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Zankel Hall

Augusta Read Thomas -- Photo by Anthony Barlich

5 Questions to Augusta Read Thomas (composer)

As we approach Augusta Read Thomas’ 60th birthday, my memories of her visit to our undergrad composi...
Author
Stephanie Boyd
Wu Man -- Photo by Sebastian Schutyser

In Du Yun’s New Pipa Concerto, Wu Man is a Mic’d Up Diva and Improvisatory Narrator

 This interview has been edited for clarity. Composer Du Yun recalls when she sat down to start wri...
Author
Lana Norris
Du Yun and Khaled Jarrar's Where We Lost Our Shadows performed by the American Composers Orchestra--Photo by Jennifer Taylor

American Composers Orchestra Confronts Glaring Truths of the Refugee Experience

The American Composers Orchestra concert on April 11, 2019 at the “medium-sized” Carnegie Hall, Zank...
Author
Stephanie Boyd
Julia Wolfe's Anthracite Fields

Labor and Belief: Julia Wolfe’s Anthracite Fields at Carnegie Hall

Julia Wolfe’s Pulitzer-prize winning oratorio Anthracite Fields returned to New York City and a full...
Author
Lana Norris
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American Composers Orchestra Highlights Mentors and Protégés

Shimmering columns of light danced up the wall of Zankel Hall on the evening of December 8, 2017, an...
Author
Danika Paskvan
American Composers Orchestra. Photo credit: RMK Photos

American Composers Orchestra Presents “Contemposcary” Concert

I’ll admit I was skeptical to attend a concert of “contemposcary” music; I am a gr...
Author
Rebecca Lentjes
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Sō Percussion and Friends Blend Rock and the Avant-Garde at Carnegie Hall

Since Sō Percussion first came across my radar, it’s been abundantly clear that the quartet is all a...
Author
Daniel Kushner
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American Composers Orchestra Performs 21st Firsts

Nothing quite compares to the American Composers Orchestra. It is the only orchestra that exists wit...
Author
Sam Reising
Meredith Monk--Photo by Peter Ross

Marveling in the human voice at Meredith Monk and Vocal Ensemble’s 50th anniversary

“I’ll sing one more before I collapse,” Meredith Monk laughed after her 50th anniversary concert at...
Author
Rebecca Lentjes
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Voices, voices in space, and spaces: Thoughts on 50 years of Meredith Monk

I thought I had had my fill of surprises that day, but about halfway through the Meredith Monk &...
Author
Rebecca Lentjes
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Theatre of Voices Presents Stimmung at Carnegie Hall

In February and March of 1968, Karlheinz Stockhausen sheltered with his family in a snow-bound house...
Author
Jennifer Stock
David Lang

(post)folk: David Lang’s collected stories at Carnegie Hall

As holder of the 2013-2014 Richard and Barbara Debs Composer’s Chair at Carnegie Hall, David Lang ha...
Author
Christian Kriegeskotte
Steven Mackey

5 questions to Steven Mackey (composer) about One Red Rose

On February 12, the Brentano String Quartet will perform  the world premiere of a composition by Ste...
Author
Thomas Deneuville
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Hits & Misses at Zankel Hall

Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho is in residence at Carnegie Hall this season, and this past Monday n...
Author
David Pearson

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