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Bang on a Can Long Play Festival 2022: An Interview with David Lang

April 24, 2022 Gail Wein

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,…

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Live, in person and new: Contemporary music festivals in the Northeast in Summer 2021

July 22, 2021 Gail Wein

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…

Contemporary Classical Festivals File Under?

Princeton Festival’s Dreaming/Undreaming (Video)

June 20, 2021 Christian Carey

This past weekend, Kosmologia Interdisciplinary Ensemble premiered a multimedia work, Dreaming/Undreaming, at the Princeton Festival. The piece combines dance, video art, and piano music by J.S. Bach and the ensemble’s…

Best of CD Review Contemporary Classical Festivals File Under?

Scelsi revisited (Best of 2020)

December 9, 2020 Christian Carey

Scelsi Revisited Klangforum Wien, Sylvain Cambreling, Johannes Kalitzke, conductors Kairos 2XCD A number of prominent European composers took part in Scelsi revisited, a festival, documented on this double-CD, celebrating Giacinto…

Concert review Contemporary Classical Experimental Music Festivals Los Angeles

Dog Star 15 – Civil Twilight

June 29, 2019 Paul Muller

The 15th annual Dog Star Orchestra series of concerts concluded with Civil Twilight, held at the CalArts Wild Beast and environs, presenting four pieces of experimental music. Three of the…

Concert review Contemporary Classical Festivals Los Angeles Ojai

A Day at the Ojai Music Festival

June 14, 2019 Paul Muller

The 2019 Ojai Music Festival began on June 6 and packed in a wide variety of styles and vintages of new music over four days and three nights. Everything from…

Concert review Contemporary Classical Festivals Ojai

At the 2018 Ojai Music Festival

June 9, 2018 Paul Muller

June 7, the opening day of the 2018 Ojai Music Festival, featured the usual welcome variety of lectures, interviews and pop-up concerts as well as performances of music by two…

Boston Chamber Music Concert review Contemporary Classical Electro-Acoustic Festivals File Under?

Tanglewood FCM 2017 – Highlights, Part One

August 17, 2017 Christian Carey

This year’s Festival of Contemporary Music at Tanglewood (in Lenox, Massachusetts) was curated by three youngish stars of the new music community: pianist Jacob Greenberg (ICE), cellist Kathryn Bates (Del…

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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…

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Interview with Robert Morris

September 10, 2016 Christian Carey

On September 15-18 at Spectrum, Collide-O-Scope Music begins its eighth season with a Festival celebrating the music of Robert Morris. A wide range of works will be featured, for electronics,…