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Feldman in Focus with Red Light New Music at Leonard Nimoy Thalia
Feb. 21, 2012On Monday, February 27, New York City’s Red Light New Music presents The Viola in My Life: The Influence of Morton Feldman, an exploration of the music of this …
Joseph Schwantner’s Percussion Concerto Wins A Grammy!
Feb. 13, 2012The Naxos recording of Joseph Schwantner’s Percussion Concerto took home the Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards on February 12. Featuring soloist Christopher …
World Premiere of Toshio Hosokawa's Matsukaze at La Monnaie
Feb. 11, 2012Toshio Hosokawa’s third opera Matsukaze is based on a play of the same name by Zeami, one of the pioneers of traditional Japanese No theatre. Hosokawa’s concept was to breathe …
Rhapsody in Blue on German Tour Featuring Fazil Say
Feb. 08, 2012George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue uniquely describes the American spirit of the 1920s. Gershwin was one of the first composers who combined Jazz and classical music. This month the Orquesta …
Bernard Rands Headlines New Music Box
Feb. 02, 2012Live now on New Music Box, Bernard Rands is the subject of a wonderfully in–depth artist profile auteured by foremost new music polymath Frank J. Oteri. Including a video …
Douglas J. Cuomo at Carnegie Hall's Transient Glory
Feb. 02, 2012Douglas J. Cuomo’s new choral work, How To Survive in the Woods, sees its premiere at the Carnegie Hall Choral Institutes’s Transient Glory performance on Saturday, February 18 in …
Arvo Pärt’s Lamentate Plays Carnegie Hall in New York Premiere
Feb. 02, 2012The worldwide celebrations of Phillip Glass’ 75th birthday on January 31 included a tribute concert at Carnegie Hall. Before the audience had heard even a note of Glass’s music at …
US Premiere of Rufus Wainwright’s Prima Donna at New York City Opera
Feb. 02, 2012New York City Opera presents the US premiere of Rufus Wainwright’s internationally acclaimed first opera, Prima Donna. Conducted by Jayce Ogren, the production opens February 19 with four performances …
Hommage à Paris: The 2012 Kurt Weill Fest
Feb. 01, 2012In the brief two-and-a-half years Kurt Weill spent in Paris after fleeing Germany and before settling in New York, he composed Die sieben Todsünden, Marie Galante, Der …
Anne Dudley and Steven Isserlis Reinvent Goldiepegs and the Three Cellos
Feb. 01, 2012“Once upon a time there was a lovely little violin who lived on the edge of a forest…”
"[I've] been writing a bit," muses cellist Steven Isserlis in …