Category: Premieres

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

I was gratified to discover that Lash’s 45-minute work manages to avoid the clichés and sentimentality to which much of…

Big name soloists, a symphonic work plucked from obscurity and a premiere. It’s an oft-used – and winning – programming…

On Saturday, June 1, 2019 the annual Noon to Midnight new music festival returned to Disney Hall, complete with non-stop…

On May 14, 2019, Tuesdays @ Monk Space presented Incandescent Keyboards, Luminous Percussion, a concert of three important works from…

On March 27, 2019, People Inside Electronics presented Wired Wednesday, a concert featuring a set by Amy Advocat and Matt…

[Ed. note: Former S21 contributor, member, and friend David Salvage has in the last couple years pulled up his U.S. tent…

On Sunday, February 18, 2018, the Pasadena Conservatory of Music hosted a faculty recital featuring the Panic Duo of Nick…

On November 11, 2017, the Society for the Activation of Social Space Through Art and Sound (SASSAS) formally presented the…

On Thursday, June 8, 2017 the Santa Monica Public Library presented the Los Angeles premiere of Breadwoman: Variations and Improvisations…