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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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Best of 2021: New/Experimental Recordings

December 22, 2021 Christian Carey

Best New/Experimental Recordings Trio IX and Exercises Christian Wolff Trio Accanto Nicholas Hodges, piano; Marcus Weiss, saxophone; Christian Dierstein, percussion Wergo CD Three String Quartets Christian Wolff Quatuor Bozzini New…

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Best EP of 2021: Light Past Blue

December 4, 2021 Christian Carey

Best EP of 2021 Light Past Blue Alex Somers & Aska Matsumiya Mini LP Sometimes music sneaks up on you. This recording, Light Past Blue, just dropped Friday, indeed out…

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Best of 2021: Christian Baldini Conducts UC Davis Symphony (CD Review)

October 10, 2021 Christian Carey

Best of 2021: Varèse, Ligeti, Lutosławski, Baldini on Centaur Varèse, Ligeti, Lutosławski, Baldini Munich Radio Orchestra; UC Davis Symphony Orchestra Miranda Cuckson, violin; Maximilian Haft, violin Christian Baldini, conductor Centaur…

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Live concert resources for a music-thirsty world

March 14, 2020 Gail Wein

It’s a brave new world. Large gatherings are prohibited in many cities to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, and so nearly all concerts have been postponed or cancelled. Still,…

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Dan Lippel: Guitarist, champion of new music, co-founder and director of New Focus Recordings and solo artist on a brand-new double album

January 14, 2020 Gail Wein

Dan Lippel – like so many in the creative world – wears many hats. Lippel is a classical guitarist who specializes in new music, he founded and runs a successful…

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Violinist Midori and Pianist Ieva Jokubaviciute at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City

November 5, 2019 Gail Wein

No matter how old the violinist Midori is, I’ll always think of her as a child prodigy, the young teenager in the 1980s who played with A-list orchestras around the…

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Sheila Silver Composer Portrait at Merkin Hall

February 22, 2018 Christian Carey

The Music of Sheila Silver: A Celebration Merkin Concert Hall February 8, 2018 By Christian Carey Published on Sequenza 21 NEW YORK – Composer Sheila Silver has taught at Stony…

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Elliott Sharp: The Boreal

February 23, 2016 Tyran Grillo

Elliott Sharp may sometimes be characterized as a cellular composer, but he is by no means a cellular thinker. Rather, he seems to conceive of things in large swaths of…

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Best New Music 2014

December 22, 2014 George Grella

Cross-posted from my home site, The Big City, here are my lists for top new music recordings of the year, in a few different categories: Best 2014 Albums of New…

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

Best of 2021: New/Experimental Recordings

Best EP of 2021: Light Past Blue

Best of 2021: Christian Baldini Conducts UC Davis Symphony (CD Review)

Live concert resources for a music-thirsty world

Dan Lippel: Guitarist, champion of new music, co-founder and director of New Focus Recordings and solo artist on a brand-new double album

Violinist Midori and Pianist Ieva Jokubaviciute at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City

Sheila Silver Composer Portrait at Merkin Hall

Elliott Sharp: The Boreal

Best New Music 2014

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