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Review: Raven Chacon + Tashi Dorji + Alex Zhang Hungtai // Leo Chang at Roulette

Alex Zhang Hungtai, Leo Chang, Raven Chacon, Roulette, Roulette Intermedium, Tashi Dorji

Noise improvisation: the craft of experimenting with sound, sculpting a world for the listener to inhabit. Through the act of layering contrasting textures, blasting sound at a high volume, or embraci…

Vanessa Ague

Sep 18, 2026

Nursalim Yadi Anugerah -- Courtesy of artist

Playlist

ListN Up Playlist: Nursalim Yadi Anugerah (Sept. 17, 2026)

Catherine Christer Hennix, Chora(s)san Time-Court Mirage, Ellen Arkbro, Eyvind Kang, Hanne Lippard, John McCowen, Kou Records, La Monte Young, Madison Greenstone, Maria Zazeela, Nursalim Yadi Anugerah, Raven Chacon, Sarah Davachi, Tristan Perich, Vicky Chow

Nursalim Yadi Anugerah is a musician and composer whose works are shaped by deep engagement with the cultural and ecological realities of Kalimantan, Borneo. His works have been performed at festivals…

Sep 17, 2026

Video

Video Premiere: Crossing 32nd Street Ensemble Performs “Strobe” by Gabriel Bolaños

Crossing 32nd Street Ensemble, Gabriel Bolaños

Bathed in cobalt blue, marigold, kelly green, and rose red, the four percussionists of Crossing 32nd Street Ensemble toggle their individual switch boxes on and off in a pointillistic chorus of satisf…

I CARE IF YOU LISTEN

Sep 16, 2026

Ami Dang at Sound and Gravity 2026 -- Photo by Bella Peterson

Concert

Review: Sound and Gravity 2026

7 Poets Trio, Ami Dang, Ana Roxanne, Bitchin’ Bajas, Booker Stardrum, Dos Santos Quintet, Gregory Uhlmann, Jason Adasiewicz, Jason Roebke, Kari Watson, Katinka Kleijn, Mary Halvorson, Natural Information Society, Sound and Gravity Festival, Tomas Fujiwara, Tomeka Reid, Tomeka Reid Quartet, Tyondai Braxton, Will Miller

I hope I never forget the warm September night when I saw Kari Watson and Katinka Kleijn perform at Guild Row. I came for cutting-edge composition, but I walked away renewed. I hope I never forget wha…

Thulasi Seshan

Sep 15, 2026

Claire Chase and Terry Riley -- Photo by Marico Miura

Interview

Claire Chase is Shaping the Future of Collaboration with “Density 2036”

Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Annea Lockwood, Claire Chase, Cory Smythe, Dai Fujikura, Edgard Varèse, Felipe Lara, George Lewis, JACK Quartet, Katinka Kleijn, Levy Lorenzo, Liza Lim, Marcos Balter, Matana Roberts, Nate Wooley, Seth Parker Woods, Susie Ibarra, Terry Riley, Tyshawn Sorey

For musicians seeking to collaborate outside of the neatly delineated roles of “composer” and “performer,” our institutions and their funding models — grants, tours, residencies — don’t always deliver…

Julia Kuhlman

Sep 10, 2026

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