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Tyshawn Sorey

Big Ears 2025 Wadada Leo Smith's Radio Light and Orange Wave Electric -- Photo by Andy Feliu

Big Ears Festival 2025 Reminds Us to Open Ourselves to Wild and Wonderful Sounds

During the weekend of Big Ears, music is everywhere in Knoxville, Tennessee. Market Square, a centra...
Author
Vanessa Ague
Kebra-Seyoun Charles -- Photo by Alexandria Hill

5 Questions to Kebra-Seyoun Charles (double bassist, composer)

Kebra-Seyoun Charles is a dynamic and innovative artist who breathes fresh air into the classical ge...
Author
Katie Brown
Mazz Swift -- Photo by Erika Kapin Photography

The Debut Album from Mazz Swift is a Full Circle Moment, Creatively and Personally

As a child, Mazz Swift would introduce themselves as a violinist – even though they had never touche...
Author
A. Kori Hill
Awadagin Pratt -- Photo courtesy of the artist

Awadagin Pratt Challenges Resistance Between New Music and the Canon

Awadagin Pratt does not stay still, but he doesn’t rush. Whether as a pianist, as an educator at the...
Author
A. Kori Hill
Nick DiBerardino -- Photo by Nichole MCH Photography

5 Questions to Nick DiBerardino (composer)

This sponsored article is part of a paid partnership with the Curtis Institute of Music. Composer Ni...
Author
Anne Goldberg-Baldwin
Art Ensemble of Chicago at Bang on a Can's 2023 Long Play Festival -- Photo by Peter Serling

Looking to Pin Down the Sounds of Today, Bang on a Can Jam-Packs Long Play 2023 with Joyful Experimentation

At Bang on a Can’s Long Play Festival, nothing is more exciting than pulling open the door to a new...
Author
Vanessa Ague
James Díaz -- Photo courtesy of the artist

ListN Up: James Díaz (February 9, 2023)

ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora...
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TAK ensemble--Photo by Kaveh Kowsari

5 Questions to TAK Ensemble for their 10th anniversary

TAK ensemble has reached a milestone; the 2022-23 season marks their 10th anniversary as one of the...
Author
Kevin Baldwin
The Crossing Carols After a Plague

The Crossing Shares Pandemic Stories on “Carols After a Plague”

The Philadelphia-based chamber choir The Crossing has long supported musical works that tackle socia...
Author
Clover Nahabedian
Myra Melford--Photo by Marco Giugliarelli for Civitella Ranieri Foundation

ListN Up: Myra Melford (June 4, 2021)

ListN Up is a weekly series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of con...
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Hafez Modirzadeh Facets

Hafez Modirzadeh’s Facets (Pi Recordings) is Shimmering Liberation

Lustre is the way light interacts with the surface of a jewel. It’s ambiguous and has a wealth of in...
Author
Lana Norris
John Holiday--Photo by Shervin Lainez

5 Questions to John Holiday (countertenor) about Save The Boys

John Holiday is countertenor whose advocacy for the Black presence in classical performing arts alig...
Author
Bill Doggett
2020 albums

Editor’s Picks: 2020 Contemporary Classical Albums

If this year has delivered any sort of message about our field, it’s that artists will inevita...
Author
Amanda Cook
Katherine Balch--Photo by Lanz Photography

ListN Up: Katherine Balch (December 4, 2020)

ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing...
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Tyshawn Sorey--Photo by John Rogers

5 Questions to Tyshawn Sorey (composer, multi-instrumentalist)

Tyshawn Sorey is an acclaimed composer and multi-instrumentalist from Newark, New Jersey. A virtuosi...
Author
Gemma Peacocke
Jennifer Koh Limitless

Jennifer Koh Spotlights Composer-Performer Collaborators on Limitless

Limitless is an imaginative album featuring collaborations between violinist Jennifer Koh and eight...
Author
Kevin Baldwin
Invisible Ritual

“Unseen Acts of Magic:” Jennifer Curtis and Tyshawn Sorey’s Invisible Ritual

Here’s a one-word review of Jennifer Curtis and Tyshawn Sorey’s collaborative album Invisible Ritual...
Author
Nick Stevens
Roomful of Teeth--Photo by Bonica Ayala

This week: concerts in New York (December 16, 2019 – December 22, 2019)

Rotunda Holiday Concert with Roomful of Teeth, Caroline Shaw, and Tigue Celebrate the season with th...
Author
Sam Reising
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&...
Author
Amanda Cook
Lara Pellegrinelli--Photo by Annina Pellegrinelli-Smith

5 Questions to Lara Pellegrinelli (arts journalist and scholar)

Lara Pellegrinelli is a writer whose work covers contemporary classical music; her pieces range from...
Author
Stephanie Boyd
TAK Ensemble--Photo by David Bird

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

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
Tyshawn Sorey (photo: John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation)

This week: concerts in New York (March 25, 2019 – March 31, 2019)

CompCord Big Band CompCord Big Band runs amok on a program featuring premieres by Aaron Alter, John...
Author
Sam Reising
Claire Chase's Density 2036: part vi--Photo by Karen Chester

Claire Chase Prophesies What’s Possible in “Density 2036, part vi” at The Kitchen

Claire Chase‘s last “Density 2036“ episode, Marcos Balters’ Pan, was a 90-mi...
Author
Lana Norris
Inbal Segev

This week: concerts in New York (February 25, 2019 – March 3, 2019)

Cutting Edge Concerts The February 25 program will begin with pianist Nadia Shpachenko-Gottesman per...
Author
Sam Reising
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