arts Gives Experimental Sound Practitioners Freedom to Create

David Watson, Dorian Wood, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork, Jamal R. Moore

Dorian Wood was planning a major cross-country move when she received an out-of-the-blue phone call that would alleviate some of the stress of upheaval. The call, from multidisciplinary artist Matana…

Vanessa Ague

Apr 21, 2025

Interview

5 Questions to Anna Webber (saxophonist, flutist, composer)

Anna Webber, Anzû Quartet, Ashley Bathgate, Cantaloupe Music, Jacob Garchik, John Hollenbeck, Karl Larson, Ken Thomson, Mariel Roberts, Matt Mitchell, Olivia De Prato, Simple Trio

For saxophonist, flutist, and composer Anna Webber, her choice in collaborators is a key indicator of her breadth as a musician. Take her 2021 album Idiom: on Disc One, Webber creates timbrally intric…

Julia Kuhlman

Apr 20, 2025

Concert

concertnova’s “Meet in the Middle” is a Beautiful Snapshot of the Black Midwest’s Aural and Visual Diversity

Amber N. Ford, Asa Featherstone IV, Brianna Matzke, concertnova, Diana Flores, Florence Price, Gabriel Napoli, Joseph Morris, Markel Randle, MidTONES, PAR-Projects, Philip Marten, Rachel Charbel, Shawn Okpebholo, Shelley Washington, The Red Door Quartet, William Grant Still

There is little stopping classical music programmers from making innovative choices, except maybe conviction, comfort, and guts. “Meet in the Middle: Black Midwest Music and Photography” had all three…

A. Kori Hill

Apr 16, 2025

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