Composers

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Classical Music Composers Conductors Contemporary Classical Festivals File Under? Interviews Orchestras

Interview: Julia Adolphe

July 24, 2017 Christian Carey

This week, The New York Philharmonic premieres their second commission by composer Julia Adolphe. The first, 2016’s Unearth, Release, was a warmly received viola concerto for Philharmonic Principal Violist Cynthia…

Canada CDs Chamber Music Composers Contemporary Classical Experimental Music File Under?

Linda Catlin Smith on Another Timbre

April 27, 2017 Christian Carey

Linda Catlin Smith Drifter Apartment House and Bozzini Quartet Another Timbre at105X2 Born in the US and residing in Canada for more than a quarter century, Linda Catlin Smith has…

Chamber Music Composers Concert review Contemporary Classical File Under? New York Violin

Signal Plays Staud at Miller (Concert Review)

April 26, 2017 Christian Carey

Photos: Karli Cadel Ensemble Signal Plays Johannes Maria Staud Composer Portrait at Miller Theatre April 8, 2017 Sequenza 21 By Christian Carey NEW YORK – Austrian composer Johannes Maria Staud…

CDs Composers Contemporary Classical File Under?

James Matheson on Yarlung

April 20, 2017 Christian Carey

James Matheson Violin Concerto, String Quartet, Time Alone Baird Dodge, violin; Chicago Symphony, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen; Color Field Quartet Laura Strickling, soprano; Thomas Sauer, piano Yarlung Records On his…

CDs Chamber Music Composers Contemporary Classical File Under? Percussion

Lei Liang – “Luminous” (CD Review)

April 13, 2017 Christian Carey

Lei Liang Luminous The Formosa Quartet, Aleck Karis, piano; Third Coast Percussion, Daniel Schlosberg, piano; Michael Lewanski, conductor; Mark Dresser, contrabass solo; The Palimpsest Ensemble, Steven Schick, percussion, conductor New…

Brooklyn Composers Contemporary Classical File Under? Interviews Microtonalism New York Opera

Friday: Ueno Opera at Sawdust

April 4, 2017 Christian Carey

At National Sawdust on Friday April 7th at 7 PM, Opera Cabal presents the premiere of Ken Ueno’s new opera Aeolus. Joined by vocalist Majel Connery and Flux Quartet, Ueno…

Composers Contemporary Classical Experimental Music Los Angeles Review

Music of Jürg Frey at Cal Arts

January 19, 2017 Paul Muller

On January 13, 2017, Cal Arts presented The Path and the Expanse, a concert of music by Jürg Frey, a member of the Wandelweiser collective. A modest crowd braved Friday…

Composers Contemporary Classical Deaths Electro-Acoustic Experimental Music File Under?

Jeffrey Mumford Remembers Pauline Oliveros

December 6, 2016 Christian Carey

Composer Jeffrey Mumford remembers the recently departed Pauline Oliveros in the following obituary. I had the honor of being a TA for Pauline Oliveros during my graduate studies at the…

Birthdays Composers Contemporary Classical File Under? Recordings Review

Happy Birthday Meredith Monk!

November 20, 2016 Christian Carey

Meredith Monk turns 74 today. An early birthday present came from ECM Records on November 4th: a recording of Monk’s On Behalf of Nature project. We do not have the…

Composers Contemporary Classical Radio

Twenty-Five Hours For YOU To Be Heard

November 14, 2016 Steve Layton

In this year where up is down and blue is red, one constant remains: our radio pal Marvin Rosen‘s end-of-year, day-long marathon playing recent music by living composers. But how…