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On Thursday, May 23rd, at 7:30 pm in the DiMenna Center’s Cary Hall, the League of Composers/International Society for Contemporary Music presents a concert of vibrant new music for orchestra by Robert Carl, Paul Novak, Allen Cohen, and... Read More
Saturday, May 25th, at 7:30PM at the DiMenna Center's Cary Hall, Ekmeles performs Octet, a program expanding Ekmeles's normal roster of six singers to take on repertoire for larger forces. Andile Khumalo - New Work (World premiere) Ben... Read More
North/South Consonance, Inc presents a special concert featuring first performances of four recent works by Christopher James. Performers include baritone Tyler Duncan, violinist Claudia Schaer, pianists Marc Peloquin and Erika Switzer, as well as members of the North/South... Read More
Jonah Haven cells mold me, 2022* * NY Premiere Katherine Balch different gravities, 2023* I. Agile, crisp II. Fragile, sinking III. Jittery, mechanical IV. Brisk, bells clanging * NY Premiere Igor Santos Nossas Mãos (Our Hands), 2024* *... Read More
Kate Soper Epithets, 2023-2024* * World Premiere Commissioned by The Earle Brown Music Foundation Charitable Trust Alex Mincek Nomadic Science, 2024* * World Premiere Commissioned by The Earle Brown Music Foundation Charitable Trust
Klaus Lang Drei Allmenden, 2020* for saxophone quartet and harmonium * US Premiere featuring Klaus Lang, harmonium Klaus Lang the long field, 2024* a new string quartet for Bozzini Quartet * World Premiere
6:30pm Pre-Concert Talk with Olivia de Prato and select composers on ‘I, A.M. // Artist Mother Project’ Natacha Diels automatic writing mumbles of the late hour, 2022* * Live Premiere Miya Masaoka Mapping a Joyful Path, 2022 Jen... Read More
Uri Kochavi dermis, 2024 Sasha J. Blondeau État d’exception, 2014* * NY Premiere David Bird Moln, 2019 Sivan Cohen-Elias Still Life With Squares, 2014* * NY Premiere Shasha Chen The bee is present, 2022* * World Premiere Alec... Read More
Andrew Norman Try, 2011 Claude Baker Carmen Infernarum Machinarum Fugax, 2022-23* * NY Premiere Chelsea Komschlies Hexactinellida, 2019* * NY Premiere Felipe Tovar-Henao Enjambres, 2022* * NY Premiere Kelley Sheehan splitting to collapse, 2023* * NY Premiere Marcos... Read More
Olga Neuwirth Black Dwarf, 2023* * US Premiere Co-commissioned by Donaueschinger Musiktage and the Earle Brown Music Foundation Charitable Trust Peter Evans Animations, 2023* * US Premiere featuring Peter Evans, trumpet
Ustad Mohi Bahauddin Dagar is the world's leading performer of dhrupad, the oldest living form of Indian classical music. Members of the Dagar family have practiced dhrupad for at least twenty generations. Dagar’s father, Zia Mohiuddin Dagar, revolutionized... Read More
Pianist and composer Ramin Amir Arjomand presents an evening-length solo improvisation. Ramin Amir Arjomand's work is born of a complex interplay of cross-cultural creative impulses. His unique long-form improvisations achieve extremes of sound intensity, pushing the limits of... Read More
Yarn/Wire presents commissions from two composers fascinated with the nature of sound production and perception. Eric Wubbels’ Diagrams of the Ear is premiered in a new, extended version and finds Wubbels “thinking about hearing, thinking about listening, thinking... Read More
Luna Composition Lab and ChamberQUEER present The Nebula Project on November 4. This ongoing partnership, supported by the New York Community Trust, aims to foster emerging composers of diverse identities from Luna Composition Lab and cultivate their authentic... Read More
Aram Khachaturian was devoted to ballet music and produced two masterpieces of the genre – Spartacus and Gayane. Distinguished by indelible thematic beauty of which the ‘Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia’ is a perfect example, the ballets are... Read More
Music From China performs world premieres of Zhou Long’s The Hard Road and David Serkin Ludwig’s Kaifeng Siddur, both commissioned for the group’s 40th anniversary. Ludwig’s work explores the intersection of the two ancient cultures of China and... Read More
Piano 360 is a groundbreaking concert featuring Marilyn Nonken, acclaimed as "one of the greatest interpreters of new music" (American Record Guide). Her performance will showcase immersive new works surrounding the audience with a spatial audio ring of... Read More
Cobalt Quartet presents Tristan Keuris' monumental Music for Saxophones alongside Bach and a collection of works written in just the last four years. From Chris Evan Hass' vibrant, AC/DC-inspired baritone duo to the more delicate tones of Roger... Read More
Welcome to Echoes of Latin América: A Classical Music Journey for Flute and Piano! Join us for an enchanting evening of music at The DiMenna Center for Classical Music - Cary Hall. Immerse yourself in the rich and... Read More
Frederic Rzewski’s To The Earth for speaking percussionist is used as an artistic departure point, flowing into an evening length structured improvisation by 10 percussionists using ceramic flower pots, 2x4 wood planks, cinder blocks, and galvanized steel pipes,... Read More
Join us on November 26th, 2024, for an evening of time-honored repertory. We are giving you a sneak preview in anticipation of our milestone 25th anniversary season in July 2025. This momentous occasion celebrates renowned artists, choreographer Cherylyn... Read More
The concept of “X is the new Y” has long been used in culture, fashion, and art to suggest a shift in perception or a redefinition of tradition. It plays on the idea that something seemingly unconventional or... Read More
Toomai String Quintet, an ensemble dedicated to expanding the Latin American chamber music repertoire, celebrates the release of its new album “Passos Brasileiros” (Brazilian Steps) with a concert featuring music from the recording. Honoring Brazil’s vibrant musical legacy,... Read More
Music is a story, and every note is a clue. Mozart opens—clean, sharp, every note landing like it’s meant to be there, no wasted motion. Then Mahler rolls in, dark and stormy, his Piano Quartet in A minor... Read More
Widely acclaimed as a performer and teacher, the Bachauer Gold Medalist Stephen Beus performs a solo piano concert focused on music of the night, including pieces by Amy Beach and Franz Liszt, and Nikolai Medtner’s haunting “Night Wind”... Read More
Winner of Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Career Grant, pianist and conductor Benjamin Hochman celebrates Valentine's Day with Romantic showpieces and modern discoveries.
The North/South Chamber Orchestra performs three concertos for strings by Max Lifchitz, the ensemble’s founder and director. Featured soloists are Dylan Hamme on violin, Colin Brookes on viola, and Sam DeCaprio on cello. Admission is Free, but reservations... Read More
Iranian-American pianist-composer Ramin Arjomand's work is born of a complex interplay of cross-cultural creative impulses. His long-form improvisations reach extremes of sound intensity, pushing limits of spontaneous thinking while seeking simultaneously, and equally intensely, a compositional unity characteristic... Read More
Laura Cocks and Jeff Siegfried explore boundaries and emergence in works by Nicholas Cline, Santiago Diez-Fisher, Anthony R. Green, Tiffany M. Skidmore, Franco Venturini, and Alyssa Weinberg.
Ukrainian contributions to Sci-fi will be placed in dialogue with other traditions as Solomiya Moroz’s world premiere commission is paired with a new arrangement of Taylor Brook’s Star Maker Fragments, based on British author Olaf Stapledon’s novel. Rounding... Read More
International pianists ages 11-18 from 28 countries perform 30-minute concerts to vie for their spot in Salt Lake City this June, when they will compete for over $60,000 USD in prizes and the opportunity to perform with Utah Symphony in... READ MORE
International pianists ages 11-14 from 28 countries perform 30-minute concerts to vie for their spot in Salt Lake City this June, when they will compete for over $60,000 USD in prizes and the opportunity to perform with Utah Symphony in... READ MORE
International pianists ages 11-14 from 28 countries perform 30-minute concerts to vie for their spot in Salt Lake City this June, when they will compete for over $60,000 USD in prizes and the opportunity to perform with Utah Symphony in... READ MORE
This program pairs two masterworks linked by the idea of "ricercata," or "sought music." The concert opens with György Ligeti’s Musica ricercata (1951-53) in a new arrangement. The title is literal: Ligeti’s goal was to "build a new music from... READ MORE
Join us on December 10 for this Special Presentation of new works from Bulgaria, commissioned by the Off the Beaten Path Festival, featuring three U.S. premieres of new works by Dobrinka Tabakova, Kenji Bunch and Peter Kerkelov. To close the... READ MORE
A composer of “uncompromising brilliance” (The Washington Post) whose work has been described by The New York Times as “viscerally gripping and emotionally transformative music ... claustrophobic and exhilarating at once, with moments of sublime beauty nestled inside thickets of... READ MORE