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
New Music
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
Sonar 2011 Opening Concert: Steve Reich
bcn 216 and Synergy Vocals performing Steve Reich's "Music For 18 Musicians", l'Auditori, Barcelona, 6/16/11. More pics on Flickr.
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