Hilary chats up Nico
S21’s intrepid reporter-in-the-field (oh yeah, and superstar violinist, too!) Hilary Hahn just happened to virtually bump into the dean of…
Uncaged Toy Piano Festival starts Tuesday
Think the emphasis should be placed on the first word of toy piano? If so, you’re behind the times! The…
Toshio Hosokawa: “Landscape V” (Video)
On the File Under ? blog tomorrow, we’ll be discussing Landscapes, Toshio Hosokawa’s first portrait CD for the ECM imprint.…
I think I overdosed on student composers’ music (part 2)
Early this week I posted my report on the 2011 Midwest Composers Symposium, wherein I mentioned the fact I had…
Spears and Supko share Galapagos double bill
Time Out New York’s Steve Smith is sparing with the 5-star CD reviews, but he gave his highest score to Drawn…
I think I overdosed on student composers’ music (part 1)
The positive aspect of having too much of a good thing is that you’ve consumed something good. For me in…
Brave New Works Comes to Town
For those of you in the area, the highly-lauded chamber ensemble Brave New Works is returning to their old stomping…
David Lang is Writing a Piano Piece for Four Hands. Two of Them Could be Yours.
David Lang is one of my favorite composers and among a handful of brave souls who created the vibrant new…
“Cold Shivers Seem Spine”: Are These Sketches of Sibelius’s Eighth Symphony?
Big news from Finland: Sketches of what appear to be Sibelius’s Eighth Symphony (long thought destroyed by Sibelius) have emerged.…