The Paleo-Futuristic Cabaret of Lost Noises Office
Holly Tavel, Sarah Morrison, and Beatriz Ramirez-Belt discuss 'cloud, castle, lake', their improvisational rehearsal process, and why music that creates a scene beats music that creates a feeling.
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The Solitary Ensemble of Erik Hall's Minimalist Trilogy
Erik Hall's 'Solo Three' closes his minimalist trilogy with works by Glenn Branca, Charlemagne Palestine, Laurie Spiegel, and Steve Reich, each part performed and layered entirely by Hall alone in his Michigan home studio.
Singing Through Damage — Marija Kovačević's Broken Violin Series
The Serbian-born violinist discusses her 'Music for Broken Violins' series, her ongoing duo BUKA with Aimée Niemann, and the honesty of instruments that fall apart in one's hands.
The Voyage Down — Fausto Romitelli Descends Into Repertoire
Romitelli embraced psychedelic rock for its destabilizing potential rather than its commercial appeal, and a new recording of 'An Index of Metals' marks his passage from avant-garde specialist to repertoire composer two decades after cancer took him at forty-one in 2004.
The Cold Comfort of Louis Gardner's Solo Piano
The London pianist's 'Emotionally Suited To Be A Solo Pianist' began as a three-hour improvisation that captured winter's quieter truths about distance, solitude, and the strange calm that arrives when the world slows down.
Set Adrift on a Sea of Strings — Bryan Senti's Immigrant Symphonies
The BAFTA-winning composer traces his parents' displacement from Colombia and Cuba across two albums, 'Manu' and 'La Marea', blending string orchestras with techno's rhythmic complexity and the "magical realism" of Latin American folk traditions.
The Cinematic Snowdrops of Christine Ott and Mathieu Gabry
The duo's latest album 'ARAN' completes an ambitious Flaherty trilogy, blending self-taught harp, ondes Martenot, and a €8 children's keyboard into an hour-plus score recorded in a single take at an intimate Strasbourg venue.
The Complete Musician — Three Voices on Gunther Schuller's Centennial
As New England Conservatory celebrates what would have been Gunther Schuller's 100th birthday, three musicians who knew him discuss the work ethic, institutional courage, and polyglot vision that made teaching ragtime next to European harmony seem natural rather than radical.
Plowed Under by History — Ted Hearne's 'FARMING'
Composer Ted Hearne and the choral group The Crossing turn colonial documents and corporate tweets into techno-pop oratorio, drawing a line from William Penn's land grabs to Jeff Bezos's gig economy.
Kronos Quartet's David Harrington on Listening Through the Storm
The founding member of Kronos Quartet discusses the origins of "Hard Rain," a reimagining of Dylan's nuclear anthem that unites nearly fifty artists across generations and continents, and reflects on five decades of using the string quartet to address the crises that define our moment.
Organs in the Abyss — Hampus Lindwall Rewires Sacred Tradition
The Paris-based organist's album 'Brace for Impact' pairs the seventy-eight-stop pipe organ at St. Antonius Church with Stephen O'Malley's metal riffs, Xenakis-inspired glissandos, and iPad-based composition software.
Abstracting the Personal — Lila Meretzky's Musical Afterimages
The New York-based composer discusses her debut album 'Simultaneous Contrast,' how Josef Albers's color theory shapes her music, and why she views composition as discovery rather than self-expression.