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Eight hands make light work for Third Coast Percussion
Third Coast Percussion are already one of the best ensembles of their kind in the country—and their upcoming projects with Philip Glass and Devonté Hynes could make them the biggest.
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Composer and electronicist Sam Pluta premieres a bracing hybrid piece with Mivos Quartet at Constellation
Sam Pluta’s Chain Reactions/Five Events appears on his new second album, Broken Symmetries, whose release he celebrates at Sunday’s concert.
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Anthony Cheung has turned foghorns and out-of-tune piano into a Guggenheim Fellowship
Award-winning composer Anthony Cheung presents a new viola concerto at this weekend’s Ear Taxi Festival.
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The Frequency Festival kicks off six days of top-shelf contemporary classical tonight at the MCA
Reader writer Peter Margasak celebrates three years of his Frequency Series with a festival of adventurous new music.
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Three Beats: The first Thirsty Ear
A new-music festival at the Bottle, plus new albums from death-metal pioneers Master and DJ-producer Tony Trimm
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George Flynn at the Green Mill this Sunday
Sunday at the Green Mill, Anaphora presents composer and pianist George Flynn as part of an afternoon of contemporary classical music.
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Achim Kaufmann Trio
German-born pianist Achim Kaufmann started his career in the 80s, working in a variety of free-improv, fusion, and mainstream jazz contexts, but it wasn’t until 1996, when he moved to Amsterdam, that his playing truly took flight. The city has long been a springboard for creative musicians, and its anything-goes scene demands a focus and […]