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Interview

After 20 Years, Yarn/Wire is Still Driven by Curiosity and Innovation

Oct 21, 2025

Like any living art, contemporary classical music is in a constant state of flux. Aesthetic tides ri...

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Tristan McKay

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Video

Video Premiere: Ning Yu plays David Bird’s “Iron Orchid”

Jul 16, 2025

Kaleidoscopic images of a pianist’s hands are interspersed with exaggerated shots of empty int...

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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN

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Album

Adrianne Munden-Dixon Commissions Solo Violin Works with a Splash of Electronics for Debut Album

Feb 2, 2023

In her debut album Lung, violinist-composer Adrianne Munden-Dixon and a cohort of five composers unv...

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Esteban Meneses

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Album

Editor’s Picks: 2022 New Music Albums

Dec 14, 2022

For me, 2022 was a paradoxical year filled with confusing contradictions. I attended significantly m...

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Amanda Cook

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Album

field anatomies: Laura Cocks Hyperextends the Flute-Body Relationship

Feb 15, 2022

Laura Cocks, flutist and Executive Director of TAK Ensemble, chamber and solo performer, and advocat...

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Jillian DeGroot

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Album

Editor’s Picks: 2019 Contemporary Classical Albums

Dec 10, 2019

With the year and the decade coming to a close, it’s time for everyone’s “Best of&...

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Amanda Cook

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Album

andPlay Makes Strong Debut with playlist (New Focus Recordings)

Nov 26, 2019

Violin and viola duo andPlay have been exerting their musical prowess on the world since meeting at...

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Jarrett Goodchild

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Recommended Concerts

This week: concerts in New York (September 30, 2019 – October 6, 2019)

Sep 30, 2019

Covering Home | NationalSawdust+ Radio host and composer Jad Abumrad (Radiolab, More Perfect) takes...

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Sam Reising

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Album

Album Premiere: TAK Ensemble’s Oor (TAK Editions)

May 15, 2019

Today on I CARE IF YOU LISTEN, we have an exclusive album premiere of TAK Ensemble‘s Oor. TAK...

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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN

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Album

Currents: Nouveau Classical Project Releases Debut Album

Feb 19, 2019

Nouveau Classical Project released their debut album Currents with Gold Bolus Recordings on December...

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Brianna Matzke

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Article

This week: concerts in New York (December 3, 2018 – December 9, 2018)

Dec 3, 2018

Yarn/Wire | Pop-Up Concerts Yarn/Wire performs holiday favorites with a twist, including a musical p...

Author

Sam Reising

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Kaija Saariaho-- Photo by Priska Ketterer

Article

This week: concerts in New York (November 12, 2018 – November 18, 2018)

Nov 12, 2018

Sonic Temples: Music of Saariaho & Barrière with Jennifer Koh, Devóne Tines & Friends The mu...

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Sam Reising

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Article

This week: concerts in New York (February 5, 2018 – February 11, 2018)

Feb 5, 2018

Kronos Quartet & Face the Music | Ecstatic Music Festival The Kronos Quartet joins NYC’s youth n...

Author

Sam Reising

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Nouveau Classical Project--Photo by Julia Comita

Concert

“Currents:” Nouveau Classical Project at National Sawdust

Jun 15, 2017

On May 25, 2017, the stage at National Sawdust played home to a collection of talented and political...

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Rebecca Lentjes

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Article

This week: concerts in New York (May 22, 2017 – May 28, 2017)

May 22, 2017

Maithuna: Portrait of Mario Lavista In collaboration with the Centro de Experimentación del Teatro C...

Author

Sam Reising

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Interview

5 Questions to Sugar Vendil (Nouveau Classical Project)

May 4, 2017

Filipino-American pianist & founder of the new music collective Nouveau Classical Project (NCP) ...

Author

Rebecca Lentjes

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Interview

5 Questions to Chartreuse-Plus (new music string trio plus guests)

Jan 5, 2015

Chartreuse ensemble is a tricoastal new music string trio formed by violinist Myra Hinrichs (Chicago...

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Arlene & Larry Dunn

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Recommended Concerts

This week: concerts in New York (November 3 – November 9, 2014)

Nov 3, 2014

A South African Sampler | New Juilliard Ensemble [caption id="attachment_14548" align="alignnone" wi...

Author

Sam Reising

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Recommended Concerts

This week: concerts in New York (October 13 – October 19, 2014)

Oct 13, 2014

Music of Gordon Beeferman featuring the Momenta Quartet and Four Parts Five [caption id="attachment_...

Author

Sam Reising

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Recommended Concerts

This week: concerts in New York (February 10 – February 16, 2014)

Feb 10, 2014

Pop-Up Concerts | Ensemble Signal Ensem...

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Sam Reising

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Recommended Concerts

This week: concerts in New York (December 10 – December 16, 2012)

Dec 10, 2012

Juilliard’s AXIOM | Toru Takemitsu, John Adams [caption id="attachment_5075" align="aligncenter" wid...

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Sam Reising

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