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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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