New Music

Fete de la Musique – à France

I'm sorry to be missing today's Make Music New York, but happy to be in France, where Fete de la Musique began 30 years ago in Paris. Tonight, I'm in

Hauschka @SonarHall

I've heard about Berlin composer/producer/pianist Hauschka for awhile now, but never had the chance to see him play until today's Sonar Day session. Basically, this is musique concrete, using prepared

Quotable

(Photo: Sonar 2011 Opening Concert w/Steve Reich's "Music For 18 Musicians") "Minimalism was the single most important idea of the previous century, the one that made possible virtually all that

Steve @ Sonar

An extraordinary concert tonight at Barcelona's l'Auditori, where local new music ensemble bcn216 and London's Synergy Vocals just finished performing Steve Reich's "Music For 18 Musicians" to officially open Sonar

Stepgaard: Izzy O’Connell

After last night's Celebrate Brooklyn show, I hopped on the train all the way to midtown, arriving just in time for the latest installment of Tristan and Lesley's Stepgaard, which

Roulette Brooklyn

This past weekend, the new Roulette Brooklyn – which is still undergoing renovations before it's official opening this fall – hosted a performance of John Cage's 1967 "Musicircus" for "as

Digital Fiddler

The CD release “party” has become a tired cliché in the indie/new music world: an exercise in self-promotion that usually disappoints, because most bands have no idea how to replicate

Look and Listen Festival 2011

This past week marked the 10th edition of the Look and Listen Festival, which sets performances of contemporary music in art gallery spaces. I last visited the festival in 2008, and

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