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Anna Thorvaldsdottir

Claire Chase -- Photo by Karen Chester

Claire Chase Explores Minutiae and Ubiquity in Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s “UBIQUE”

In Edgard Varèse’s Density 21.5, a solo flutist pushes and shoves through ever widening intervallic...
Author
Julia Kuhlman
Anna Thorvaldsdottir -- Photo by Kristinn Ingvarsson

5 Questions to Anna Thorvaldsdottir (composer)

Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir creates music with immersive and dreamlike qualities. In orc...
Author
Tristan McKay
Adam Buffington

5 Questions to Adam Buffington about Mumbling Eye

Iceland is well known for its iconic experimental music scene. Most music enthusiasts likely know ma...
Author
Jacob Kopcienski
Editor's Picks: 2021 New Music Albums

Editor’s Picks: 2021 New Music Albums

I think this is finally the year where I knowingly sacrifice I CARE IF YOU LISTEN’s SEO, becau...
Author
Amanda Cook
Enigma: Spektral Quartet Performs Anna Thorvaldsdóttir

Anna Thorvaldsdóttir and Spektral Upend the String Quartet on Enigma

Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdóttir is known for creating soundscapes that unfold at a glacial...
Author
Esteban Meneses
Anne Lanzilotti in manus tuas

in manus tuas: Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti’s Solo Album Debut

Out on New Focus Recordings is in manus tuas, the debut solo album from composer and violist Anne Le...
Author
Tracy Monaghan
Ashley Fure

This week: concerts in New York (July 22, 2019 – July 28, 2019)

Fure & Thorvaldsdottir International Contemporary Ensemble performs music by Anna Thorvaldsdotti...
Author
Sam Reising
Chelsea Music Festival 2019--Photo by Fadi Kheir

Chelsea Music Festival Celebrates 10 Years of Music + Visual and Culinary Arts

This year at the Chelsea Music Festival, there were many reasons to celebrate: 2019 marks the tenth...
Author
Tristan McKay
Anthony Braxton

This week: concerts in New York (June 10, 2019 – June 16, 2019)

Face the Music: Critical Mass with Claire Chase & Tri-Centric Foundation Face the Music joins fo...
Author
Sam Reising
Riot Ensemble Speak, Be Silent

Speak, Be Silent: A Testament to Riot Ensemble’s Vision and Artistry

Since 2012, London-based Riot Ensemble has given over 200 world and UK premieres and has become a sp...
Author
Jarrett Goodchild
AEQUA ICE and Anna Thorvaldsdottir

AEQUA: Anna Thorvaldsdottir and ICE Invite Ecological Listening

In recent years, the environment and humankind’s ecological impact have been a frequent subject in c...
Author
Jacob Kopcienski
2018 albums

2018 Contemporary Classical Music Albums: Editor’s Picks

It’s the time of the year for “Best of…” lists, and while this is indeed a r...
Author
Amanda Cook
Anna Thorvaldsdottir -- Photo by Saga Sig

Track premiere: ICE Performs Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s Illumine

Today’s track premiere features the International Contemporary Ensemble led by Steven Schick p...
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Nordic Affect

Track Premiere: Nordic Affect Performs Hildur Guðnadóttir’s Point of Departure

Today’s track premiere features Icelandic ensemble Nordic Affect performing Hildur Guðnadóttir...
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This week: concerts in New York (May 21, 2018 – May 27, 2018)

Midori Takada The Kitchen presents a live performance by percussionist, composer, and theater artist...
Author
Sam Reising
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Big Ears Festival 2018: Experiential Trademarks

From March 22 to March 25, 2018, Knoxville, Tennessee hosted another iteration of the Big Ears Festi...
Author
Tracy Monaghan
Clarice Assad

This week: concerts in New York (April 2, 2018 – April 8, 2018)

Divine Mysteries | MATA Festival The 20th MATA Festival kicks off with MATA Divine Mysteries, the pr...
Author
Sam Reising
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New York Philharmonic’s CONTACT! at National Sawdust

On January 8, 2018, musicians from the New York Philharmonic traveled to Brooklyn’s National Sawdust...
Author
Alyssa Kayser-Hirsh
International Contemporary Ensemble

How Forests Think: ICE Considers Nature’s Voice at Mostly Mozart

“The Forest Speaks” invited the counsel nature might have for humans through the work of three conte...
Author
Lana Norris
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The Los Angeles Percussion Quartet Transcends on Beyond

An overexposed photograph of a city skyline, weathered and warped by time. The crisp lines which onc...
Author
Jacob Kopcienski
Liza Lim

This week: concerts in New York (August 14, 2017 – August 20, 2017)

How Forests Think | Mostly Mozart Festival The temple of nature in which Schubert and his fellow Rom...
Author
Sam Reising
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This week: concerts in New York (May 22, 2017 – May 28, 2017)

Maithuna: Portrait of Mario Lavista In collaboration with the Centro de Experimentación del Teatro C...
Author
Sam Reising
Philip Glass

This week: concerts in New York (May 15, 2017 – May 21, 2017)

Michael Riesman and Ensemble Signal Celebrate Philip Glass | Pop-Up Concerts Joined by Doug Perkins...
Author
Sam Reising
Bearthoven

This week: concerts in New York (April 17, 2017 – April 23, 2017)

Trios Album Release | Bearthoven Bearthoven will celebrate the release of Trios with a performance o...
Author
Sam Reising
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