Winter Jazzfest Marathon 2020 – Friday Recap
Charles Altura, left; Jure Pukl, right by Dan Lehner An unseasonable warm spell may have made for an odd environment for Winter Jazzfest this year, but encouraging people to
New Music
Kelly Moran at Roulette
The prepared piano – where a pianist places screws, forks and other foreign objects on the piano strings to create strange, eerie timbres – has long had a place in
2019 NYC Summer Music Preview
It's up in the mid-80's today in NYC, which has got me thinking about my favorite time of year: summer, when all sorts of amazing music heads outdoors. In addition
Hypercube at the DiMenna Center
(Photo: Michael Yu) Sometimes, when I look through all of the new music listings in NYC, it's honestly hard to tell one group from the next. And, with most of
Ticket Giveaway: HYPERCUBE at the DiMenna Center on May 7
NYC-based new music ensemble HYPERCUBE has built a reputation for high-energy performances using the somewhat unusual combination of instruments: saxophone, acoustic/electric guitar, piano/accordion, and percussion. Next Tuesday, May 7, they'll be
A Thousand Thoughts: Kronos Quartet with Sam Green at The Town Hall
"The string quartet repertoire was probably changed more by (Kronos Quartet) than by any other group." – Philip Glass What is a string quartet? That seems to have been the
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Celebrates George Crumb at 90
by Steven Pisano and Pete Matthews (All photos by Steven Pisano.) The American composer George Crumb turns 90 later this year, but the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center started
HereNowHear Piano Duo Closes Kettle Corn New Music’s 6th Season
by Nick Stubblefield HereNowHear, the dynamic new-music piano duo of Andrew Zhou and Ryan McCullough, closed out Kettle Corn New Music’s sixth season at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music
Robert Ashley’s “Improvement (Don Leaves Linda)” at The Kitchen
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) The composer Robert Ashley's opera Improvement (Don Leaves Linda) is an interesting case as an opera because it was not conceived traditionally