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Standard Issue at Dig That Treasure! Festival 2026 -- Photo by Carl Northcote

The Ecstatic Experience of Dig That Treasure! Festival 2026

I don’t think I have ever seen the audience at Cafe Oto so animated and so joyful as they were on th...
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Abul Mogard, Ailís Ní Ríain, Cafe OTO, Canab Marwo, Dig That Treasure! Festival, DNA? AND?, Eric Chenaux, Fievel Is Glauque, Harry Górski-Brown, IKLECTIK Art Lab, Jennifer Walshe, Lawrence Casserley, Michelle Hromin, Mohammad Syfkhan, Rafael Anton Irisarri, standard issue, Tilly Coulton
CHAINES and Laura van der Heijden perform at Manchester Collective's

Music Flies Free in “Papillons” from Manchester Collective

The tagline for the Southbank Centre’s Multitudes festival is ‘a multi-arts festival powered by orch...
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Anssi Karttunen, Camberwell Incredibles, Cee Haines, CHAINES, Daniel Hay-Gordon, El Perry, Imogen Holst, Kaija Saariaho, Laura van der Heijden, Manchester Collective, Thick & Tight
International Contemporary Ensemble at Hannah Kendall Composer Portrait -- Photo by Stephanie Berger for Miller Theatre at Columbia University

Disorienting Dread in the Works of Hannah Kendall

Hannah Kendall expresses her fascination with a multi-dimensional rainbow of timbre through her rete...
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Carrie Frey, Columbia University, Damian Norfleet, Hannah Kendall, International Contemporary Ensemble, Isabel Lepanto Gleicher, Jonathan Finlayson, Josh Modney, Levy Lorenzo, Miller Theatre, Nuiko Wadden, Timothy James Robinson, Vimbayi Kaziboni, Yu-Ting Cheng
Kiki Hitomi of WaqWaq Kingdom at Rewire Festival 2026 -- Photo by Sabine van Nistelrooij

Rewire Festival Offers an International Space for Catharsis and Connection

The 2026 Rewire Festival opened not with a bang, but as a beautifully disjointed conversation. In th...
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Aaron Dilloway, Abdullah Miniawy Trio, Aernoudt Jacobs, Anaïs Lossouarn, Apparitions, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Caterina Barbieri, Chuquimamani-Condori, dilesmavis, Einstürzende Neubauten, Elizabeth Glenn-Copeland, Felicia Chen, Johannes Kreidler, Joshua Chuquimia-Crampton, Kevin Martin, Kiki Hitomi, Kim Gordon, Leila Bordreuil, Los Thuthanaka, Moor Mother, Nihiloxica, Nyege Nyege Tapes, OK Williams, ONCEIM, Rewire Festival, Shigeru Ishihara, Smerz, The Bug & Dis Fig, Val Clipp, VJ Kalma, WaqWaq Kingdom
Lucy Liyou -- Photo by Park Seung Won

Lucy Liyou Breaks Free in Visceral “Mister Cobra” Performance

Before she took the stage as “Babygirl,” we were preparing for Lucy Liyou’s character to bleed. Ushe...
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Laura Cocks, Lucy Liyou, Mingjia Chen, Nick Zanca, Performance Space New York
Camille Norment at Borealis 2026 -- Photo by Thor Brødreskift

Experimentalism in Transition: a Mercurial Week at Borealis 2026

Seated in the round at Åsane Kulturhus, a string of spoken words transmogrified in spatialized audio...
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Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir, BIT20 Ensemble, Borealis, Camille Norment, Cecilia Fiona, Diana Soh, Elin Mar Øyen Vister, Hannah Kendall, Helena Tulve, Hilde Marie Holson, Jaleh Negari, Jiennagoahti, Johan Sara Jr., John McCowen, Mariam Gviniashvili, Øyvind Torvund, Peter Meanwell, Sara Marielle Gaup, Serene Din, Spreafico Eckly, Trine Hansen, Tze Yeung Ho
Eternal Series London 2026 -- Photo by Felix Charteris

London’s “Eternal Series” Honors the Generous Possibilities of Experimental Music

London’s Eternal Series is a relatively new addition to the city’s contemporary and experimental mus...
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Ecka Mordecai, Eternal Series, Mayah Kadish, Sasha Elina, Timothy Cape
Los Angeles Philharmonic

Through “The Great Wall of Los Angeles,” The LA Philharmonic Explores the Importance of Living History

An important part of preserving history is cementing it in our cultural memory, reintroducing and re...
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Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Estevan Olmos, Gustavo Dudamel, Judy Baca, Juhi Bansal, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Nicolas Lell Benavides, Nina Shekhar, Viet Cuong, Xavier Muzik
Luminescence 2026 -- Photo by Christopher Pellam

Luminescence Festival 2026 Explores the Electrifying and Meditative Potential of Listening

What defines a song? Is it verses, choruses, and bridges organized in a way that builds tension and...
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Carmen Quill, Celia Hill, Cleo Reed, Close Up, Dana Lyn, Devon Gates, Isabel Crespo Pardo, Jason Burger, Jen Shyu, Kabir Adhiya-Kumar, Kalia Vandever, Kristina Teuschler, Laraaji, Luminescence, Rahul Carlberg, Ryan El-Solh, Toso Toso, Wendy Eisenberg, William Parker
Talk Show at Roulette Intermedium -- Screenshot courtesy of Roulette Intermedium

Talk Show Parses Daytime TV Absurdity and Horror at Roulette Intermedium

An audience of all ages flooded Brooklyn’s Roulette Intermedium with curious energy on Feb. 26 for t...
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Qasim Naqvi, Roulette, Roulette Intermedium, Steph Richards, Talk Show
Lisa Bielawa -- Photo by Rob Davidson for Miller Theatre

In Miller Theatre Composer Portrait, Lisa Bielawa Revels in Her Creative Identities

An omnipresent dialogue between Lisa Bielawa the composer and Lisa Bielawa the singer was on enticin...
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Chelsea Wimmer, Claire Solomon, Contemporaneous, Daniel Kochersberger, David Bloom, Gleb Kanasevich, Josh Henderson, Lisa Bielawa, Meaghan Burke, Paul Kerekes
The Industry LAB residents -- Carmina Escobar, Matana Roberts, and Guillermo E. Brown

The Industry LAB 2026 is Cracking Opera Open and Inviting New Voices in

Multidisciplinary collaboration is essential to bring opera to life, fusing singing, acting, choreog...
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Carmina Escobar, Guillermo E. Brown, Matana Roberts, REDCAT, The Industry, The Industry LAB
Complications in Sue -- Photo by Ray Bailey

Opera Philadelphia’s “Complications in Sue” is a Delicious Mosaic of Life’s Absurdities

Opera Philadelphia’s Complications in Sue is a fun, fantastically stylish, genre-defying work that r...
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Alistair Coleman, Andy Akiho, Anthony Roth Constanzo, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Dan Schlosberg, Errollyn Wallen, Imara Miles, Justin Vivian Bond, Kamala Sankaram, Kiera Duffy, Michael R. Jackson, Missy Mazzoli, Nathalie Joachim, Nicholas Newton, Nicky Spence, Nico Muhly, Opera Philadelphia, Rehanna Thelwell, Rene Orth
Apparat brass quartet performs Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir’s

Dark Music Days 2026 Embodies the Communal Spirit of Icelandic Contemporary Music

When I got on the plane to attend Reykjavík’s Dark Music Days festival, I expected to have plenty of...
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Apparat, Arngerður María Árnadóttir, Bára Gísladóttir, Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir, Björg Brjánsdóttir, Charles Ross, Dark Music Days, Dúplum dúó, Haukur Þór Harðarson, Huldur Chamber Choir, Ingibjörg Ýr Skarphéðinsdóttir, James MacMillan, Jón Arnar Einarsson, Luke Deane, M Alberto, Magnús Jóhann Ragnarsson, Negla Piano Quartet, Pétur Eggertsson, Ragnar Árni Ólafsson, S. Gerup, Siggi String Quartet, Veronique Vaka, Þórhildur Magnúsdóttir
Sonic Pavilion Redux at Experimental Sound Studio -- Photos courtesy of Experimental Sound Studio

Experimental Sound Studio’s Sonic Pavilion Redux is Public Art that Nourishes

Last summer, Chicago’s Experimental Sound Studio invited ten artists to compose multichannel works f...
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Angel Bat Dawid, Anna Friz, Audible Gallery, Brendan Principato, David Bird, Experimental Sound Studio, Eyeisha Sistrunk, Glenn Kotche, Jeff Kolar, Myles Emmons, Paige Alice Naylor, Saapato, Sonic Pavilion Redux, Zouning Liao
Kaoru Watanabe's Bloodlines Interwoven at National Sawdust -- Photo by Jose Alvarado

“Bloodlines Interwoven” Navigates the Push and Pull of Diasporic Cultures at National Sawdust

Freezing cold conditions demand collective care. Outside National Sawdust on Jan. 29th, old snow was...
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Fay Victor, Kaoru Watanabe, Kweku Sumbry, Mafer Bandola, National Sawdust, Seamus Egan, Shahzad Ismaily, Sunny Jain, yuniya edi kwon

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