Chelsea Music Festival features music by Edmund Finnis alongside Fanny and Felix
Tonight, June 28, 2022, the Chelsea Music Festival in New York City brings their annual festival to a close. The theme of the festival is, “Not Without You,” and the…
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Bang on a Can Long Play Festival 2022: An Interview with David Lang
Two years ago, I was editing a 2020 interview with the composer David Lang about the new multi-day festival that Bang on a Can planned for that spring, Long Play,…
The Orchestra Now at Carnegie Hall: Scott Wheeler, Julia Perry and George Frederick Bristow
Big name soloists, a symphonic work plucked from obscurity and a premiere. It’s an oft-used – and winning – programming formula used by The Orchestra Now. The ensemble’s performance at…
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Live, in person and new: Contemporary music festivals in the Northeast in Summer 2021
LOUD Weekend, TIME:SPANS, Tanglewood and Bard are all back on stage this summer with in-person audiences Fans starved for live music over the past year and half can rejoice and…
Live concert resources for a music-thirsty world
It’s a brave new world. Large gatherings are prohibited in many cities to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, and so nearly all concerts have been postponed or cancelled. Still,…
Dan Lippel: Guitarist, champion of new music, co-founder and director of New Focus Recordings and solo artist on a brand-new double album
Dan Lippel – like so many in the creative world – wears many hats. Lippel is a classical guitarist who specializes in new music, he founded and runs a successful…
Violinist Midori and Pianist Ieva Jokubaviciute at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City
No matter how old the violinist Midori is, I’ll always think of her as a child prodigy, the young teenager in the 1980s who played with A-list orchestras around the…
Orchestra of St. Luke’s Robert DeGaetano Composition Institute
In these days of swiping right and hooking up, having a long-term commitment is something special. So when the Orchestra of St. Luke’s founded the Robert DeGaetano Composition Institute with…