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2012 Outsound Summit lineup revealed

May 14, 2012 Polly Moller

The San Francisco Bay Area’s underground music scene will come together this coming July in an annual celebration of its tremendous range of styles, its love of improvisation, and its…

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Shai Wosner: Debut of Michael Hersch’s Piano Concerto (A Preview)

May 10, 2012 Chris McGovern

On May 15th, pianist Shai Wosner will be performing a brand new Piano Concerto by Michael Hersch. Titled along the ravines, the piece will be making its first ever concert…

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Inna Faliks: Interview/Preview of her Cornelia St. Cafe show

April 20, 2012 Chris McGovern

Music/Words, an interdisciplinary series founded and curated by NYC-based pianist Inna Faliks, continues its fourth season on Sunday, April 22, 2012, at 6 PM with a performance at New York’s…

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Jenny Q. Chai: Interview/Preview of her Zankel Hall Concert

April 4, 2012 Chris McGovern

New music pianist Jenny Q. Chai is making a special appearance at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall on April 19th at 7:30 PM playing some great pieces by Ligeti, Marco Stroppa,…

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And the Winner of the David Lang Competition is….

March 2, 2012 Christian Carey

Congratulations to pianist Peter Poston for winning the David Lang 2011 Competition. Below is his award-winning entry, a performance of Wed, submitted via YouTube: Poston will get to perform as…

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2012 Avant Music Festival: Review – Celebrating John Cage at 100

February 14, 2012 Chris McGovern

Vicky Chow performing with Ekmeles at the Avant Festival about a year ago; 2/12/11 (Photo courtesy of Avant Media) Celebrating John Cage at 100 Avant Music Festival The Wild Project,…

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Uncaged Toy Piano Festival starts Tuesday

November 28, 2011 Christian Carey

Think the emphasis should be placed on the first word of toy piano? If so, you’re behind the times! The repertoire and the number of toy piano performers are both…

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My Wounded Head at the Stone

September 23, 2011 Elliot Cole

I’m excited to share a piece of music that is very close to my heart: Marc Chan’s My Wounded Head cycle, the third installment of which will be performed this…

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Let’s Ask Kanoko Nishi

July 15, 2011 Polly Moller

San Francisco Bay Area composer/performer Kanoko Nishi wraps up our series of interviews with composers who are premiering new works at the 10th Annual Outsound New Music Summit in San…

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Marilyn Nonken talks about Feldman Festival

May 31, 2011 Christian Carey

Pianist Marilyn Nonken is performing Triadic Memories on June 4 in Philadelphia as part of “American Sublime,” a festival devoted to the works of Morton Feldman. Marilyn was kind enough…