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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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Jenny Q. Chai at Zankel Hall: A Review

Apr 20, 2012 Chris McGovern

Ear To Mind presents Pianist Jenny Q. Chai in Recital Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, NYC April 19th, 2012 Jenny Q. Chai walked out onstage for the first half of…

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Cygnus Ensemble at the Library of Congress

Feb 1, 2012 Armando Bayolo

Washington, D.C. readers may have noticed that the new music scene in the District has been exploding lately. This week brings another significant event when New York’s Cygnus Ensemble makes its…

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“Cold Shivers Seem Spine”: Are These Sketches of Sibelius’s Eighth Symphony?

Nov 16, 2011 Christian Hertzog

Big news from Finland: Sketches of what appear to be Sibelius’s Eighth Symphony (long thought destroyed by Sibelius) have emerged. Here’s a clunky Google translation of the Finnish web site…

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That Pioneering Spirit

Oct 18, 2011 Elliot Cole

Watching the beginning of a new ensemble is always exciting. But there’s a difference between a group that sets up camp in known territory — say, in the mineral-rich…

Bass Chamber Music Composers Concerts Contemporary Classical Experimental Music Festivals Improv Interviews Piano Premieres San Francisco Women composers

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 Francisco on Friday,…

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Let’s Ask Krys Bobrowski

Jul 14, 2011 Polly Moller

Krys Bobrowski is up next in our series of interviews with composers who are premiering new works at the 10th Annual Outsound New Music Summit in San Francisco on Friday, July…

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Let’s Ask Andrew Raffo Dewar

Jul 13, 2011 Polly Moller

Here’s the first in a series of interviews with composers who are premiering new works at the 10th Annual Outsound New Music Summit in San Francisco on Friday, July 22nd.…

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San Diego New Music’s soundON Festival: Evening 1

Jun 17, 2011 Christian Hertzog

Full disclosure: I co-founded San Diego New Music in 1994, served as its first Executive Director, and have been a board member since 2000. This isn’t a review or a…