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Wild Up, 'Stay On It'

May 18, 2022
The Los Angeles-based band refurbishes an enigmatic, but entrancing piece by the late Julius Eastman, whose music is enjoying a well-deserved resurgence.
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Deceptive Cadence
Third Coast Percussion's new album, <em>Perspectives</em>, is the group's most accessible.

Third Coast Percussion's borderless music finds inspiration in fleet-footed beats

May 13, 2022
On a new album, the most accessible so far, the Grammy-winning group reaches out to an EDM wizard, a famous film score composer and Philip Glass.
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Mary Halvorson

Mary Halvorson, 'Belladonna'

May 13, 2022
On the guitarist's first string quartet composition, she comes with a dramatic precision.
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ARC Ensemble performs a Tiny Desk (home) concert.

ARC Ensemble: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

May 11, 2022
Musicians from Canada's Royal Conservatory in Toronto introduce the spirited and overlooked music of Ukrainian composer Dmitri Klebanov.
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Deceptive Cadence
Raven Chacon's <em>Voiceless Mass</em> has won the Pulitzer Prize for music.

Meet Raven Chacon, the first Native American to win the Pulitzer Prize for music

May 10, 2022
A composer, performer and installation artist from the Navajo Nation, Chacon's winning piece, Voiceless Mass, was composed for chamber orchestra and a specific Milwaukee pipe organ.
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Third Coast Percussion

Third Coast Percussion, 'Derivative'

Apr 29, 2022
Hear the Chicago-based ensemble lay down a killer groove, composed by electronic music producer Jlin.
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Jessie Montgomery's new work <em>Hymn for Everyone</em> receives its world premiere with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on April 28.

Can classical music really be inclusive? Composer Jessie Montgomery thinks so

Apr 28, 2022
With orchestras clamoring for her work, the rising artist feels a responsibility and opportunity to help reframe classical music and the institutions that present it.
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Tiny Desk
Roger Eno performs a Tiny Desk (home) concert.

Roger Eno: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

Apr 27, 2022
Gentle music from the bucolic English countryside pervades this tranquil Tiny Desk (home) concert by Roger Eno, with a special appearance by his two daughters.
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Jason Vieaux, 'Bach: Violin Sonata No. 1: IV. Presto'

Apr 21, 2022
Classical guitarists can rock out, too. Hear a searing, joyful performance of Bach at its most shred-worthy and satisfying.
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In claire rousay's music, moments of personal anguish are flanked by mundane snapshots of daily life, drawing out the similarities between the two extremes.

claire rousay transforms the mundane into sonic abundance

Apr 21, 2022
On the largely wordless everything perfect is already here, the composer lets us experience the world through her ears with field recordings, strings and a little tenderness.
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An undated portrait of the late Romanian pianist Radu Lupu. Lupu died Sunday at age 76 in Lausanne, France.

Radu Lupu, celebrated Romanian pianist, dies at age 76

Apr 18, 2022
A pianist widely admired by his fellow artists, Radu Lupu was known for his interpretations of Brahms, Schubert, Mozart and Beethoven, among others. Lupu retired from performing in 2019.
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Deceptive Cadence
English composer Harrison Birtwistle, seen in 2002, has died, his publisher confirmed on Monday.

Harrison Birtwistle, an influential English composer, has died at age 87

Apr 18, 2022
Known for his sonic brashness and unyielding artistic vision, Birtwistle was awarded a British knighthood in 1988. He was one of the U.K.'s most prominent composers for decades.
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Tiny Desk
Leif Ove Andsnes performs a Tiny Desk (home) concert.

Leif Ove Andsnes: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

Apr 08, 2022
Hear the award-winning pianist offer two sides of Mozart's genius from inside the composer's own home in Vienna.
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Dancers Kyoko Takenaka and Marie Lloyd Paspe, in a still taken from the video for OHYUNG's "yes my weeping frame!"

OHYUNG, 'yes my weeping frame!'

Apr 05, 2022
OHYUNG is better known as a producer of hyperactive hip-hop and pop music, but on a new double cassette plays with shapes of tender ambient sound.
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Lavinia Meijer (feat. Iggy Pop), 'Mom & Dad'

Apr 01, 2022
A surprising collaboration between Iggy Pop and harpist Lavinia Meijer touches on the love, loss and regret between children and parents.

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