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Bang on a Can Long Play Festival 2022: An Interview with David Lang

Apr 24, 2022 Gail Wein

Two years ago, I was editing a 2020 interview with the composer David Lang about the new multi-day festival that…

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Live, in person and new: Contemporary music festivals in the Northeast in Summer 2021

Jul 22, 2021 Gail Wein

LOUD Weekend, TIME:SPANS, Tanglewood and Bard are all back on stage this summer with in-person audiences Fans starved for live…

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Princeton Festival’s Dreaming/Undreaming (Video)

Jun 20, 2021 Christian Carey

This past weekend, Kosmologia Interdisciplinary Ensemble premiered a multimedia work, Dreaming/Undreaming, at the Princeton Festival. The piece combines dance, video art, and piano music…

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Scelsi revisited (Best of 2020)

Dec 9, 2020 Christian Carey

Scelsi Revisited Klangforum Wien, Sylvain Cambreling, Johannes Kalitzke, conductors Kairos 2XCD A number of prominent European composers took part in…

Concert review Contemporary Classical Experimental Music Festivals Los Angeles

Dog Star 15 – Civil Twilight

Jun 29, 2019 Paul Muller

The 15th annual Dog Star Orchestra series of concerts concluded with Civil Twilight, held at the CalArts Wild Beast and…

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A Day at the Ojai Music Festival

Jun 14, 2019 Paul Muller

The 2019 Ojai Music Festival began on June 6 and packed in a wide variety of styles and vintages of…

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At the 2018 Ojai Music Festival

Jun 9, 2018 Paul Muller

June 7, the opening day of the 2018 Ojai Music Festival, featured the usual welcome variety of lectures, interviews and…

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Tanglewood FCM 2017 – Highlights, Part One

Aug 17, 2017 Christian Carey

This year’s Festival of Contemporary Music at Tanglewood (in Lenox, Massachusetts) was curated by three youngish stars of the new…

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Interview: Julia Adolphe

Jul 24, 2017 Christian Carey

This week, The New York Philharmonic premieres their second commission by composer Julia Adolphe. The first, 2016’s Unearth, Release, was a warmly received viola…

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Interview with Robert Morris

Sep 10, 2016 Christian Carey

On September 15-18 at Spectrum, Collide-O-Scope Music begins its eighth season with a Festival celebrating the music of Robert Morris.…

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