NYC Calendar October 2026

FRIDAY, October 2
7:30 pm Yo-Yo Ma & Gustavo Dudamel
Tania León, Imágenes Mestizas
Mahler, Adagietto from Symphony No. 5
Osvaldo Golijov
Azul, for Cello and Orchestra
VENUE: New York Philharmonic
ADMISSION: $275-525

FRIDAY, October 2
8:30 PM Early Music
Peter Evans (trumpet, electronics) Ron Stabinsky (piano, synths)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, October 2 and SATURDAY, October 3
7pm and 9pm Sylvie Courvoisier TRIO
Sylvie Courvoisier -piano, compositions
Drew Gress -bass
Kenny Wollesen -drums
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $22-$44

SATURDAY, October 3
2pm doyeon kim and friends
doyeon kim – gayageum & vocals
gabby fluke-mogul – violin
t.j. borden – cello
VENUE: first street green cultural park (33 e 1st st, new york)
ADMISSION: free

SATURDAY, October 3
7pm Arto Lindsay / Dr. S+M / Beat Detectives / Exoplex / Stewey Decimal
VENUE: Light and Sound
ADMISSION: pay as you wish

SATURDAY, October 3
8:30 pm Solo Trumpet
Peter Evans (trumpet)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, October 4
6:30 pm and 8 pm Orchard Street Jazz Festival
Mary Halvorson – Guitar
Tomas Fujiwara – Drums
VENUE: Close Up
ADMISSION: $32

SUNDAY, October 4
9PM Tony Malaby Novela Quartet
Tony Malaby, tenor/soprano saxophones
Ralph Alessi, trumpet
Sean Conly, bass
Dan Weiss, drums
VENUE: Bar Lunatico
ADMISSION: $10

TUESDAY, October 6
7 PM Graphic Content: Feldman & Brown at 100
For Christian Wolff by Morton Feldman
Roberta Michel, flute;
Matt Mitchell, piano & celesta
VENUE: Mise-En_Place
ADMISSION: From $23

WEDNESDAY, October 7
7:30pm SurRound: The Earth Remembers
Splendor & Interconnection
Gregg Smith: Now I Walk in Beauty
Meredith Monk: Astronaut Anthem
Jean Mouton: Sancti Dei omnes (From the Medici Codex of 1518)
Lament & Fracture
Robert Paterson: “Infinite Oceans” (from The Essence of Gravity)
Christina Whitten Thomas: “Prière de la Baleine” (“Prayer of the Whale”) from Choral de Bêtes Einojuhani Rautavaara: Die Erste Elegie (The First Elegy)
Reconciliation & Renewal
Frank Ticheli: Earth Song
Caroline Shaw: and the sparrow
Robert Paterson: “A Song on the End of the World” (from Eternal Reflections)
Christine Whitten Thomas: Take Peace
Juan Pérez Bocanegra: Hanacpachap Cussicuinin
VENUE: The Cathedral of St. John the Divine
ADMISSION: $75-125

WEDNESDAY, October 7
8pm Spontaneous Resonance
Sam Newsome (Soprano Sax/Object)
Meg Okura (Violin)
Angelica Sanchez (Piano)
VENUE: IBeam
ADMISSION: $20-$30

WEDNESDAY, October 7 and THURSDAY, October 8
7:30pm Artists Studio: Raven Chacon
Raven Chacon: improvised compositions will range from sparse, minimalistic soundscapes to complex, multi-layered works that incorporate voices, noise, and found sounds
VENUE: Park Avenue Armory
ADMISSION: $55

THURSDAY, October 8
8PM Tyshawn Sorey / Tim Dahl / Chaser / Keith Fullerton Whitman / Chuck Bettis / Will Bollinger
VENUE: TV Eye
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, October 8
8:30pm Aberikula
Harris Eisenstadt (drum set, batá drums) Angelica Sanchez (piano) Sara Schoenbeck (bassoon)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, October 10
8pm Abstract Farmers
Aruan Ortiz, Piano
Hery Paz, Tenor Sax
Francisco Mela, Drums
VENUE: Soup and Sound
ADMISSION: $20-$30

SATURDAY, October 10
6pm Søündbäth
Sam Day Harmet and Steve La Rosa, maracas, shakers, New Age cassettes, and electronics for a sound bath that could be described as “a yoga studio from hell.”
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, October 11
3 pm no land with luke stewart & oliver ray
no land – poem
luke stewart – bass
oliver ray – guitar
VENUE: first street green cultural park (33 e 1st st, new york)
ADMISSION: free

MONDAY, October 12
2pm william parker / gabby fluke-mogul
william parker – bass
gabby fluke-mogul – violin
VENUE: first street green cultural park (33 e 1st st, new york)
ADMISSION: free

TUESDAY, October 13
6pm Pop-Up Concerts: Conrad Tao
Repertoire:
David Fulmer I have loved a stream and a shadow (2023-26)
Conrad Tao, Piano
VENUE: Miller Theatre at Columbia University
ADMISSION: Free

TUESDAY, October 13
8PM Tim Berne/Aliya Ultan/Trevor Dunn/David Torn/Tom Rainey
VENUE: Lowlands Bar
ADMISSION: TBD

WEDNESDAY, October 14
2 pm REICH90 by Kuniko Kato & Musicians
All Steve Reich Program:
Drumming Part I. (1970-71)
Nagoya Marimbas (1994)
Piano Phase ver. for vibraphone (1967/2021) (arr. Kuniko)
Mallet Quartet (2009)
Performers:
Kuniko Kato
Koichi Hosono
Karin Tozaki
Haruka Aoyagi
Misaki Matsuno
VENUE: Kaufman Music Center
ADMISSION: $55-75

WEDNESDAY, October 14
8PM Contemporary East: Ikue Mori and Reggie Nicholson
Ikue Mori (electronics), Charmaine Lee (voice and electronics), Nava Dunkelman (percussion), Reggie Nicholson (percussion), Yuko Fujiyama (piano)
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $25

WEDNESDAY, October 14- SUNDAY, October 18
3pm and 7pm Music For 18 Musicians: Staged Variations
Alan Pierson
Steve Reich Ensemble
Alarm Will Sound
VENUE: Park Avenue Armory
ADMISSION: starting at $55

THURSDAY, October 15
7PM Chaser, Ewen/Dahl/Chase
VENUE: Mama Tried
ADMISSION: pay as you wish

THURSDAY, October 15
7PM Live from Troutman 2: Yarn/Wire Studio Concert
Ashkan Behzadi’s Forsythia
Yarn/Wire
VENUE: 17-17 Troutman St
ADMISSION: free, reservation required

THURSDAY, October 15
7pm + 9pm The Angelica Sanchez Nonet
Angelica Sanchez -pianist/composer
John Hebert -bass
Sam Ospavot -drums
Michaël Attias -alto sax
Hery Paz -tenor sax/flute
Thomas Heberer -trumpet
Kenny Warren -cornet
Ben Davis -cello
Ben Goldberg -contra alto clarinet
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $22-44

FRIDAY, October 16
7pm + 9pm Ole Mathisen Trio
Ole Mathisen -saxophone
Kim Cass -bass
Colin Stranahan -drums
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $22-$44

SUNDAY, October 18
1 PM Shelest Piano Duo with the Brandywine Valley Symphony Chamber Orchestra
Program:
Valentin Silvestrov The Messenger
Philip Glass Piano Concerto No.1, “Tirol Concerto”
Barber Adagio For Strings
Oleh Bezborodko “Steel, Violet, Rage” (Us Premiere)
Performers:
Anna Shelest, Piano
Dmitri Shelest, Piano
Brandywine Valley Symphony Chamber Orchestra
Michael Hall, Artistic Director
VENUE: Weill Recital Hall (Carnegie Hall)
ADMISSION: $61

TUESDAY, October 20
6 PM Indeterminate works for large ensemble by Feldman, Brown, and Long
The Marginal Intersection Orchestra & Ekmeles
Feldman: Piano, Cello, and Three Clarinets
Brown: Available Forms I
Feldman: Christian Wolff in Cambridge
Brown: Small Pieces for Large Chorus
Long: New MATA Commission
Feldman: Marginal Intersection
VENUE: St. Paul’s Chapel
ADMISSION: Free, registration required before 11am the day before the concert

TUESDAY, October 20 and WEDNESDAY, October 21
7:30pm Artists Studio: Ione
The Nubian Word for Flowers, an interactive, semi-improvised opera
VENUE: Park Avenue Armory
ADMISSION: $55

WEDNESDAY, October 21
7:30 pm FUJI|||||||||||TA & Ka Baird / Actress / Team Rolfes
Japanese sound artist FUJI|||||||||||TA
Ka Baird, composer-performer
Filip Popik, visual art
Shaun Murphy,lighting design
Multimedia works:
Where Does Fire End?
Radical Frame
Mustang Speedrun, a multimedia theater work
VENUE: Lincoln Center
ADMISSION: Choose-What-You-Pay

THURSDAY, October 22
6pm Chamber works by Feldman, Brown, and Long
Long: Perfect Time
Feldman: Only
Feldman: Voices and Cello
Feldman: The King of Denmark (perfromed twice)
Brown: Nine Rare Bits for 1 or 2 harpsichords
VENUE: St. Paul’s Chapel
ADMISSION: Free, registration required before 11am the day before the concert

THURSDAY, October 22
8 PM Steve Reich at 90: A Birthday Celebration
All-Steve Reich Program:
Electric Counterpoint
Two Pianos (US Premiere)
Double Sextet
Jacob’s Ladder
In All Your Ways (US Premiere, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
Performers:
Bang on a Can All-Stars
Ensemble Signal
Brad Lubman, Conductor
Lisa Kaplan, Piano
Nico Muhly, Piano
Bryce Dessner, Electric Guitar
VENUE: Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
ADMISSION: starting at $50

FRIDAY, October 23
9PM The One with Tim Berne
Tim Berne – sax
Anthony Coleman – Piano
Adam Lane – bass
Patrick Golden – Drums
VENUE: IBeam
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, October 23
8:00 pm An Embrace of Sound: The Music of Anna Clyne
All Anna Clyne Program:
Within Her Arms
This Midnight Hour
Dance for Cello and Orchestra
Experiential Orchestra
Inbal Segev, cello
VENUE: The DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $60-85

SATURDAY, October 24
7:30 PM Numerous Voices and Apmonia String Quartet
Negar Soley (voice/composition) and Apmonia String Quartet
Soley: Numerous voices (MATA commissioned work)
Brown: String Quartet
Feldman: Three Pices for String Quartet
Feldman: Extensions 5
Feldman: Intersection 4
VENUE: St. Michael’s Church (225 West 99th Street)
ADMISSION: $34

MONDAY, October 26
7:30 PM Ensemble Connect
Program
Ligeti Trio for Violin, Horn, and Piano
Loeffler Two Rhapsodies for Oboe, Viola, and Piano
Kodály Serenade
Bartók Contrasts
VENUE: Weill Recital Hall
ADMISSION: starts at $51

MONDAY, October 26
7:30PM Ekmeles: Spells and Incantations
Program:
Giacinto Scelsi – Sauh I + II (1973)
Vykintas Baltakas – Instruktionen zur Durchführung einer alten Liebesbeschwörung, die Ihre/Ihren Geliebte(n) auf einmal und für immer an Sie binden wird (2007)
Hannah Kendall – this is but an oration of loss (2022)
Jeffrey Gavett – Wið ymbe (2026) WP
Mathias Spahlinger – Verfluchung (1983/85)
Ekmeles vocal ensemble
VENUE: DiMenna Center for Classical Music, Cary Hall
ADMISSION: $16-$48

TUESDAY, October 27
7:30 PM Short solo and chamber works by Feldman and Brown
The Marginal Intersection Orchestra
Wolpe: Solo work for trumpet
Feldman: A Very Short Trumpet Piece
Feldman: New work for electric guitar
Feldman: The Straits of Magellan
Brown: Selections from Folio II
Brown: Corrobore for 3 or 2 pianos
VENUE: Mise-en-Place
ADMISSION: $23

WEDNESDAY, October 28
7:30 Sō Percussion: Steve Reich’s Drumming
Sō Percussion and guests
Steve Reich’s Drumming
VENUE: The 92nd Street Y
ADMISSION: Starting at $45

THURSDAY, October 29
7pm + 9pm Myra Melford’s Splash
Myra Melford – piano
Michael Formanek – bass
Ches Smith – vibes and drums
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $22-$44

THURSDAY, October 29
7:30pm Composer Portraits: Suzanne Farrin
Repertoire:
Suzanne Farrin, Macabéa (2026)
Inspired by Clarice Lispector’s final novel, The Hour of the Star
Performers:
Charlotte Mundy, soprano
Christopher Dylan Herbert, baritone
Talea Ensemble
Eduardo Leandro, conductor
VENUE: Miller Theatre at Columbia University
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, October 29
7:30 pm Julia Wolfe, Bang On A Can All-Stars & Trinity Choir: Anthracite Fields
Oratorio Anthracite Fields
Julia Wolfe, composer
The Bang on a Can All-Stars
Trinity Choir
VENUE: NYU Skirball
ADMISSION: $50-$90

FRIDAY, October 30
7:30 PM Patterns in a Chromatic Field
TJ Borden (cello)
Mari Kawamura (piano)
Morton Feldman’s Patterns in a Chromatic Field
VENUE: St. Michael’s Church
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, October 31
8:30PM Sexmob Kurt Weill Halloween
Steven Bernstein (slide trumpet) Briggan Krauss (sax) Tony Scherr (bass) Kenny Wollesen (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

To Choose Is Enough

In Pamela Z’s performances, one can hear an entire history of late 20th-century music: the echoes of Milton Babbitt’s Philomel, Steve Reich’s tape loops, Laurie Anderson’s reflections and electronic voice distortions, the trans-like repetition of Meredith Monk’s primal chanting, David Lang’s melodic contours, and, with only a slight stretch of imagination, a distant voice from a Robert Ashley opera. However, you’d be better off immersing into the present.

The program of Pamela Z’s concert on August 18, at the DiMenna Center, at Time: Spans Festival did not include any premieres. The most recent piece, Flock (2024), seemed to sonically emerge from its earlier avian-themed counterpart, Syrinx (2003). Yet no version of her works, spanning over three decades, is exactly repeated. The last piece in the program, Scared Song, was originally created as a studio arrangement for Meredith Monk’s 2012 tribute CD, Monk Mix. For the album release party, Z made a live version, rearranging programmed sounds into real-time voice processing; this was the one we heard now in 2026, or was it really?

Other Rooms on the surface seemed to have changed little since its New York premiere at Roulette in 2018. Yet there were at least two differences; most notably, the choreography and, by extension, the sounds generated by gesture-based sensors in the final part. Also, the prepared piano “quotations” that were previously searching for the right volume and location were now seamlessly integrated into the fabric of sounds to create a refined version of electronic polystylism. The piece is constructed from samples of the speaking voice of playwright Paul David Young, taken from an interview Z recorded while making her larger work, Memory Trace. His statements may seem random, but that night, I imagined them as descriptions of artistic process. “You just pick up wherever you left off, as if you never stopped talking,” is a writer’s ideal state. “Am I actually remembering it or am I constructing it?” reminds me of the origins of Laurie Anderson’s narratives, as described in Alexander Reed’s recent account about her Big Science. Could Young’s words also be interpreted as artists’ statements? They could, if such a thing existed, as Declaratives in the first person explain. “I would like to think that the art itself is enough of a statement,” Z states; as this credo emerges from layers of distorted phrases and eventually falls apart, one also learns that “to think is enough.”

In the world of electronics and motion controllers, where the invention of new ways of sound manipulation is often sufficient to be considered a creative work, the experience of a meaningful, multidimensional sensory space remains rare. Z’s vitality and well-rehearsed spontaneity certainly enlivened the festival’s increasingly diversifying, but still European-dominated programming. Among acoustic nights, my favorite this year was AMOC’s performance of Salvatore Sciarrino’s Stupori, appropriately combined with Michael Hersch’s Carrion-Miles to Purgatory. The first one – six readable silences based on heterogeneous texts where baritone, in Sciarrino’s own characterization, “plays the starring role, with excesses of restlessness, almost bordering on dramatically acted scenes.” The second – thirteen pieces after texts of Robert Lowell, which “simply live in the score” with violin and cello enacting their restrained intensity.

It’s been 11 years since my fear of missing out on New York’s new music life, previously dormant in summer, began to peak in the middle of August. Among 12 concerts at Time: Spans this year, the most important was making the right choice.

Erlena Dlu

NYC Calendar September 2026

TUESDAY, September 1
7:30 PM Federico Balducci and Sandy Ewen
Federico Balducci and Sandy Ewen, sound, lighting, video
Federico Balducci’s The Narcissus Trance (2026)
selected works by Eric Satie
Juan Sorroche’s Four Pieces from Central America (2020)
VENUE: MISE-EN_PLACE
ADMISSION: $20

TUESDAY, September 1
8PM The Shape of Jizz to Cum
Chuck Roth / Jessica Pavone duo:
Guitar & Viola
Against Proper Objects:
Michael Foster (saxes), Webb Crawford (guitar & banjo), Joey Sullivan (drums)
VENUE: Singers
ADMISSION: $15

WEDNESDAY, September 2
8:30 pm CHIMERAS
Satoshi Takeishi (percussion) Shoko Nagai (piano, accordion) Marty Ehrlich (saxophone, clarinets) Erik Friedlander (cello)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, September 4
8:30 pm AWAKENINGS
Myk Freedman (pedal steel) Nava Dunkelman (percussion) Kevin Norton (vibes) Erik Friedlander (cello)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, September 6
In Gardens
2 PM Trae Crudup – drum, Craig Taborn – piano
3 PM Mara Rosenbloom – piano, Kyoko Kitamura – vocal, Claire de Brunner – bassoon
VENUE: Children’s Magical Garden (129 Stanton St)
ADMISSION: Free

MONDAY, September 7
4PM Francesca H – saxophone, Chuck Roth – guitar
In Gardens
VENUE: Children’s Magical Garden (129 Stanton St)
ADMISSION: Free

MONDAY, September 7
8PM Striped Light presents: Ikue Mori & Bill Nace, Popebama (Erin Rogers & Dennis Sullivan), Nava Dunkelman & Brandon Seabrook
VENUE: Striped Light
ADMISSION: $15

THURSDAY, September 10
7–8:30 pm fern plays piano
Music by Samuel Clay Birmaher, John Cage, Georgia Denham, Eva-Maria Houben, John Lely
Performers: fern (piano) Beth Griffith (voice) Christopher Otto (violin)
VENUE: Westbeth Community Room (55 Bethune St., via courtyard)
ADMISSION: Free

THURSDAY, September 10
7:30 PM Jennifer Gersten: Concert with six violin solos
Jennifer Gersten, violin
Avian Chatters by Kristine Tjøgersen
The Secret Melody by Per Nørgård
Simon Løffler’s Aurora
VENUE: Scandinavia House
ADMISSION: $20 ($15 ASF Members)

THURSDAY, September 10
8:30 pm Quartet
Peter Evans (trumpet) Matt Mitchell (piano, compositions) Kim Cass (bass) Ches Smith (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, September 11 – SATURDAY, September 12
7PM and 9PM Kevin Hays, piano – Album Release ‘Live at The Stone’
7pm: with Kenny Wollesen -drums
9pm: with Ben Wendel -saxophone
VENUE: Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $15-$55

MONDAY, September 14
8:30 Jim Seeley Quintet
Jim Seeley (tp/flh)
Ivan Renta (ts/fl)
Camila Cortina (p)
Raul Reyes (b)
JC Polo (dr)
VENUE: Brooklyn Conservatory of Music
ADMISSION: $20

TUESDAY, September 15
8PM Colin Stetson & Brìghde Chaimbeul
Colin Stetson & Brìghde Chaimbeul (duo), Space Lady, Clarice Jensen
VENUE: Pioneer Works
ADMISSION: $15

TUESDAY, September 15
8 pm Spontaneous Resonance
Sam Newsome – Soprano sax/Object
Evan Palmer – Double Bass
Willy Rodriguez – Drums
9 pm Set 2
Megumi Yonezawa – Piano
Ken Filiano – Double Bass
Ken Kobayashi – Drums
VENUE: IBeam
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, September 17 – FRIDAY, September 18
7:30pm and 9pm Canis Major
Mary Halvorson – Guitar
Dave Adewumi – Trumpet
Henry Fraser – Bass
Tomas Fujiwara – Drums
VENUE: CloseUp
ADMISSION: $25

THURSDAY, September 17
7 PM Sounds of Light and Darkness: Nordic maestras in concert
Nordic Artists of New York (NANY)
Music by Johanna Telander, Helena Maria Falk, Anita Lerche, Arta Jēkabsone, Rasa Vitkauskaite, Simona Smirnova
VENUE: Scandinavia House
ADMISSION: $25 ($20 ASF Members)

THURSDAY, September 17
7:30 PM WildLine immersive concert – “Still Here | Three”
Yiseul LeMieux, installation artist
WildLine: flute, cello and piano trio (Tessa Brinckman, Chris Gross and David Friend)
Andy Akiho’s Portal
Gemma Peacocke’s Taut and Malignant
Pauline Oliveros’ Elemental Gallop
Marcos Balter ‘s delete/control/option
Seth Boustead’s Marginal Capacity
Ashkan Behzadi’s Fling
Clarice Assad’s Flight of the Fairies
VENUE: Our Saviours Atonement Lutheran Church (178 Bennett Ave)
ADMISSION: free

FRIDAY, September 18
7:30 PM WildLine immersive concert – “Still Here-Three”
Yiseul LeMieux, installation artist
WildLine: flute, cello and piano trio (Tessa Brinckman, Chris Gross and David Friend)
Andy Akiho’s Portal
Gemma Peacocke’s Taut and Malignant
Pauline Oliveros’ Elemental Gallop
Marcos Balter ‘s delete/control/option
Seth Boustead’s Marginal Capacity
Ashkan Behzadi’s Fling
Clarice Assad’s Flight of the Fairies
VENUE: St Johns in the Village (218 W 11th St)
ADMISSION: free

FRIDAY, September 18
8PM-10PM Prospect Series house show #63
8PM Stephen Haynes / Yoona Kim / Ben Stapp
(trumpet, flugelhorn, cornet, shells / ajaeng / tuba)
9PM Jack Wright / Tom Djll / James Paul Nadien
(saxophone / trumpet, electronics / drums)
10PM Flin can Hemmen Listening Party: Could Also Be the Nachtzwaluw with projections by Ben Gerstein
VENUE: 1923 8th Ave, Brooklyn
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, September 18
8PM Red Hook Records 5th Anniversary: Andrew Cyrille, Wadada Leo Smith, and Qasim Naqvi // Amina Claudine Myers
SET 1 Amina Claudine Myers piano
SET 2 Andrew Cyrille drums, Wadada Leo Smith trumpet, Qasim Naqvi modular synthesizer
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $30-$40

FRIDAY, September 18
8:30 pm Sana Nagano, Ikue Mori, Nava Dunkelman, Trevor Dunn
Sana Nagano (6-string electric violin) Ikue Mori (electronics) Nava Dunkelman (percussion) Trevor Dunn (bass)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, September 19
7pm Gemini Duo Recital
Wanchen Zhao and Wanxu Zhao, accordion
Stephen Morris, Shadow Selves and other works
VENUE: The Dimenna Center
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, September 19
7 PM The Sleeves – Ryan Sawyer Shaker Ensemble
Ryan Sawyer maracas, voice
Laura Cocks flutes, voice
isa crespo pardo voice
Nate Wooley trumpet, voice
Jessica Pavone viola, voice
Henry Fraser bass, voice
Madison Greenstone clarinets, voice
VENUE: Union Pool
ADMISSION: $24

TUESDAY, September 22
6pm Pop-Up Concerts: Kurtág At 100
Repertoire – works by György Kurtág:
Requiem for the Beloved (1987)
Excerpts from József Attila Fragments, Op. 20 (1981-82)
Excerpts from Kafka-Fragments (1985-86)
Excerpts from Játékok (1973-2026)
Performers:
Tony Arnold , soprano
Christopher Otto, violin
Amy Williams, piano
VENUE: Miller Theatre at Columbia University
ADMISSION: free

WEDNESDAY, September 23
7:30pm The Heart of the Matter
pianists Beth Levin, Kathleen Supové, Ethan Iverson,
a celebration of the 100th birthday of John Coltrane
the world premiere of
Homage to “Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues” by Kathleen Supové
and Randall Woolf
VENUE: (le) Poisson Rouge
ADMISSION: $22-27

THURSDAY, September 24
8:30PM Density 2036: part xi Album Release
Terry Riley’s The Holy Liftoff (2024)
Realization by Samuel Clay Birmaher
Performed by Claire Chase (flutes) and JACK Quartet
VENUE: Zürcher Gallery
ADMISSION: $25

THURSDAY, September 24 – TUESDAY, September 29
2pm or 7:30pm Dudamel Conducts Mahler & Tania León
Program:
Tania León, Imágenes mestizas
Mahler, Symphony No. 5
Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor
VENUE: David Geffen Hall
ADMISSION: $131-347

SUNDAY, September 27
8PM John Zorn’s Alea Iacta Est (World Premiere)
Brian Marsella piano
Jorge Roeder bass
Ches Smith drums
Sae Hashimoto vibraphone
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $30-$40

SUNDAY, September 27
2PM Andrea Wolper and Friends
Andrea Wolper, Ellen Christi – vocals, Ken Filiano – bass, TA Thompson – drum
VENUE: First Street Green, 33 E 1st St
ADMISSION: Free

TUESDAY, September 29
7:30 PM Jon Collazo and Arjan Singh Dogra
new music written for two double basses, featuring special guest performances by Jon Collazo and Arjan Singh Dogra
VENUE: MISE-EN_PLACE
ADMISSION: $20

WEDNESDAY, September 30
8PM Nate Wooley’s Mutual Aid Music // Larry Ochs Safe Havens (for the Abstract Truth)
Mutual Aid Music
Nate Wooley trumpet
Modney violin
Lester St. Louis cello
Matt Moran vibraphone
Russell Greenberg percussion
Safe Havens (for the Abstract Truth)
Larry Ochs tenor, sopranino saxophones
Charles Burnham violin
Trevor Dunn acoustic, electric bass and effects
Ikue Mori electronics
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20- $30

WEDNESDAY, September 30
8:30 pm Pulverize the Sound
Peter Evans (trumpets) Tim Dahl (bass, vocals, electronics) Mike Pride (drums, percussion)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

NYC Calendar July 2026

July 1-August 2
Clinamen
A visual and sound installation by Céleste Boursier-Mougenot
VENUE: Park Avenue Armory
ADMISSION: starting at $30

WEDNESDAY, July 1
7PM Teiku Album release with Blacks’ Myths
Josh Harlow: Piano, synth, electronics, composer, arranger
Jonathan Barahal Taylor: Drum set, percussion, synth arrangements, composer, arranger, producer
Jaribu Shahid: Double bass, singing bowls, percussion
Peter Formanek: Tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, clarinet
Rafael Leafar: Bass clarinet, bass flute, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, electronics
Blacks’ Myths (Luke Stewart on bass and Warren G. “Trae” Crudup III on drums)
https://577records.bandcamp.com/album/teiku
VENUE: Nublu
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, July 2
7:30PM and 9PM Sylvie Courvoisier – Alden Hellmuth – Drew Gress – Kenny Wollesen
Sylvie Courvoisier – Piano
Alden Hellmuth – Saxophone
Drew Gress – Bass
Kenny Wollesen – Drums
VENUE: Close up
ADMISSION: $25

THURSDAY, July 2
8:30 pm DUO
Julian Lage (guitar) Greg Cohen (bass)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, July 4
2 pm, 4 pm, & 6 pm David Lang: the national anthems
Clarion Choir
Catalyst Quartet
David Lang, the national anthems
VENUE: The Met Fifth Avenue
ADMISSION: free with museum admission

WEDNESDAY, July 8
6 PM Carnegie Hall Citywide: Ivalas Quartet
Program:
Angélica Negrón, bubblegum grass/peppermint field
Derrick Skye, Deliverance
Bloch, Paysages
Dvořák, String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, “American”
Jessie Montgomery, Strum
Performers:
Ivalas Quartet
Reuben Kebede, Violin
Tiani Butts, Violin
Marcus Stevenson, Viola
Pedro Sánchez, Cello
Virgil Moore, Violin
VENUE: Madison Square Park
ADMISSION: free

THURSDAY, July 9
8PM No Fun New Perspectives: Bill Nace, Carlos Giffoni, Charmaine Lee, Twig Harper, and more (Night 1)
Bill Nace (guitar), Carlos Giffoni (electronics), and Charmaine Lee (electronics and voice)
Twig Harper (electronics), Hada Benedito (prepared piano), and Michael Foster (saxophone)
Lea Bertucci (electronics and voice) and David Watson (bagpipes)
Mark Morgan (guitar), Samara Lubelski (violin), and Greg Kelley (trumpet)
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-30

FRIDAY, July 10
8 PM Joe Hisaishi in Concert
Program:
Philip Glass, Symphony No. 1, “Low”
Joe Hisaishi, Concerto for Orchestra (NY Premiere, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
Performers:
Joe Hisaishi, Conductor
Orchestra of St. Luke’s
VENUE: Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
ADMISSION: starting at $90

FRIDAY, July 10
8PM No Fun New Perspectives: Carlos Giffoni, Lee Ranaldo, Raven Chacon, Keith Fullerton Whitman, and more (Night 2)
Carlos Giffoni (electronics), Lee Ranaldo (guitar), and Raven Chacon
Keith Fullerton Whitman (electronics) and Chris Goudreau (electronics)
C. Spencer Yeh (violin and voice), Brandon Lopez (standup bass), and Sean Meehan (percussion)
Marcia Bassett (electronics), Chuck Bettis (electronics), Christopher Reid Martin (guitar and electronics), and Gabie Strong (guitar and electronics)
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-30

SATURDAY, July 11
8PM No Fun New Perspectives: NIKA, Nate Wooley, Zeena Parkins, Ryan Sawyer, and more (Night 3)
NIKA (prepared piano and voice) and Nate Wooley (trumpet)
Zeena Parkins (harp), Ryan Sawyer (percussion), and Elaine Carey (electronics)
Mir Naqibul Islam (percussion) and Randall Dunn (electronics)
Michael Vallera (guitar) and Alan Licht (guitar)
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-30

SUNDAY, July 12
7:30 pm Zeena Parkins / Nate Wooley / Ryan Sawyer
Zeena Parkins – Electric Harp+Objects
Nate Wooley – Trumpet+Objects
Ryan Sawyer -Drums
VENUE: IBeam
ADMISSION: $20

TUESDAY, July 14
7:30 pm False Harmonics #26
Conrad Tao, Aaron Turner & Randall Dunn, Charmaine Lee
Elliott Carter’s Catenaires and Galina Ustvolskaya’s Piano Sonata No. 6 with the world premiere of Φ (II), a new work written for Tao by composer Eric Wubbels.
multi-instrumentalist Randall Dunn and guitarist/vocalist Aaron Turner
VENUE: Pioneer Works
ADMISSION: $20

TUESDAY, Jul 14
8:30 pm Trio
Anthony Coleman (piano) Tom Rainey (drums) Yoona Kim (ajaeng)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

WEDNESDAY, July 15 and THURSDAY, July 16
7pm + 9pm Miles Okazaki’s “Boomtown” – Album Release Show
Miles Okazaki – guitar
Caroline Davis – alto saxophone
Jon Irabagon – tenor saxophone
Anna Webber – tenor saxophone
Jacob Garchik – trombone
Hannah Marks – bass
Chris Tordini – bass
Matt Mitchell – piano
Dan Weiss – drums
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $22-44

FRIDAY, July 17 and SATURDAY, July 18
7:30 pm Hymn and Reformation
Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center
Chloé Van Soeterstède, conductor
Simone Lamsma, violin
Valentin Silvestrov, Hymn – 2001
Max Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1
Felix Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 5, “Reformation”
VENUE: David Geffen Hall
ADMISSION: $5-100

SATURDAY, July 18
6:30pm Jeremiah Cymerman
Dharma Rhythms Summer Music Festival – Flicker & Decay
featuring clarinetist Jeremiah Cymerman, with a meditation led by Anjie Cho
VENUE: New York Insight Meditation Center
ADMISSION: $19

July 21 – July 26
8pm and 10pm Kris Davis | Tyshawn Sorey | Ingrid Laubrock
Ingrid Laubrock – Saxophone
Kris Davis – Piano
Tyshawn Sorey – Drums
VENUE: Village Vanguard
ADMISSION: $48

WEDNESDAY, July 22
8pm Sally Gates Residency
Sally Gates / Nora Stanley / Chris Corsano, Maya Keren
VENUE: Sisters
ADMISSION: $15

FRIDAY, July 24
8:30 pm Trio
Larry Ochs (saxes) Simon Hanes (electric bass) Billy Martin (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, July 25
4PM Body Without Organs (Invisible Guy; Jon Irabagon; Pulverize the Sound)
VENUE: The Art Park at 33 East 1st Street
ADMISSION: free

SATURDAY, July 25
8:30pm Larry Ochs With Highsmith
Larry Ochs (saxes) Craig Taborn (piano) Ikue Mori (electronics)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, July 26
8:30 PM DoYeon Kim Quintet
DoYeon Kim – Gayageum
Peter Evans – Trumpet
Satoshi Takeishi – Percussion
Sam Minaie – Bass
Elias Stemeseder – Piano
Tom Rainey – Drums
VENUE: Seeds
ADMISSION: TBD

MONDAY, July 27
8:30 PM DoYeon Kim Solo
DoYeon Kim – Gayageum
VENUE: Seeds
ADMISSION: TBD

TUESDAY, July 28
8:30 PM DoYeon Kim Trio
DoYeon Kim – Gayageum
Lester St. Louis – Cello
Gabby Flukemogul – Violin
VENUE: Seeds
ADMISSION: TBD

THURSDAY, July 30
7 PM NYO2
Program:
Arturo Márquez, Danzón No. 2
Gabriela Lena Frank, “The Mestizo Waltz” from Three Latin American Dances
Michael Torke, Sky
Gershwin, An American in Paris
Respighi, Pines of Rome
Performers:
NYO2
Mei-Ann Chen, Conductor
Tessa Lark, Violin
VENUE: Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
ADMISSION: starts at $17

No Winter, No War: The Transfixing Power of Mōdraniht

On June 1-3, the Vienna Festival (Wiener Festwochen) hosted three nights of Mōdraniht. Songs of Winter War – the third experimental opera in the environmental trilogy by the creative collective Opera Aperta. The show had previously been performed at O. Festival in Rotterdam on May 26 and premiered on May 10 in Kyiv, where the company’s rehearsal space has since been destroyed by a Russian missile attack. To create this production, composers Roman Grygoriv and Illia Razumeiko traveled to Northern Spain, the Carpathian Mountains, and Uzbekistan to document winter solstice rituals and the present condition of the dried-up Aral Sea.

The previous two productions in the trilogy were quite remarkable – Chornobyldorf received the Royal Philharmonic Society’s award for the best opera, running against Kaija Saariaho’s Innocence, and GAIA-24. Opera del Mondo received the 2025 Music Theatre Now Award. Yet Mōdraniht is certainly more original, deeper, and overall, much stronger both musically and dramaturgically. The music amplifies the emotional charge of visual sequences in just the right way; moreover, it could easily exist as a stand-alone piece, apart from those moments when it dissolves into silence, quotations from the classics, and the ringing of cow bells. The timing between unexpected scene changes is perfectly calculated. A Richard Foreman play, but with meaning?

The meaning was clarified in Razumeiko’s introductory remarks. (Neither winter nor war explicitly appear in the production itself, except for the artist-led Q&A session with the audience, in the middle of the show.) Switching between English and German, to engage both international guests and locals, he explained the origin of some visuals and props: the ships in the desert demonstrate the results of Russian colonization – the draining of the Aral Sea, the injured face belongs to a recently discharged Ukrainian veteran, and the partially destroyed pianos symbolize those that were looted by the Red Army soldiers from Austria in 1945. These facts made the abstract production that followed feel timely, yet I imagined its existence without any explanations, as the aesthetic quality of the piece can certainly ensure its timelessness.

By all counts, the artists of Opera Aperta are superhumans. The cast consists of professionals trained as singers (operatic or folk), dancers, string or percussion players, but each has mastered the drums, strings, pianos, and other instruments and objects. With any and all parts of their bodies, they play a mesmerizing sequence à la Boulez’s Piano Notations, where every note, tone cluster, and silence musically make perfect sense. (The positions include leaning perpendicularly to play with the crown of the head on a piano positioned sideways, and doing push-ups while stretched along the keyboard, which is possible only because of the enormous strength in Marichka Shtyrbulova’s tiny body.) Mingling with the audience, the performers can create a stereophonic sound by jumping incessantly for over 15 minutes while wearing 350 bells, ranging in size from an apple to a watermelon. They can also flawlessly sing six-part polyphony while all piled up on top of each other, in upside-down or sideways positions that seem to defy the existence of gravity. (The singing happens after the bells episode, and no one seems to be out of breath.)

Mōdraniht, however, is not merely a collection of startling effects or a show-off of improbable skills. It’s a work of high art that leaves you startled, with eyes wide open and many questions. (Is it really over? Why do the lights project “The End” while the music is still playing, one artist is still lying on the stage, and no one comes out for a bow to greet the puzzled, hesitantly clapping audience? And, more importantly, when are they coming to New York?)