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Sono Luminus

ETHEL and Allison Loggins-Hull -- Photo by ETHEL

Persistence is Action, Remembrance, and Existence on New Album from ETHEL and Allison Loggins-Hull

Since their founding in 1998, the string quartet ETHEL has been deeply rooted in commissioning, inno...
Author
Jacob Kopcienski
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
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...
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Amanda Cook
Pauline Kim Harris performs Annie Gosfield's Long Waves and Random Pulses

Video Premiere: Pauline Kim Harris Performs “Long Waves and Random Pulses” (Gosfield)

The sounds of deteriorating and malfunctioning technology frequently permeate the works of composer...
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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
Jenny Lin's The Etudes Project, Volume one: ICEBERG

Jenny Lin Partners with ICEBERG New Music on The Etudes Project, Volume One

The Etudes Project, Volume One: ICEBERG, pianist Jenny Lin’s new album on the art music label...
Author
Tracy Monaghan
2019 albums

Editor’s Picks: 2019 Contemporary Classical Albums

With the year and the decade coming to a close, it’s time for everyone’s “Best of&...
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Amanda Cook
Pauline Kim Harris Ambient Chaconne II

Video Premiere: Pauline Kim Harris’ Ambient Chaconne II

Today’s video premiere, “Ambient Chaconne II,” comes to us from violin-composer Pa...
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Jasper String Quartet Unbound

Unbound: Jasper String Quartet Features Post-Minimal Composers

In the past decade, Jasper String Quartet have made a name for themselves as masterful interpreters...
Author
Adam O'Dell
South of the Circle

Siggi String Quartet Digs Into Icelandic Roots on South of the Circle

Picturesque Northern Lights, innumerable mountains and volcanoes, otherworldly waterfalls. Musicians...
Author
Hannah Rosa Schiller
Siggi String Quartet--Photo by Ágúst Atlason, Gústi productions

Video Premiere: Siggi String Quartet Performs Una Sveinbjarnardóttir’s Opacity

Today’s video premiere features Siggi String Quartet (Una Sveinbjarnardóttir, violin; Helga Þó...
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Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir Vernacular

VERNACULAR: Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir Performs Cello Works by Icelandic Composers

Cellist Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir dreams in Icelandic. Despite having spent the majority of her life ou...
Author
Jillian DeGroot
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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Track Feature/Exclusive Download: ACME Performs Silent Night

It’s after Thanksgiving, and it’s officially December, which makes it an acceptable time...
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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
Lara Downes

5 Questions to Lara Downes (pianist)

Pianist Lara Downes’ latest solo recording project, America Again, assays the meaning of “America” i...
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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5 Questions to Collin J. Rae about Sono Luminus

It’s still September and it’s still Classical Music month! The third interview in our se...
Author
Thomas Deneuville
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First Day: Laura Metcalf’s Debut Solo Album on Sono Luminus

First Day is New York-based cellist Laura Metcalf‘s solo album debuting ten years into her car...
Author
Joanne Lam
Anna Thorvaldsdottir

ICE performs Anna Thorvaldsdóttir’s In the Light of Air

Anna Thorvaldsdóttir, the recipient of the prestigious Nordic Council Music Prize 2012 for her work...
Author
Thomas Deneuville

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