The End of “Classical Discoveries Goes Avant-Garde”
For years now, long-time WPRB radio host Marvin Rosen has brought the world (though it’s in Princeton, New Jersey, it also streams live over the web) all manner of “Classical…
Classical and Prog-Rock Collide on Pianist and Composer Kris Becker’s New Album “Expansions”
(Houston, TX) “Ah! Expression!” That’s the first thing that came out of my mouth when I cued up and heard “Elegy,” the poignant, yet unsentimental first track on Houston-based pianist…
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Flutist Michelle Yom’s FALKOR
(Houston, TX) This Sunday, Houston-based flutist, composer, and improviser Michelle Yom presents FALKOR, an interactive music and dance composition featuring Yom on flute and four dancers, Kriten Frankiewicz, Erin Reck,…
Friday: Miranda at Mannes
It is no secret that violinist, violist, and sometime vocalist Miranda Cuckson is one of File Under ?’s favorite contemporary music performers on the New York scene. An excerpt of her recent Nono…
Piano Battle – Andreas Kern versus Paul Cibis
Strutting their stuff, before and during the duel Photos: Matthias Bothor The 19th century virtuoso was familiar with the idea of proving one’s prowess at the keyboard with gusto, by…
Q2 Wants to Hear from You!
Q2, The online “Living Music, Living Composers” arm of New York’s classical radio station WQXR (105.9 FM) is requesting some feedback from its listeners. Their Listener Survey (available online here),…
Your Body is Not a Shark
Sometimes a phone interview is the way to go, even if you live in the same town. And so it was on a rainy Friday afternoon this past December that…
Hanna Arie-Gaifman – collaborative workings at the 92 Street Y
As the Director of the 92nd Street Y’s Tisch Center for the Arts, overseeing the 92Y’s concert series and Unterberg Poetry Center endowed by the Tisch Family, Hanna Arie-Gaifman indulges…
Dear Huff Post …
Have you seen the leaden snark about new music that recently passed for a column on Huffington Post? Penned by composer Daniel Asia, it was ostensibly about John Cage’s centenary…
Young Concert Artists – launching and nurturing profound new talent for the future of music-making
It takes real enthusiasm and a vision to bring about the change politicians speak about. In real life, it is only the most invigorated doers, like YCA’s Susan Wadsworth,…