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Vijay Iyer Discusses an "Antidote to Isolation"
Oct. 01, 2020Acclaimed composer and performer Vijay Iyer sat down with Steinway to discuss the role of music and connection during a time when social distancing is necessary. He aptly notes, "Music …
Music of Valgeir Sigurdsson, Alvin Singleton, Christopher Cerrone and Annie Gosfield at the Bang on a Can Marathon
Oct. 01, 2020On October 18, Bang on a Can presents a six-hour marathon of "nonconformist, noncommercial, boundary-smashing music" including world premiere commissions by Annie Gosfield (Curveballs and Asteroids performed …
World Premiere Recording of Alvin Singleton's Ein Kleines Volkslied
Oct. 01, 2020On November 6, New Focus Recordings will release Against Method, a recording which celebrates the 20th anniversary of the New York-based new music collective counter)induction. Included in …
Beat Furrer's New Concertos for Violin and Clarinet
Oct. 01, 2020Beat Furrer’s latest projects include two works for completely different instruments, both of which have the reputation of being close to the human voice. His Concerto for Violin and Orchestra will …
Suntory Hall Presents Chamber Music by Toshi Ichiyanagi and Joji Yuasa
Sep. 18, 2020On September 18, Suntory Hall presented a concert of chamber music by Toshi Ichiyanagi and Joji Yuasa that highlighted the evolution of their work over several decades. This concert was …
A Rediscovered Choral Motet by Camille Saint-Saëns
Sep. 18, 2020Fittingly coinciding with the commemorative year in 2021 to mark the 100th anniversary of Camille Saint-Saëns’s death, a rediscovered choral work by the composer will be published for the very …
World Premiere of Philipp Maintz's Organ Concerto, de figuris
Sep. 18, 2020Philipp Maintz’s de figuris, a concerto for organ and large orchestra, draws its inspiration from the “Apocalipsis cum figuris”, Albrecht Dürer’s depiction of the apocalypse in fourteen scenes of …
Luke Bedford's Through His Teeth Premieres at Germany's Meiningen Staatstheater
Sep. 18, 2020On September 25, Luke Bedford's chamber opera Through His Teeth for three singers and eight players, will be premiered at the Meiningen Staatstheater in Germany. With a libretto …
Arvo Pärt Celebrates 85 Years
Sep. 18, 2020Arvo Pärt said, "Music is a friend, understanding, emphatic, forgiving, comforting, a cloth to dry the tears of sadness, a source of tears of joy, but also a painful thorn …
Alvin Singleton Named Karel Husa Visiting Professor of Composition Amidst a Flurry of Performances
Sep. 18, 2020Alvin Singleton has been named the Karel Husa Visiting Professor of Composition at Ithaca College for the 2020-21 academic year. The Karel Husa Visiting Professor of Composition is a position awarded …