Hailed for its "artistic courage and technical accomplishment (The New York Times)," the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) led by conductor Gil Rose releases Paul Dooley: Masks & Machines (#1101) ...

Most often, we only see the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the work of composers and songwriters—the fame, the fans, the autograph sessions. But how exactly do they write music and songs? What is ...

Karlheinz Stockhausen, Pierre Boulez, György Kurtág, Kaija Saariaho, Unsuk Chin. They're major figures in musical modernism, right up to the present day, but rarely performed around here. To redress ...

Seth Boustead is a composer, pianist, and arts manager. Raised by a single mother in Missouri and Arizona, Boustead studied composition at the University of Missouri, then moved to Chicago in 1995. In ...

Richard Whitehouse is our guide to the intriguing music of a prolific Canadian composer inspired by the natural world Canadian composers remain something of an unknown quantity in the UK, though the ...

Spurred by a weekly radio deadline, David Rose was fast becoming America’s most prolific contemporary composer. Last week, for the eighth week in a row, he presented an original composition on his ...

For some, summer music means jam bands and nostalgia acts. Connecticut Summerfest provides a true alternative with free indoor concerts of contemporary classical music with guest acts from other parts ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook Ferruccio Busoni, who died 100 years ago, was a globe-trotting, forward-thinking composer and teacher with a message of timelessness ...

Da Capo Chamber Players Conclude 51st Season Concert Series With YOUNG COMPOSERS ABOUND III Program At Tenri Cultural Institute June 11 The concert, which concludes the ensemble's 51st season, will ...

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Explore 25 of the most celebrated composers in history, from medieval pioneers to Romantic masters. Discover their ...