Gemma Peacocke chats with conductor Ingrid Martin about programming, gender inequity and her new role as Detroit Symphony's Assistant Conductor and Community Ambassador.

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08.08.2025

ListN Up Playlist: Badie Khaleghian (August 7, 2025)

Badie Khaleghian shares a playlist of breath, texture, and flow, featuring Raven Chacon, Hold Your Ears, Kurt Stallmann, and more.

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08.08.2025

Clara Kim Parses the Relics of Canonized Music on Emotionally Complex New Album

Chrysanthe Tan reviews "our little matches" from pianist-composer Clara Kim, out now from New Focus Recordings.

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29.07.2025

Tara Cunningham Explores the Natural Sounds of Objects on "Almost - Not Exactly" Album

Michelle Hromin reviews the new album from Tara Cunningham, "Almost - Not Exactly," out on August 1 on the Nonclassical label.

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29.07.2025

Ivory Tower Values are Keeping New Music Inaccessible and Unaffordable

Composer John Dante Prevedini shows the cons of centering the university in new music in the third essay for the Money Matters series.

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29.07.2025

Alex Ho Explores Loss and "Unexpected Revelation" in "Ye Xian"

Caroline Potter reviews "Ye Xian" by Alex Ho, a retelling of the Cinderella story for modern times, at London's Southbank Centre on July 17.

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29.07.2025

Video Premiere: "Iron Orchid" by Ning Yu and David Bird

I CARE IF YOU LISTEN premieres the video for "Iron Orchid," a continuation of Ning Yu and David Bird's 2021 New Focus Recordings album.

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16.07.2025

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

Vanessa Ague reviews "Mama Killa," the new album from Ava Mendoza, gabby fluke-mogul, and Carolina Pérez, out now on burning ambulance.

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11.07.2025

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

Clover Nahabedian reviews Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp at Pawtucket, Rhode Island's Machines with Magnets on Jul. 1.

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10.07.2025

5 Questions to Cris Derksen (composer, cellist)

A. Kori Hill chats with Newport Classical Composer-in-Residence Cris Derksen ahead of the Jul. 13 premiere of "First Light" in Newport, RI.

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02.07.2025

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

Christine S. Escobar chats with Lembit Beecher and Karen Ouzounian about creating as a couple and their upcoming project, "Mayrig."

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27.06.2025

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

Lia Ouyang Rusli (OHYUNG) shares a playlist of songs that stick it to the man, from dead prez to Dreamcrusher, to Sunik Kim, and more.

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20.06.2025

MATA 2025 Transports Listeners with a Beautifully Curated Cosmic Program

Lana Norris reviews MATA 2025 held Jun 11-14 at Brooklyn's ISSUE Project Room and featuring the FLUX Quartet, Sun Ra Arkestra, and more.

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19.06.2025

The Crossing's "At Which Point" is a Beautifully Executed Record of New Choral Works

Anne Goldberg-Baldwin reviews "At Which Point" from The Crossing, featuring new works for choir, out on New Focus Recordings.

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13.06.2025

5 Questions to Paula Sanchez (cellist, vocalist, composer)

Jacob Kopienski sits down with cellist, vocalist, and composer Paula Sanchez, who shares finding her home in performance art.

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11.06.2025

BAKUDI SCREAM Reaches for Liberation On His Audacious Second Album, "Prey"

Clover Nahabedian reviews the newest album from BAKUDI SCREEM, "Prey," featuring Alarm Will Sound, out now on.

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06.06.2025

ListN Up Playlist: Jessie Cox (June 5, 2025)

Composer and scholar Jessie Cox shares his emancipatory visions of the future in tracks from Charles Uzor, Susie Ibarra, Viola Yip, and more.

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05.06.2025

Risk & Access: Nadia Sirota Curates “Living Music Underground” Summer Series

Yaz Lancaster previews Nadia Sirota, curator of the 2025 "Living Music Underground" Summer Series at Lincoln Center.

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04.06.2025

5 Questions to Theresa May (trumpeter, composer, educator)

Katie Brown chats with Theresa May about her creative process, her work with Mourning [A] BLKstar, and creating unapologetically Black art.

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30.05.2025

In "She Who Dared," Jasmine Barnes and Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton Center the Overlooked Women of the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Dalanie Harris previews "She Who Dared," by Jasmine Arielle Barnes and Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton, premiering Jun 3 in Chicago.

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29.05.2025

The Myth of Making It

Nick Photinos, founding cellist of Eighth Blackbird, shares the unseen costs of an ensemble career in new music.

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23.05.2025

ListN Up Playlist: Sharon Udoh (May 22, 2025)

Sharon Udoh's playlist charts her ability to feel fully and deeply, featuring work by Ben LaMar Gay, Gloria Jones, Johnny Dyani, and more.

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22.05.2025

ECCE Ensemble Explores Trevor Weston's Encyclopedic Chamber Works on "Remembrances"

Michelle Hromin reviews East Coast Chamber Ensemble's recording of Trevor Weston's chamber music, "Remembrances," out now on New Focus Recordings.

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21.05.2025

5 Questions to Carpe Diem String Quartet

Ciyadh Wells chats with the Carpe Diem String Quartet about 20 years of collaboration and the importance of programming living composers.

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17.05.2025

History Dog, Elder Ones, and Qasim Naqvi Cultivate Justice at Union Pool

Yaz Lancaster reviews the album release party of History Dog's "Root Systems", featuring Elder Ones and Qasim Naqvi, May 11 at Union Pool.

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16.05.2025

Family Junket and Akenya Enact Joy, Awareness, and Action at Chicago's Constellation

Thulasi Seshan reviews Family Junket at Chicago's Constellation, featuring an opening performance by Akenya, on May 10.

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14.05.2025

The 2025 Ojai Music Festival Manifests a Better World Through Sonic Discovery

Gemma Peacocke previews the 2025 Ojai Music Festival with music director Claire Chase, composers Tania León, Bahar Royaee, and more.

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13.05.2025

5 Questions to Raimundo Atal (composer, environmentalist, economist)

Forrest Howell chats with composer-environmentalist Raimundo Atal about their practice and new album, "Otros Principios," out now.

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09.05.2025

ListN UP Playlist: Gladstone Deluxe (May 8, 2025)

Gladstone Deluxe shares his "Experimental Truth" playlist, featuring Milford Graves, History Dog, Reza Mortazavi, and more.

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08.05.2025

5 Questions to Zygmund de Somogyi

Caroline Potter chats with composer Zygmund de Somogyi about their Wigmore Hall debut and collaborative approach to composing.

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07.05.2025

Catherine Lamb's "interius/exterius" Calls Forth Mystical Peace through Mathematical Precision

Christian Kriegeskotte reviews the new album from Catherine Lamb and Ghost Ensemble, "interius/exterius," out on May 9 from greyfade.

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02.05.2025

Video Premiere: "To Whom I Pray" by Quenton Blache

Video premiere of Quenton Blache's "To Whom I Pray" with animation by Shi-Rou Huang, the first collaboration of Blache and Palmaire Music.

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01.05.2025

Getting Paid Like a Pro: Untangling the Financial Realities of a Music Career

The first in the "Money Matters" series, Megan Ihnen gives a play by play for setting adequate prices for music freelance work.

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30.04.2025

Raehann Bryce-Davis' "Evolution" is a Tour-de-Force of Artistic Vision and Finesse

A. Kori Hill reviews the debut album from mezzo-soprano Raehann Bryce-Davis, "Evolution," released on Lexicon Classics on April 11.

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25.04.2025

ListN Up Playlist: Mingjia Chen (April 24, 2025)

Mingjia Chen shares a playlist of inspiring, bizarre, and humorous favorites from Nina Simone, Xiu Xiu and Drab Majesty, and more.

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24.04.2025

Carlos Simon's "Good News Mass" Takes Audiences to Church in Captivating LA Premiere

Katie Brown reviews the Apr. 18 premiere of Carlos Simon's "Good News Mass," featuring Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil, Jason White and The Samples, and more.

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23.04.2025

The Foundation for Contemporary Arts Gives Experimental Sound Practitioners Freedom to Create

Vanessa Ague chats with members of the Foundation for Contemporary Arts 2025 cohort: Dorian Wood, Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork, and David Watson.

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22.04.2025

5 Questions to Anna Webber (saxophonist, flutist, composer)

Julia Kuhlman chats with saxophonist and composer Anna Webber about her newest album, "adjust," out Apr. 25 on Cantaloupe Records.

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18.04.2025

concertnova's "Meet in the Middle" is a Beautiful Snapshot of the Black Midwest's Aural and Visual Diversity - I CARE IF YOU LISTEN

A. Kori Hill reviews the "Meet in the Middle: Black Midwest Music and Photography" by concertnova on April 14 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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5 Questions to Ingrid Martin (conductor)

ListN Up Playlist: Badie Khaleghian (August 7, 2025)

Clara Kim Parses the Relics of Canonized Music on Emotionally Complex New Album

Tara Cunningham Explores the Natural Sounds of Objects on "Almost - Not Exactly" Album

Ivory Tower Values are Keeping New Music Inaccessible and Unaffordable

Alex Ho Explores Loss and "Unexpected Revelation" in "Ye Xian"

Video Premiere: "Iron Orchid" by Ning Yu and David Bird

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

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

5 Questions to Cris Derksen (composer, cellist)

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

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

MATA 2025 Transports Listeners with a Beautifully Curated Cosmic Program

The Crossing's "At Which Point" is a Beautifully Executed Record of New Choral Works

5 Questions to Paula Sanchez (cellist, vocalist, composer)

BAKUDI SCREAM Reaches for Liberation On His Audacious Second Album, "Prey"

ListN Up Playlist: Jessie Cox (June 5, 2025)

Risk & Access: Nadia Sirota Curates “Living Music Underground” Summer Series

5 Questions to Theresa May (trumpeter, composer, educator)

In "She Who Dared," Jasmine Barnes and Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton Center the Overlooked Women of the Montgomery Bus Boycott

The Myth of Making It

ListN Up Playlist: Sharon Udoh (May 22, 2025)

ECCE Ensemble Explores Trevor Weston's Encyclopedic Chamber Works on "Remembrances"

5 Questions to Carpe Diem String Quartet

History Dog, Elder Ones, and Qasim Naqvi Cultivate Justice at Union Pool

Family Junket and Akenya Enact Joy, Awareness, and Action at Chicago's Constellation

The 2025 Ojai Music Festival Manifests a Better World Through Sonic Discovery

5 Questions to Raimundo Atal (composer, environmentalist, economist)

ListN UP Playlist: Gladstone Deluxe (May 8, 2025)

5 Questions to Zygmund de Somogyi

Catherine Lamb's "interius/exterius" Calls Forth Mystical Peace through Mathematical Precision

Video Premiere: "To Whom I Pray" by Quenton Blache

Getting Paid Like a Pro: Untangling the Financial Realities of a Music Career

Raehann Bryce-Davis' "Evolution" is a Tour-de-Force of Artistic Vision and Finesse

ListN Up Playlist: Mingjia Chen (April 24, 2025)

Carlos Simon's "Good News Mass" Takes Audiences to Church in Captivating LA Premiere

The Foundation for Contemporary Arts Gives Experimental Sound Practitioners Freedom to Create

5 Questions to Anna Webber (saxophonist, flutist, composer)

concertnova's "Meet in the Middle" is a Beautiful Snapshot of the Black Midwest's Aural and Visual Diversity - I CARE IF YOU LISTEN

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