Preview: Big Ears Festival 2016
I'm excited to be returning to Knoxville, TN this weekend for the Big Ears Festival, which I attended for the first time last year and was pretty much blown away by […]
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Ticket Giveaway: Ensemble ACJW at National Sawdust TONIGHT
Ensemble ACJW, made up of some of the finest young professional classical musicians from the United States, is kicking off a three-concert series at Williamsburg's National Sawdust tonight with “Reflections”: a contemporary program that seeks
Preview: Stockhausen’s KLANG at the Met Museum
Though you wouldn't know it except for a few perfunctory blurbs in the local press, there is a landmark music event taking place in New York this weekend. For more than four years,
Bulgarian Pianist Tania Stavreva Brings “Kaleidoscope Rhythms” to Tenri Cultural Institute
by Nick Stubblefield Great music and art from all corners of the globe can be found in New York all year round — so much so that deciding which event to
Coffee Conversations: Composer Eric Lemmon
by Nick Stubblefield NYC-based musician Eric Lemmon has been burning it up of late. His compositions, noted for their broad range of extended techniques and complex rhythms, have been performed at venues
Sarah Plum Plays New Works at Spectrum
by Nick Stubblefield Stepping into Spectrum in Lower Manhattan is like stepping into a modern-day composer's living room. CDs line one wall, books the other. There are plenty of comfy couches, and
Coffee Conversation: Kronos Quartet’s David Harrington
For anyone who cares at all about the living art of music, there is no more vital institution than the Kronos Quartet. Since their founding 41 years ago, this indefatigable
Julia Wolfe Wins the Pulitzer Prize for “Anthracite Fields”
Somehow, I missed last week's announcement that Julia Wolfe, co-founder of Bang on a Can, won this year's Pulitzer Prize for her oratorio Anthracite Fields, inspired by the coal miners near
Preview: Australian Chamber Orchestra Perform Jonny Greenwood’s “Water” at Carnegie Hall
This Sunday, the Australian Chamber Orchestra – reputed to be one of the finest chamber orchestras in the world – makes a rare stateside visit to Zankel Hall with a