Preview: “The Day Before” at Symphony Space
To mark the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination in Dallas, Texas, Symphony Space turns back the calendar this Friday to November 21, 1963—the day before the tragedy that
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Calder Quartet and David Longstreth at Metropolitan Museum of Art
by Robert Leeper Photo credit: Hiroyuki Ito, The New York Times After the Calder Quartet's last show at the Met, which was clean but lacked a certain edge, they regrouped
FREE TICKETS: Miloš, Béla Fleck, and Brooklyn Rider at LPR!
NOTE: This contest has ended. Banjo master Béla Fleck and classical guitar maven Miloš Karadaglić are coming to LPR this Sunday night at 8:00 p.m., and FoM is giving away a pair of
White Light Festival: Michel van der Aa’s Up-Close and Other Works
Photo credit: Andrea Mohin, The New York Times Visuals—be it film or computer-generated projections—have become something of a mainstay in contemporary concert music, and with good reason: More than ever, we
Preview: Calder Quartet Plays Bartók and David Longstreth
The Calder Quartet, who've accompanied everyone from The National to Airborne Toxic Event and Vampire Weekend, will be joined by David Longstreth of Dirty Projectors as part of the Bartók Quartet Cycle this Friday,
Preview: White Light Festival 2013
The fourth edition of Lincoln Center’s White Light Festival returns this week, with its now-familiar eclectic mix of musical events spread across the Lincoln Center campus and beyond. As in
Dither Extravaganza at Gowanus Loft
For the fourth year in a row, the electric guitar quartet Dither held their annual Extravaganza on Saturday night, featuring an extended evening of music from their friends in new
Mario Diaz de Leon at Roulette
Mario Diaz de Leon is one of those new cross-bred composers—David T. Little and Bryce Dessner, among others—who have found their way to serious music through rock. In Diaz de Leon's
Ear Heart Music with American Modern Ensemble
After Wednesday's CMJ melee, I made my way out to Brooklyn for the latest edition of Ear Heart Music's monthly series at Roulette, featuring the American Modern Ensemble—an all-star collective