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Ken Ueno & Du Yun at the Flea

May 1, 2010 Christian Carey

Big ups to my composer compadre Ken Ueno. He’s had a heck of a busy year. In addition to an active teaching schedule at University of California-Berkeley, where he’s an…

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Pianos East and West, tuned and retuned

April 22, 2010 Steve Layton

We may have missed the first volleys of southern California’s MicroFest — concerts devoted to tunings other than our standard, boring old 12 steps to the octave — but there’s…

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La Commedia or, my dinner with Louis

April 21, 2010 Armando Bayolo

Thursday, April 15 marked the New York premiere of Louis Andriessen’s latest opera, La Commedia at Carnegie Hall. I was lucky enough to make it up to New York for…

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NYPO’s Contact! at Symphony Space

April 21, 2010 Christian Carey

The New York Philharmonic has made significant strides to renew its commitment to contemporary classical music this season. Curated by composer-in-residence Magnus Lindberg and conducted by music director Alan Gilbert,…

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Countdown to Contact!

April 10, 2010 Christian Carey

The New York Philharmonic presents its next set of performances in the Contact! series next Thursday and Friday (4/16 and 4/17). Here’s a flip-cam video of featured composer Matthias Pintscher…

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Monday Night with Dr. Phil

March 21, 2010 Steve Layton

No, not that one… This one, with trusty bass in hand… Phil Fried is a composer long known to me as a regular, astute — and often very funny —…

Composers Concerts Contemporary Classical Downtown New York

Take this detour

March 18, 2010 Steve Layton

I’ve written before about the one and only Alex Temple, late Yalie and NYC denizen, studious University of Michigan grad student, now currently working his thing in Chicago. Well, Alex…

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Annual Ensemble Pi concert for peace and civil rights, Cooper Union

March 9, 2010 Steve Layton

Ensemble Pi is an unusual new-music collective, in that all its concerts have a socially-conscious bent and feature composers whose work seeks to open a dialogue between ideas and music…

Composers Concerts Contemporary Classical Festivals File Under? New York

Composers Now: An interview with Laura Kaminsky

February 26, 2010 Christian Carey

Composer, arts administrator, educator, and now, festival curator, Laura Kaminsky is exactly the type of advocate contemporary music needs to ensure its survival. Until recently a dean at the Conservatory…

Composers Concerts Contemporary Classical Festivals File Under? New York

Week long Composers Now Festival starts today!

February 22, 2010 Christian Carey

Sure, the recession has caused for cutbacks in the arts. But composers are a resilient bunch. This week, New York City will be the site for the first Composers Now…