National Sawdust

Celebrating Pierre Boulez’s 90th Birthday at National Sawdust

by Steven Pisano (Photographs by Steven Pisano.) Last week at National Sawdust a series of four concerts celebrated the 90th birthday (back in March) of French composer, conductor, and […]

Tags: 12-tone, brooklyn, classical, International Contemporary Ensemble, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Katalin Karolyi, Luigi Nono, music, National Sawdust, Pascal Gallois, Pierre Boulez, serialism

“Persona,” a New Opera: Finding a Voice at National Sawdust

by Steven Pisano (All photographs by Steven Pisano.) Last weekend at National Sawdust, Williamsburg's hip new venue for contemporary music, Beth Morrison Projects presented Persona, a new chamber opera based on the 1965

Tags: brooklyn, Ingmar Bergman, Keeril Makan, music, National Sawdust, opera, Persona