Nadia Sirota (and Friends) at Symphony Space
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) One of the highlights of Nadia Sirota’s recent four-night residency at Symphony Space was the world premiere last Friday night of Irish […]
Nadia Sirota
Ear Heart Music Series Opens with Richard Reed Parry, yMusic Ensemble, and Nico Muhly at Roulette
by Steven Pisano Photo: Steven Pisano If nights of the week have a music personality, and Friday and Saturday nights are the loud and rowdy party animals in the group,
Q2 Music’s Meet The Composer Launch Party at The Greene Space
For the past two years, Q2 Music has been a bastion of new music in the barren wasteland of classical radio – even if it's the sort of radio you
Preview: Meet the Composer Podcast Kickoff 6/24 at The Greene Space
From left to right: John Luther Adams, Andrew Norman (top), Donnacha Dennehy (bottom), Caroline Shaw and Marcos Balter Hosted by Nadia Sirota, Q2 Music's new podcast Meet the Composer is described as being "equal
(le) Poisson Rouge and the Metropolitan Opera Preview Nico Muhly’s “Two Boys”
Nico Muhly remains one the most active young composers around. Last Tuesday night, fresh off of curating at and performing in his own festival, A Scream and An Outrage, he returned to New York for two shows at Le Poisson Rouge. The night consisted of a broad range of works based loosely based around a preview of his opera, Two Boys, premiering at the Met in October.
The opera premiered at the English National Opera in 2011. With a libretto by celebrated American playwright Craig Lucas, it examines issues associated with the darker corners of the Internet and online chat rooms. The opera is a part of Met general manager Peter Gelb’s larger effort to bring opera to a younger demographic, and the nature of the issues explored drags opera firmly into the 21st century.