Interview
For experimental musician and artist Charmaine Lee, meaningful ideas are best expressed in a languag...
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Charmaine Lee, Ikue Mori, Kou Records, Wet Ink Ensemble
José Martínez has charted numerous routes through tradition and storytelling by leaning into abstrac...
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Alejandro González Puche, HOCKET, Hocket Duo, Jordan Walsh, José Martínez, Laura Moreno, Leymis Bolaños, Ma Zhenghong, May Romero Quiñonez, New Focus Recordings, Sara Martínez
Composer, electroacoustic musician, and educator Ali Balighi seems most comfortable in the unstable...
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Ali Balighi, Post Orientalism Music
In the 250th anniversary of the United States, we might expect programming that focuses on the Found...
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Amy Beach, Danielle Jagelski, Erin Schwab, Florence Price, JL Marlor, Joan Tower, Michelle Rofrano, Nadia Boulanger, PROTESTRA, Valerie Coleman
When Glenn Branca’s Symphony No. 13 (“Hallucination City”) for 100 Guitars was first performed at th...
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Glenn Branca, Glenn Branca Ensemble, Lincoln Center, Reg Bloor
In the landscape of modern opera performance, everyone seems to be fighting an uphill battle. Compos...
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Ben Ross, Elisheva Pront, Magdelena Ensemble, Meg Huskin, Michael Mills, Mira Fu-en Huang, TellTale Opera Theatre
There’s often a moment in a group improvisation where musicians let go of trying to make sense of ea...
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Andy Meyerson, Mali Obomsawin, Miriam Elhajli, Raven Chacon, Steve Hammond, The Living Earth Show, Travis Andrews
For more than a century, the New York City neighborhood of Harlem has been a synchedoche for Black a...
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Alexander Davis, Malachi Brown, Recomposing America, Sugar Hill Salon
“One might describe [my style] as a patchwork: you can really find the seams when you’re browsing th...
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American Composers Forum, Ernest Bisong, Grant West, Kavyesh Kaviraj, Khamara Pettus, Recomposing America, Reverend Carl Walker, Walker|West Music Academy
A self-described anti-disciplinary artist, Dorian Wood seeks to “infect” spaces and ideologies in or...
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Adrián Cortés, April Guthrie, Carmina Escobar, Christopher Votek, Dorian Wood, Emily Elkin, Michael Corwin, New Amsterdam Records, Violetta Parra
Hamed Erfani and Yasaman Seif are a formidable couple: as a composer and a cellist, respectively, th...
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Hamed Erfani, Oklahoma Chamber Symphony, Yasaman Seif
With Project Poetic Justice, artist and activist Ryan Alexander combines his passion for social just...
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John Hopkins University, Nuburooj Khattak, Peabody Institute, Project Poetic Justice, Ryan Alexander
Few children dream of being a pop star and actually achieve that goal — but that is what happened fo...
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Diamanda Galas, Eli Namay, Jeff Siegfried, Mai Khôi, Mai Khôi & the Dissidents, Mark Micchelli, Ngọc Đại, Nguyễn Nhất Lý, Nicole Mitchell, PJ Roduta, Roomful of Teeth
This interview has been lightly edited for clarity. Flutist and composer Allison Loggins-Hull has al...
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Allison Loggins-Hull, Avie Records, Castle of our Skins, Franz Welser-Möst, Jessie Montgomery, Joshua Smith, Julia Bullock, Laquita Mitchell, Roomful of Teeth, Spoleto Festival, TCO Media, The Cleveland Orchestra, The Everything Band, Valerie Coleman
Defining the full scope of Amina Claudine Myers’ artistry feels impossible. At 84, she has nurtured...
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AACM, Amina Claudine Myers, Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, Henry Threadgill, Muhal Richard Abrams, Roscoe Mitchell, Wadada Leo Smith
Olivia Block is pictured on her website before a glistening Steinway piano, illuminated from behind...
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Alvin Lucier Award for Music, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Olivia Block
Borealis is somewhat of a unicorn in the world of new and experimental music festivals. Held each Ma...
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Borealis, Camille Norment, Jaleh Negari, Johan Sara Jr., Peter Meanwell, Sara Marielle Gaup
Stunning textures and timbral exploration are hallmarks of Camila Agosto’s compositional output. As...
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Camila Agosto, International Contemporary Ensemble, the International Contemporary Ensemble
