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Pauline Kim Harris -- Photo by Matt Dine

5 Questions to Pauline Kim Harris (Executive Director, MATA)

MATA opened their exciting 2023-24 season with a new executive director at the helm. Pauline Kim Har...
Author
Lauren Ishida
Darius Jones--Photo by Steven Pisano

MATA 2022 Mounts Experimental and Socially-Engaged Works

When spring arrives in New York City, so does the MATA festival. Each year, Music at the Anthology (...
Author
Lana Norris
Blo∂hofnír at MATA Festival 2019--Photo by Steven Pisano

“Joint Feminine Force:” Bló∂hófnir at MATA Festival 2019

Bló∂hófnir (Bloodhoof) is an incredible tale that provokes burning ambivalence. Presented by MATA an...
Author
Lana Norris
Eleonore Oppenheim

This week: concerts in New York (May 6, 2019 – May 12, 2019)

PREformances with Allison Charney Soprano Allison Charney, flutist Marya Martin, and pianist Donna W...
Author
Sam Reising
Hotel Elefant

This week: concerts in New York (April 8, 2019 – April 14, 2019)

Mia Zabelka, Phill Niblock, and Katherine Liberovskaya The Austrian Cultural Forum New York presents...
Author
Sam Reising
Contemporaneous MATA

MATA Festival 2018 Concludes with Contemporaneous: Stop Motion

“What was once a failure or challenge is now commonplace…over the past twenty years, we have embrace...
Author
Clare Monfredo
Liminar

MATA Festival 2018 Opens With Liminar: Out of Bounds

For the past twenty years, the MATA festival has championed diversity. The 2018 festival opened on A...
Author
Alyssa Kayser-Hirsh
andPlay

This week: concerts in New York (April 16, 2018 – April 22, 2018)

Yuko Fujiyama Ensemble: Album Release Celebration After a 15-year hiatus, pianist Yuko Fujiyama retu...
Author
Sam Reising
Tarik O'Regan

This week: concerts in New York (April 9, 2018 – April 15, 2018)

Great Choir: Immigrants – A Celebration of What Makes New York Great Instrumental ensemble Rose of t...
Author
Sam Reising
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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MATA Festival 2017 Concludes with “Dangerous Currents”

Diversity is important to MATA, said Artistic Director Du Yun, and diversity beyond race: “diverse e...
Author
Lana Norris
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88 Keys (plus strings, mallets, & music boxes) at MATA’s Piano Night

Composer and performer Du Yun stated that “this program is dear to my heart” prior to a...
Author
Rebecca Lentjes
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This week: concerts in New York (April 24, 2017 – April 30, 2017)

Opening Night Concert Reception at WhiteBox | MATA Festival Join the composers and performers of MAT...
Author
Sam Reising
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Exclusive Video: Alkaline by Pascal Le Boeuf

The 19th annual MATA Festival kicks off next week featuring 7 world premieres, 15 United States prem...
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MATA Festival 2016: The Music Speaks for Itself

“We like to call this MATA masala,” said Executive Director Todd Tarantino of “Neither Land, Nor Sea...
Author
Lana Norris
Yair Klartag

5 Questions to Yair Klartag (composer)

Yair Klartag is one of four composers commissioned by MATA, this year. His piece There’s no la...
Author
Lana Norris
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Dancing lamps, a tortured piano: Illuminating objects and heavy concepts at the MATA Festival

MATA Festival artistic director Du Yun, telling the audience how she and the other directors had rec...
Author
Rebecca Lentjes
Talea Ensemble--Photo by Beowulf Sheehan

Three Nights at MATA Keeps Your Ear on its Toes

As Executive Director Todd Tarantino impressively boasted during his remarks at MATA‘s opening...
Author
Christian Kriegeskotte
Bearthoven

This week: concerts in New York (April 13 – April 19, 2015)

Ensemble Signal | Pop-Up Concerts Helm...
Author
Sam Reising
David Lang

This week: concerts in New York (April 21 – April 27, 2014)

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Author
Sam Reising
Anthony Braxton

This week: concerts in New York (April 14 – April 20, 2014)

Ithaca College Contemporary Ensemble httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NoEY8mgD4o Americas Society wi...
Author
Sam Reising
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Contemporaneous rehearses W4’s Moby Dick: An Oratorio

MATA Interval 7.2 presents composer collective W4 and Contemporaneous in the world premiere of Moby...
Author
Thomas Deneuville
Joshua Bell - Photo by Bill Phelps

This week: concerts in New York (April 15 – April 21, 2013)

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Author
Sam Reising

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