WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3
8:00 PM Matthew Shipp (piano), Ivo Perelman (reeds)
10:00 PM Matthew Shipp (piano), Darius Jones (sax)
VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS:
Matthew Shipp’s residency at the Stone: http://thestonenyc.com/calendar
ADMISSION: $10 each set
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3
8:00 PM Mivos Quartet
VENUE: The Douglass Street Music Collective
DETAILS:
Mivos plays Mivos: featuring special guests Dan Blake, Timucin Sahin, and Nate Wooley. http://295douglass.org/
ADMISSION: $10
THURSDAY, APRIL 4
8:00 PM Sylvie Courvoisier Mark Feldman QUARTET w. Scott Colley and Billy Mintz
VENUE: Roulette
DETAILS:
Mark Feldman (violin)
Sylvie Courvoisier (piano)
Scott Colley (bass)
Billy Mintz (drums)
New works in anticipation of their next recording.
http://roulette.org/events/sylvie-courvoisier-4tet/
THURSDAY, APRIL 4
8:00 PM Matthew Shipp (piano) Steve Dalachinsky (poetry)
VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS:
Matthew Shipp’s residency at the Stone: http://thestonenyc.com/calendar
ADMISSION: $10
FRIDAY, APRIL 5
5:00 PM Se-Lien Chuang: Of Which Your Soul Was Constituted
VENUE: Segal Hall, CUNY Graduate Center
DETAILS: Austrian-based composer, pianist and media artist Se-Lien Chuang will be performing her composition for violoncello, multichannel playback and live-electronics, of which your soul was constituted (2011), at the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival together with Austrian musician and composer Andreas Weixler.
www.acfny.org/event/se-lien-chuang-of-which-your-soul-was-constituted/
ADMISSION: Free
FRIDAY, APRIL 5
7:00 PM CONTACT! The New Music Series
VENUE: The Met Museum
ADMISSION: $20
DETAILS:
Alan Gilbert (New York Philharmonic) with Liang Wang, oboe conducts premiere performances of new works by Unsuk Chin, Poul Ruders, Anders Hillborg and Yann Robin.
http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/concerts-and-performances/contact-2?eid=3737
SATURDAY, APRIL 6
9:00 PM Alarm Will Sound
VENUE: Carnegie Hall
DETAILS: New works by former Battles singer and guitarist Tyondai Braxton, Dublin-based Crash Ensemble founder Donnacha Dennehy, and AWS founding member John Orfe, as well as compositions by David Lang and Charles Wuorinen.
http://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2013/4/6/0900/PM/Alarm-Will-Sound/
ADMISSION: $38 – $44
SATURDAY, APRIL 6
8:00 PM Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet), Angelica Sanchez (piano)
VENUE: Greenwich House Music School
DETAILS:
The two will be exploring new material just prior to going into the studio to record an album together.
https://www.facebook.com/events/566223413406254/
ADMISSION: $10
SUNDAY, APRIL 7
3:00 PM The Vocal Constructivists
VENUE: Jack
DETAILS:
London-based Vocal Constructivists will present works of Mark Applebaum, Paula Matthusen, Pauline Oliveros and Anthony Braxton.
http://www.jackny.org/post/45993511246/sun-april-7-at-3-pm-the-vocal-constructivists
ADMISSION: $10
TUESDAY, APRIL 9
8:00 PM Denman Maroney (piano, US), Dominic Lash (bass, UK)
VENUE: Spectrum
DETAILS:
ADMISSION: $10
THURSDAY, APRIL 11
10:00 PM Elliott Sharp
VENUE: Silent Barn
DETAILS:
https://www.facebook.com/events/229995103792511/
ADMISSION: $10
FRIDAY, APRIL 12
8:00 PM Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz – ABRAXAS – John Zorn’s Masada: Book of Angels – Vol. 19
10:00 PM Yoshie Fruchter’s Pitom
VENUE: The Stone
DETAILS:
Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz – ABRAXAS – John Zorn’s Masada: Book of Angels – Vol. 19
Eyal Maoz, Yoshie Fruchter (guitars) Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz (gimbri) Kenny Grohowski (drums)
ABRAXAS: Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz steps out on his own to make one of the most primal and tribal installments in the “Book of Angels” series. Drawing on his Sephardic roots, Shanir plays gimbri throughout, giving the music a primeval Moroccan edge. Featuring the intense guitar pyrotechnics of Eyal Maoz and Yoshie Fruchter (from Edom and Pitom respectively) and the atavistic drumming of Kenny Grohowski, this is Ritualistic Jewish Rock for the 21st century.
Yoshie Fruchter’s Pitom
Yoshie Fruchter (guitar) Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz (bass) Kevin Zubek (drums) Tom Swafford (violin)
Avant-rock meets the Jewish sound in Pitom, a shredding instrumental band led by guitarist Yoshie Fruchter. Cacophonic guitar, surly heavy metal bass and a soaring violin echo Mahavishnu and the Melvins, with catchy melodies drawing from the Jewish tradition.
ADMISSION: $10 each set
SATURDAY, APRIL 13
9:00 PM Instant Composers Pool (ICP)
VENUE: Littlefield
DETAILS:
Han Bennink on drums, Michael Moore on clarinet and alto saxophone, Ab Baars on clarinet and tenor saxophone, Tobias Delius on clarinet and tenor saxophone, Thomas Heberer on trumpet, Wolter Wierbos on trombone, Tristan Honsinger on cello, Ernst Glerum on bass, and Mary Oliver on viola and violin.
Please note that I.C.P.’s co-founder Misha Mengelberg will not be part of this tour.
http://www.littlefieldnyc.com/event/240385-instant-composers-pool-icp-brooklyn/
ADMISSION: $15-$18
THURSDAY, APRIL 18
8:00 PM Sirius Quartet featuring Uri Caine
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
DETAILS:
Uri Caine – piano
Fung Chern Hwei – violin
Gregor Huebner – violin
Ron Lawrence – viola
Jeremy Harman – cello
ADMISSION: $10-$20
THURSDAY, APRIL 18
7:30 PM New Music in the Kaplan Penthouse
VENUE: The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse
DETAILS:
Gloria Chien, piano; Brett Dean, viola; Orion String Quartet (Daniel Phillips, Todd Phillips, violin; Steven Tenenbom, viola; Timothy Eddy, cello); Kurt Muroki, double bass; David Shifrin, clarinet
Program:
Dean: Intimate Decisions for Viola (1996)
Kernis: New Work for Clarinet and String Quartet (2012, New York Premiere)
Dean: Voices of Angels for Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Bass (1996)
ADMISSION: $35
THURSDAY, APRIL 18
8:00 PM Oliver Knussen, Composer Portrait
VENUE: Miller Theatre or Columbia University
DETAILS:
http://www.millertheatre.com/Events/EventDetails.aspx?nid=1545
ADMISSION: $25-$30
SATURDAY, APRIL 20
8:00 PM Blues for Smoke: Matana Roberts, Keiji Haino and Loren Connors
VENUE: Whitney Museum
DETAILS: New solo performance by Matana Roberts made specificially in relation to Blues for Smoke, and a duo guitar improvisation by Keiji Haino and Loren Connors
http://whitney.org/Events/RobertsHainoConnors
ADMISSION: $8-$10
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24
12:30 PM John Zorn’s 60th Birthday Celebration
VENUE: MoMA
DETAILS:
– Apophthegms for Two Violins, performed by Chris Otto and Dave Fulmer in the room of Paul Klee paintings
– Beuysblock, a tape piece played in the Joseph Beuys room on a small sound system through two speakers
– Untitled for solo cello, inspired by Joseph Cornell, performed by Erik Friedlander in the Surrealism room, near Cornell’s Untitled (Bébé Marie) (early 1940s)
– Saxophone/drum duo improvisation with John Zorn (saxophone) and Milford Graves (drums) in the Abstract Expressionism galleries
– The Gnostic Preludes, performed by Carl Emanuel (harp) and Kenny Wollesen (vibes) in the Claude Monet Water Lilies (1914–26) gallery
https://www.facebook.com/events/587369191293187
http://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/2013/03/05/uncontested-spaces-2013-laureate-public-events/
ADMISSION: FREE
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24
7:30 PM American Soundscapes
VENUE: Carnegie Hall
DETAILS:
Guided by composer John Adams and conductor David Robertson, talented young conductors take the podium to lead a handpicked ensemble of dynamic young instrumentalists in the first of two concerts featuring landmark American works of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Program
· STEVEN MACKEY Ground Swell
· JOHN ADAMS Gnarly Buttons
· CARTER Double Concerto
ADMISSION: $15
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24
8:00 PM Many Arms (guitar, electronics, percussion) + Toshimaru Nakamura (electronics)
VENUE: Spectrum
DETAILS:
Tzadik’s Many Arms is a loud, aggressive blend of punk and free jazz.
Guitarist Nick Millevoi
Electric Bassist John DeBlase
Drummer Ricardo Lagomasino
With Toshimaru Nakamura (electronics).
ADMISSION: $10
SUNDAY, APRIL 28
7:00 PM Helmut Lachenmann DVD Screening
VENUE: Miller Theater of Columbia University
DETAILS:
„…zwei Gefühle…” Musik mit Leonardo (1991-92) for speaker & ensemble
Wiegenmusik (1963) for piano
Pression (1969-70) for cello
Guero (1970) for piano
Ein Kinderspiel (1980) for piano
http://millertheatre.com/Events/EventDetails.aspx?nid=1589
Recorded at the Experimental Media and Performance Arts Center (EMPAC) in Troy, New York, the DVD utilizes 5.1 surround sound and hi-definition video to capture both the incredible sounds that are a hallmark of Lachenmann’s work and the unique physical techniques necessary to perform it.
The screening of the DVD at Miller Theatre will be preceded by a conversation with three people close to its creation: Lauren Radnofsky and Brad Lubman of Signal, and Johannes Goebel of EMPAC.
ADMISSION: Free
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