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Video Premiere: Ning Yu plays David Bird’s “Iron Orchid”

David Bird, Mark Reigelman, New Focus Recordings, Ning Yu

Kaleidoscopic images of a pianist’s hands are interspersed with exaggerated shots of empty interiors. A flower emerges from a milky substance; another is submerged in violet water, its petals fl…

I CARE IF YOU LISTEN

Jul 15, 2025

Ava Mendoza, gabby fluke-mogul, and Carolina Pérez -- Photo by Martin Bisi

Album

“Mama Killa” from Ava Mendoza, gabby fluke-mogul, and Carolina Pérez Shows the Power of Propulsion

Ava Mendoza, burning ambulance, Carolina Pérez, gabby fluke-mogul

No sound is too potent for the trio of guitarist Ava Mendoza, violinist gabby fluke-mogul, and drummer Carolina Pérez. The three musicians, who each hail from a different corner of the experimental mu…

Vanessa Ague

Jul 14, 2025

Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp -- Photo by Emilie Pelissier

Concert

Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp Brings Joyful Grooves to Rhode Island’s Machines with Magnets

dakoudakou, Machines with Magnets, Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp, OTPMD

Switzerland’s Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp (OTPMD) and Providence, Rhode Island’s dakoudakou are two groups that could absolutely perform for a seated audience; these are bands that, by desi…

Clover Nahabedian

Jul 9, 2025

Interview

5 Questions to Cris Derksen (composer, cellist)

Banff Centre for the Arts, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Cris Derksen, Galvin Cello Quartet, Indigenous Classical Gathering, Newport Classical, Newport Music Festival, Orchestras Canada, Tanya Tagaq

For Cris Derksen, music is a conversation – a tool that brings attention to issues of the present and reaches back to the past. Whether it’s an Indigenous drum circle or Mozart, performances are an op…

A. Kori Hill

Jul 8, 2025

Lembit Beecher and Karen Ouzounian -- Photo by Ebru Yildiz

Interview

5 Questions to Lembit Beecher (composer) and Karen Ouzounian (cellist, composer)

Aizuri Quartet, Charles Aznavour, Karen Ouzounian, Layale Chaker, Lembit Beecher, Marian Marais, Nathalie Joachim, Niloufar Nourbakhsh

Lembit Beecher and Karen Ouzounian are a husband-wife creative team who balance their collaborative work with individual interests. Ouzounian is a founding member of the Aizuri Quartet and a member of…

Christine S. Escobar

Jun 30, 2025

Playlist

ListN Up Playlist: Lia Ouyang Rusli (OHYUNG) (June 26, 2025)

Brian Ennals, dead prez, Dreamcrusher, FRANKI3, GHÖSH, Infinity Knives, Lia Ouyang Rusli, Material Support, Matt Evans, OHYUNG, Sunik Kim

ListN Up playlists are commissioned by American Composers Forum. Artists are selected by ACF staff (including I CARE IF YOU LISTEN and innova Recordings). Lia Ouyang Rusli (She/they) is a film compos…

I CARE IF YOU LISTEN

Jun 25, 2025

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