NYC Calendar October 2024

TUESDAY, October 1
6pm Pop-Up Concerts – Richard Carrick: L’algérie
ensemble Either/Or
Richard Carrick, L’Algérie
VENUE: Miller Theatre at Columbia University
ADMISSION: Free

TUESDAY, October 1
8PM Alan Licht (solo) Sam Weinberg/Thomas Buckner Duo
VENUE: Sisters
ADMISSION: $10-$30

TUESDAY, October 1
9PM Užupis (Kenny Wollesen, Dalius Naujo, William Shore)
VENUE: Bar Lunatico
ADMISSION: $10

October 1-6
7:30pm, 8 pm, 3 pm Indra’s Net
Music and Direction Meredith Monk
Costume and Scenic Design Yoshio Yabara
Lighting Design Joe Levasseur
Sound Design Daniel Neumann
Video Scenarios/Direction Meredith Monk
Cinematography Ben Stechschulte
Projection Design Jorge Morales Picó
VENUE: Park Avenue Armory
ADMISSION: $85-165

WEDNESDAY, October 2
8:30PM Matt Mitchell (piano) Tim Berne (alto sax) Kate Gentile (drums)
VENUE: the Stone
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, October 4
7:30pm The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians New York City Chapter
Peyton Pleninger’s Biotonic
Featuring:
Peyton Pleninger, Saxophone
Will McEvoy, Bass
Bram Kincheloe, Drums
VENUE: Symphony Space
ADMISSION: $25-$30

SATURDAY, October 5
2:30pm DoYeon Kim Trio
DoYeon Kim – kayagum
Mat Maneri – viola
Steven Long – keys
3:30pm gabby fluke-mogul – violin, Charles Burnham – violin
VENUE: First Street Green (33 E 1st St, Manhattan)
ADMISSION: free

SATURDAY, October 5
6 PM Loren Connors/Alessandra Novaga/James Illgenfritz/Chris Cochrane
VENUE: P.I.T
ADMISSION: TBD

SATURDAY, October 5
12:00 PM Phill Niblock Forever: A Marathon Memorial Celebration in Music, Images, Words, Movements…
Jim Staley, Shelley Hirsch, David Behrman, Tom Buckner, Yasunao Tone, Tom Hamilton, John King, Yoshiko Chuma, Susan Hefner, Keiko Uenishi, Barbara Held, Dave Soldier, Thomas Lehn, Tiziana Bertoncini, William Hooker, David First, David Watson, Bob Bellerue, Katie Porter, Al Margolis, Leslie Ross, Dafna Naphtali, SEM Ensemble, Dark Circuits Orchestra, and more TBA.
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: Free with RSVP

SUNDAY, October 6
4:30pm Joe McPhee
VENUE: First Street Green, 33 E 1st St, Manhattan
ADMISSION: free

SUNDAY, October 6
8:30 PM Bergamot Quartet Extended
VENUE: Sisters
ADMISSION: $10-$30

MONDAY, October 7
8PM Imaad Wasif with Shahzad Ismaily and Zoh Amba
VENUE: Heaven Can Wait
ADMISSION: $15

MONDAY, October 7
8 PM Ned Rothenberg’s Bucket Brigade
Ned Rothenberg alto sax, clarinet, bass clarinet, shakuhachi
Craig Taborn piano, electric keyboard
David Tronzo slide guitar
Stomu Takeishi fretless bass
Marcus Rojas tuba
Billy Martin drums, percussion
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $25-$30

TUESDAY, October 8
7:30 pm Marcos Balter: Three Enigmas
Marcos Balter with Conor Hanick, piano; Jay Campbell, cello; Ikue Mori, electronics; Maria Chavez, turntables & electronics; Gladstone Butler, percussion & electronics & Senem Pirler, electronics
Balter’s Three Enigmas
live electronic improvisation set
VENUE: Kaufman Music Center
ADMISSION: $30

October 8 – 13
8pm and 10pm Julian Lage Trio
Julian Lage – Guitar
Jorge Roeder – Bass
Dave King – Drums
VENUE: Village Vanguard
ADMISSION: $43

WEDNESDAY, October 9
7:30pm A Musical Lineage: Schoenberg and Boulez
Program to include:
Schoenberg, Suite, Op. 29
Boulez, Sur Incises
Performers:
David Robertson, conductor
Frank Huang, Violin
June Han, Harp
Daniel Druckman, Percussion
Anthony McGill, Clarinet
Eric Huebner, Piano
Students from the Juilliard Orchestra
VENUE: Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Lincoln Center
ADMISSION: $44

WEDNESDAY, October 9
7:30pm Welltone New Music Presents: Four Strings Around the World
music by Jerod Impichaachaaha’ Tate, Reza Vali, Violeta Dinescu, Shirish Korde, Victoria Bond and others
VENUE: Symphony Space
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, October 11
6 PM Sara Koller & Matt Mottel “FANDOM”
Jean Carla Rodea/Raffi Garabedian/Devin Brahja Waldman/Georgia Wartel Collins/Matt Mottel/sTo Len
VENUE: P.I.T
ADMISSION: TBD

FRIDAY, October 11
8 PM Ken Kobayashi Quartet
Anthony Coleman – piano
Jeff Miles – guitar
Michael Gilbert – bass
Ken Kobayashi – drums
9:00PM Horntet
Guillermo Gregorio – clarinet
Daniel Carter – multiple instruments
Jeff Pearring – alto sax
Ayumi Ishito – tenor sax
Stan Zenkov – multiple instruments
Amazan Audoine – trumpet
VENUE: IBeam
ADMISSION: $15

FRIDAY, October 11
8pm 40th Anniversary of John Zorn’s Cobra
Brian Marsella electric piano, keyboards
Sylvie Courvoisier piano
Ikue Mori electronics
Wendy Eisenberg electric guitar
Mary Halvorson electric guitar
Taylor Levine electric guitar
Simon Hanes electric bass
Jay Campbell cello
Henry Fraser acoustic bass
Willie Winant percussion
Kenny Wollesen drums, electric vibes
Ches Smith drums
John Zorn prompter
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $35-$45

SATURDAY, October 12
2:30pm Rob Brown Trio
Rob Brown – alto sax
Brandon Lopez – bass
Juan Pablo Carletti – drums
3:30pm Trae Cruddup – drums, Craig Taborn – keyboard, Miriam Parker – dance
VENUE: First Street Green, 33 E 1st St, Manhattan
ADMISSION: free

SUNDAY, October 13
1:30pm Lewis / Knuffke / Mok
James Brandon Lewis – sax
Kirk Knuffke – cornet
Lesley Mok – drums
2:30pm Steve Swell Trio
Steve Swell – trombone
Dave Sewelson – baritone sax
Tcheser Holmes – drums
VENUE: First Street Green, 33 E 1st St, Manhattan
ADMISSION: free

SUNDAY, October 13
7:30pm Tony Malaby/Ana Fortuna/Charlie Lincoln/Ilya Blazh, Kaelen Ghandhi/Evan Palmer/Michael Larocca, Rob Magill
VENUE: Record Shop
ADMISSION: TBD

MONDAY, October 14
3:30pm Mixashawn Rozie – sax, voice, flute; Joe Morris – guitar; Michael Larocca – drums
4:30pm Drum & Dance Circle: Percussion led by Hamid Drake & William Parker, Dance led by Patricia Nicholson & Davalois Fearon
VENUE: First Street Green (33 E 1st St, Manhattan)
ADMISSION: free

October 15 – November 9
Ainadamar
Music by Osvaldo Golijov
Libretto by David Henry Hwang
VENUE: The Metropolitan Opera
ADMISSION: from $35

THURSDAY, October 17
6pm Ivalas Quartet: Fate and Longing
Ivalas Quartet:
Reuben Kebede, Violin
Tiani Butts, Violin
Marcus Stevenson, Viola
Pedro Sanchez, Cello
works by Mendelssohn, Beethoven, and Alvin Singleton
VENUE: Sugar Hill Museum of Art & Storytelling (898 St Nicholas Ave, NY)
ADMISSION: Free

THURSDAY, October 17 and FRIDAY, October 18
7:30 PM Afromodernism: Music of the African Diaspora
Program:
Carlos Simon, Four Black American Dances
Nathalie Joachim, Had To Be (New York Premiere–NY Phil Co-Commission with Spoleto Festival USA, Orchestre Métropolitain, and Chautauqua Institution)
D. Baker, Kosbro
Still, Symphony No. 4, Autochthonous
Artists:
Thomas Wilkins, Conductor
Toggle accordion for Thomas Wilkins
Seth Parker Woods, Cello
VENUE: David Geffen Hall
ADMISSION: $39-116

FRIDAY, October 18
7:30 PM Can We Know the Sound of Forgiveness
Gabriela Ortiz, Can We Know the Sound of Forgiveness
Performers:
The Crossing
Alejandro Escuer, Flute
Svet Stoyanov, Percussion
Ksenija Komljenović, Percussion
Shane Roderick, Percussion
Mingyu Son, Percussion
Julia Krohn, Performer
Larry S. White II, Performer
Dancers from The Ailey School
Donald Nally, Conductor
James Drake, Visual Art
Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Text
Harrison Guy, Choreographer
Adam Holender, Photography
Stephen Jiménez, Producer and Director
VENUE: Zankel Hall
ADMISSION: $60

FRIDAY, October 18
8:30PM Ryan Sawyer (drums, vocals, violin) Laura Ortman (violin, Apache violin) C. Spencer Yeh (violins, tapes)
VENUE: the Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, October 19
8PM Premieres I: Inhale
C4: The Choral Composer/Conductor Collective
Roots – Evan Fontaine
Breath – Alexa Letourneau
Perspective – Colston Reinhoff
In the News – Cynthia Shaw
Connecting Flights – Charlie Kreidler
Truth – Tara Mack
…and Everything Began – Helder Oliveira
Anima et Animus – Kelly Wang
VENUE: The Church of St. Luke in the Fields (487 Hudson Street New York)
ADMISSION: $10-50

SUNDAY, October 20
8 PM Anthony Coleman solo
Gabe Boyarin / Zoh Amba / Shahzad Ismaily trio
VENUE: Scholes Street Studio
ADMISSION: TBD

WEDNESDAY, October 23
7 PM Woolgathering
Directed and composed by Oliver Tompkins Ray
Choreography by John Heginbotham
Featuring Patti Smith
VENUE: Jerome Robbins Theater
ADMISSION: $39-$69

WEDNESDAY, October 23
7:30pm Caroline Shaw, Alicia Olatuja & Sō Percussion: Rectangles and Circumstance
Rectangles and Circumstance
Narrow Sea
Sō Percussion
Caroline Shaw
ADMISSION: from $40
VENUE: Geffen Stage at Kaufmann Concert Hall

WEDNESDAY, October 23
7 PM Marco Fusi, Violin: New Music by Yu Kuwabara and Salvatore Sciarrino
Marco Fusi, Violin
Program:
Kuwabara, Bai and Dharani (2020–21, U.S. premiere)
Sciarrino, Sei capricci per violino (1975–76)
Kuwabara, Mizu no Koe (2014–15/2019, U.S. premiere)
Sciarrino, Sei nuovi capricci e un saluto (2023, U.S. premiere)
VENUE: Teatro of the Italian Academy
ADMISSION: free

WEDNESDAY, October 23
8PM ASA-CHANG & Junray / Alma Laprida
VENUE: The Invisible Dog Art Center
ADMISSION: $15

WEDNESDAY, October 23
8PM Sylvie Courvoisier: Poppy Seeds
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$30

WEDNESDAY, October 23
7:30pm Susana Santos Silva, trumpet
VENUE: Blank Forms
ADMISSION: $15

FRIDAY, October 25
7:30 PM Ensemble Connect
Program:
Bongani Ndodana-Breen Safika: Three Tales On African Migration
Andile Khumalo Cry Out
Dvořák Piano Quintet No. 2
VENUE: Arthur Zankel Music Center, Helen Filene Ladd Concert Hall
ADMISSION: TBD


FRIDAY, October 25
7PM M³ Festival 2024: Day 1
Zeena Parkins solo, Kenny Wollesen (drums), Craig Taborn “Shadow Plays Solo”
and many more
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$30

FRIDAY, October 25
7pm Sound On: Composing While Black: Volume II
International Contemporary Ensemble
Program:
Jalalu Kalvert-Nelson, Prelude No. 1
Daniel Kidane, Foreign Tongues
Hannah Kendall, Tuxedo: Diving Bell 2.
Tebogo Monnakgotla, Wooden Bodies
Joshua Uzoigwe, Ukom and Egwu Amala from Talking Drums
Leila Adu-Gilmore, Alyssum
VENUE: Museum of Modern Art
ADMISSION: Free

TUESDAY, October 29
6pm In Memoriam – Wolfgang Rihm
Wolfgang Rihm, Musik für Drei Streicher (Music for Three Strings) (1977)
Performers:
Josh Modney, violin
Kyle Armbrust, viola
Michael Nicolas, cello
VENUE: Miller Theatre at Columbia University
ADMISSION: Free

WEDNESDAY, October 30
7:30 PM The New Virtuoso: Borders
American Composers Orchestra
Program:
Michael Abels, Guitar Concerto, “Borders” (NY Premiere)
Paul Novak, Forest Migrations (World Premiere)
Kebra-Seyoun, Charles Bass Concerto, “Nightlife” (World Premiere)
Victoria Polevá, The Bell (NY Premiere)
Curtis Stewart, Embrace
VENUE: Zankel Hall
ADMISSION: $50

WEDNESDAY, October 30
9PM heartsleeves: LoVid & Ka Baird
VENUE: Issue Project Room
ADMISSION: $15

WEDNESDAY, October 30
8:30pm Thunder Storm
Marcus Rojas (tuba, percussion) Tim Keiper (drums, percussion, voice) Ze Luis Oliveira (sax, flute) Brian Marsella (piano, percussion) Cyro Baptista (percussion, voice)
VENUE: the Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, October 31
8:30pm Spooky Stories
Bill Gordh and Cyro Baptista
VENUE: the Stone
ADMISSION: $20

NYC Calendar August 2024

Highlight of the month: The TIME: SPANS festival 

THURSDAY, August 1
8:30 pm Trio
Matana Roberts (saxophone), Fay Victor (voice), Rebekah Heller (bassoon)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, August 2
8 pm Living Music Underground: Josh Johnson
Josh Johnson, saxophone
Summer for the City
VENUE: The Underground at Jaffe Drive (Lincoln Center)
ADMISSION: free

FRIDAY, August 2
8 PM Prospect Series 38: Jonathan Moritz & Mike Pride
Jonathan Moritz / Mike Pride duo (saxophone/drums)
Ben Goldberg (clarinet) w/ TBA
Eternities: Katie Porter / Bob Bellerue (bass clarinet/feedback)
VENUE: Prospect Series
ADMISSION: TBD

SATURDAY, August 3
5PM Alan Licht/Eric Arn//Samara Lubelski
VENUE: P.I.T
ADMISSION: TBD

SATURDAY, August 3
8:30 pm Trio
Matana Roberts (saxophone) Tomas Fujiwara (drums) and a special guest
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, August 4
6 pm Caroline Davis’ Alula
Caroline Davis – alto saxophone and electronics
Val Jeanty – turntables
Qasim Naqvi – modular synthesizer
Chris Tordini – electric bass
Timothy Angulo – drums
Lincoln Center Presents
VENUE: The Underground at Jaffe Drive
ADMISSION: free

SUNDAY, August 4
Solo & Solo, Matthew Ship & Brandon Lopez
8 pm Brandon Lopez – Double bass
9 pm Matthew Shipp – Piano
VENUE: Ibeam
ADMISSION: $25

SUNDAY, August 4
8 pm Anthony Coleman Plays Duke Ellington
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20

MONDAY, August 5
7pm Renewal: YSUO String Quartet Concert
Music by Dvořák, Gershwin, Hubarenko
The YSOU String Quartet
VENUE: The Kosciuszko Foundation (15 East 65th St., New York)
ADMISSION: $39

TUESDAY, August 6
7:30 PM Sam Weinberg Residency
VENUE: Sisters
ADMISSION: TBD

TUESDAY, August 6
7:30 pm Goldberg, Hebert, Atwal
Ben Goldberg – Clarinet
John Hebert – Contrabass
Hamir Atwal – Drums
VENUE: Downtown Music Gallery
ADMISSION: Free

TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY, August 6 -7
7:30 pm Jonathon Heyward Conducts Mendelssohn
Caroline Shaw Entr’acte
Ralph Vaughan Williams Oboe Concerto in A minor
Marianna Martines Symphony in C major
Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 in A major (“Italian”)
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
Ryan Roberts, oboe
VENUE: Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall
ADMISSION: Choose-What-You-Pay

THURSDAY and FRIDAY, August 8 – 9
7.30 pm and 9.30 pm Kris Davis & Ingrid Laubrock Duo
Kris Davis -piano
Ingrid Laubrock -saxophone
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $15 – $35

FRIDAY, August 9
8 pm Living Music Underground: JACK Quartet
hosted and curated by Nadia Sirota
Summer for the City
VENUE: The Underground at Jaffe Drive (Lincoln Center)
ADMISSION: free

SATURDAY, August 10
7:30 pm Ensemble Signal: Reich, Romitelli
Fausto Romitelli, Professor Bad Trip, Lesson 1-3, 1998-2000
Steve Reich, Radio Rewrite, 2012
Ensemble Signal
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, August 10
8PM Judith Berkson
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, August 10
9pm New York Forward Festival Brooklyn: Diego Hedez & Forward Quartet
Diego Hedez (trumpet), Hans Young Binter (piano)
Brandon Lopez (bass), Francisco Mela (drums)
VENUE: Secret location in Brooklyn
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, August 11
7:30 pm Ning Yu, Cory Smythe: Brigitta Muntendorf
Brigitta Muntendorf
Trilogy for two pianos, tape, and live electronics, (2014-2018)
Ning Yu, Piano
Cory Smythe, Piano
Levy Lorenzo, Electronics
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, August 11
New York Forward Festival Brooklyn
8pm Brandon Lopez (bass), Mat Maneri (viola)
9pm Nick Lyons (alto sax), Carol Liebowitz (piano)
VENUE: Secret location in Brooklyn
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, August 11
8:30pm Sally Gates, Zoh Amba, Brian Chase / Human Rites Trio
VENUE: Sisters
ADMISSION: $20

MONDAY, August 12
DMG Guitar Fest Volume Two
7:30: Eyal Maoz – Solo or Duo Guitar(s)
VENUE: Downtown Music Gallery
ADMISSION: Free

MONDAY, August 12
7.30 pm and 9.30 pm Matt Mitchell Trio “Zealous Angles” Album Release

Matt Mitchell -piano
Chris Tordini -bass
Dan Weiss -drums
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $15 – $35

TUESDAY, August 13
8:30 pm Fraser, Maneri, Lopez
Nick Fraser – Drums
Mat Maneri – Viola
Brandon Lopez – Contrabass
VENUE: Downtown Music Gallery
ADMISSION: Free

TUESDAY, August 13
8:30 PM Assembly #20
VENUE: Sisters
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, August 15
7:30 pm Wet Ink Ensemble: Mincek, Soper
Kate Soper, Epithets, 2023-2024
Alex Mincek, Nomadic Science, 2024
Wet Ink Ensemble
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, August 15
8:30 pm Duo 2
Kevin Hays (piano) Kenny Wollesen (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY – SATURDAY, August 15-17
3pm (Sat) and 8pm Natural Studies by thingNY
You Against Nature by Joseph White
Mouthful by thingNY
performed by alejandro t. acierto, Gelsey Bell, Isabel Castellvi, Andrew Livingston, Paul Pinto, Erin Rogers, and Dave Ruder
VENUE: The Brick (579 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn)
ADMISSION: $22-52

FRIDAY, August 16
8:30 pm Duo 3
Kevin Hays (piano) Craig Taborn (keyboards)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, August 17
8PM Brandon Lopez and guests

VENUE: Record Shop
ADMISSION: $15

SATURDAY, August 17
8PM Turbo Lotus “album release performance”
Ayako Kanda, Patrick Golden, Matt Hollenberg
Toadal Package: Ipek Eginli, Tim Dahl, Kevin Shea
VENUE: Nublu
ADMISSION: $20

August 20 – 25
8pm and 10pm Bill Frisell Five
Bill Frisell – Guitar
Tony Scherr – Bass
Thomas Morgan – Bass
Rudy Royston – Drums
Kenny Wollesen – Drums
VENUE: Village Vanguard
ADMISSION: $43

WEDNESDAY, August 21
8:30 pm Quintet
Immanuel Wilkins (saxophone) Lauren Cauley (violin) gabby fluke-mogul (violin) Jessica Pavone (viola) Lester St Louis (cello)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

WEDNESDAY, August 21
7:30 pm JACK Quartet: McCormack
Timothy McCormack, your body is a volume, 2016-19
JACK Quartet
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, August 22
7:30 pm Alarm Will Sound: Baker, Balter, Norman, Komschlies, Tovar-Henao, Sheehan
Andrew Norman, Try, 2011
Claude Baker, Carmen Infernarum Machinarum Fugax, 2022-23
Chelsea Komschlies, Hexactinellida, 2019
Felipe Tovar-Henao, Enjambres, 2022
Kelley Sheehan, splitting to collapse, 2023
Marcos Balter, Code-Switching, 2022-23
Alarm Will Sound
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, August 24
7:30 pm Yarn/Wire: Evans, Neuwirth
Olga Neuwirth, Black Dwarf, 2023
Peter Evans, Animations, 2023, featuring Peter Evans, trumpet
Yarn/Wire
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, August 25
2 PM Summer Thunder
The Sun Ra Arkestra
VENUE: Union Pool
ADMISSION: free

TUESDAY, August 27
9PM & 10:15PM Brian Marsella’s Gatos do Sul
VENUE: Bar Lunatico
ADMISSION: $10

TUESDAY, August 27
7pm Renku (Michaël Attias, John Hébert, Satoshi Takeishi)
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20

WEDNESDAY, August 28
8:30 pm The Partita Project
Jennifer Choi (violin)
Bach Partita No. 2 in D Minor; Missy Mazzoli Dissolve, O My Heart; John Zorn Partita
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

August 29-September 1
7PM and 9PM Brad Mehldau
Brad Mehldau, piano
VENUE: Smoke
ADMISSION: $40-$65

FRIDAY, August 30
8:30 pm A Modern Sound Bath
Jennifer Choi (violin) James Moore (electric guitar) Kathleen Supove (piano)
Improvisations / Zorn Hockey / A. Vrebalov Sound Shapes…
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, August 31
8:30 pm Resurrect
Jennifer Choi (violin) Michael Nicolas (cello) Kyle Armbrust (viola) Stephen Gosling (piano)
Schoenberg String Trio, Op. 45; Alfred Schnittke Sonata No. 2 “Quasi Una Sonata”
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

NYC Calendar June 2024

Highlight of the month: Vision Festival

SATURDAY, June 1
6 pm Eric Dolphy: Freedom of Sound
Dianne Mcintyre (Dance) With Pheeroan Aklaff
The New School Dolphy Ensemble Edelyn Huang, Cole Cotton, Kayla Kessler, Russell Markey
Feat. Mehrnam Rastegari
Matthew Shipp & Rob Brown
Patricia Brennan
Don Byron Bass Clarinet Quartet
Don Byron, Jd Parran, Bob Debellis, Todd Marcus
The Dolphy Trio
Nicole Mitchell, Darius Jones, Jd Parran
Reggie Workman With Jen Shyu, Jason Kao Hwang, Ayana Workman
VENUE: John L. Tishman Auditorium, The New School (63 Fifth Ave., Greenwich Village)
ADMISSION: $35, two-day pass $60

SATURDAY, June 1 – SUNDAY, June 2
8pm and 10 pm Brad Mehldau Trio
Brad Mehldau – Piano
Felix Moseholm – Bass
Joe Farnsworth – Drums
VENUE: Village Vanguard
ADMISSION: $50

SUNDAY, June 2
3pm Eric Dolphy: Freedom of Sound
The Dolphy String Quartet
Tom Chiu, Conrad Harris, Mariel Roberts, Kimberly Foster
Eugene Chadbourne
James Brandon Lewis With Kirk Knuffke, Chris Lightcap, Chad Taylor
Nicole Mitchell & Craig Taborn Geri Allen’s Celebration Ensemble Suite For Eric Dolphy
VENUE: The New School (63 Fifth Ave., NY)
ADMISSION: $35, two-day pass $60

MONDAY, June 3
8 pm Spirit Stronger Than Blood: A “Fare-Well” Celebration of the Music of Frank London
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-30

TUESDAY, June 4
8 pm Wet Ink Spring Chamber Concert
Eric Wubbels:
//chlorophyll [2024], from Second Nature
for alto flute, computer-controlled cymbals, and percussion
Carolyn Chen: Rendition (2007)
for cello, bass, and piano
Sam Pluta: binary/momentary ii: flow state/joy state (2017)
for trumpet, two trombones, piano, and percussion
Peter Evans/Sam Pluta duo
VENUE: St Peters Chelsea (346 W 20th St New York)
ADMISSION: $20 suggested

TUESDAY, June 4
9:30 pm Invisible Guy
Ben Goldberg – Clarinet / Michael Coleman – Keyboard / Hamir Atwal – Drums
VENUE: Downtown Music Gallery
ADMISSION: Free

WEDNESDAY, June 5
8:30 pm Quartet
Nels Cline (electric guitar) Trevor Dunn (bass) Tom Rainey (drums) Ben Goldberg (clarinet)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

June 5–14
7 pm and 4 pm Inside Light
Part 1: All-Stockhausen Program
Montags-Gruss
Unsichtbare Chöre from Donnerstag
Mittwochs-Gruss
2 hours and 30 minutes with intermission
Part 2: All-Stockhausen Program
Freitags-Gruss
Freitags-Abschied
Composition Karlheinz Stockhausen
Sound Projection Kathinka Pasveer
Spatial Installation and Lighting Design Urs Schönebaum
Video Design Robi Voigt
Sound Engineer Reinhard Klose
Original Concept Pierre Audi
VENUE: Park Avenue Armory
ADMISSION: $50-85

THURSDAY, June 6
6:30 PM Roulette’s 45th Anniversary Gala
Henry Threadgill
Yuka Honda and Nels Cline
Immanuel Wilkins and Joel Ross
Zeena Parkins and Ikue Mori
Holland Andrews and yuniya edi kwon
John Zorn and Jim Staley
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: from $125

THURSDAY, June 6
8 PM Pastorale Album Release show
The Rhythm Method
Release of ‘Pastorale’ on New Focus Records
Paul Pinto: String Quartet No. 4 (‘I pass’d a church’)
Marina Kifferstein: String Quartet No. 2
Lewis Nielson: Pastorale … para los pobres de la tierra
https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=245912884/size=small/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/transparent=true/ VENUE: Jack
ADMISSION: Free

FRIDAY, June 7
8 PM Prospect Series (#36)
Marija Kovačević, Music for Broken Violins
Webb Crawford / Chuck Roth guitar duo
Michael Foster / John Blum / Brandon Lopez / Joey Sullivan Quartet
saxophone / piano / bass / drums
VENUE: 1923 8th Ave, Brooklyn (corner of 20th st, door at top of steps)
ADMISSION: pay what you want

SATURDAY, June 8
1 pm and 4 pm Motor Tapes
Sarah Hennies, Motor Tapes, a one-hour work for a large ensemble
VENUE: Whitney Museum of American Art
ADMISSION: $25-30

SATURDAY, June 8
8:30 pm Quartet
Angelica Sanchez (piano) Carmen Quill (bass) Ches Smith (drums) Ben Goldberg (clarinet)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, June 9
3:30 pm Bang on a Can Music Series: David Grubbs and Wendy Eisenberg
Wendy Eisenberg, guitar
David Grubbs, guitar
VENUE: Noguchi Museum (9-01 33rd Road, Long Island City)
ADMISSION: $6-16

MONDAY, June 10
8PM Indian Funk with Theo Woodward, Katya Naphtali & Hans Tammen
VENUE: Troost
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, June 13
7 pm and 9 pm Jazztopad Festival: Kris Davis & Lutoslawski Quartet
Kris Davis, piano
Roksana Kwasnikowska, violin
Marcin Markowicz, violin
Artur Rozmyslowicz, viola
Maciej Mlodawski, cello
VENUE: Frederick P. Rose Hall (Jazz at Lincoln Center)
ADMISSION: $20+21 – $40+21

THURSDAY, June 13
8PM Elliott Sharp: Die Grösste Fuge (The Greatest Fugue), a time travel opera
Elliott Sharp composer, electronics
Nicholas Isherwood bass/baritone
Janene Higgins projection design
DGF String Quartet
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20/$30

FRIDAY, June 14 and SUNDAY, June 16
7:30 pm Marian Zazeela Memorial Concert
Two Concerts of Evening Ragas
Raga Yaman Kalyan
“Raga Sundara” ektal (12 beats) vilampit, La Monte Young
Raga Sindh Bhairavi
Song to Guruji, “Was It The Shadow of His Feet?” dipchandi tal (14 beats) madhyalay, La Monte Young
The Just Alap Raga Ensemble:
La Monte Young, voice
Jung Hee Choi, voice
Ben Neill, just intonation trumpet
Jon Catler, just intonation guitar
Hansford Rowe, electric fretless bass
Naren Budhkar, tabla
The Tamburas of Pandit Pran Nath from the Just Dreams CD
VENUE: MELA Foundation Dream House (275 Church Street, New York)
ADMISSION: $56-63

FRIDAY, June 14
8 PM 8th Jazztopad
Marta Sanchez / Amalia Umeda / Michael Bates / Lesley Mok
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, June 15
4 pm and 8 pm A Thousand Thoughts
Summer for the City: The Ephemeral Cinema of Sam Green
A live documentary with the Kronos Quartet
Written and Directed by Sam Green and Joe Bini
VENUE: Alice Tully Hall
ADMISSION: $5-100

SATURDAY, June 15
4:30 pm Jazztopad Presents Hand to Earth
The Crow by Hand to Earth featuring Amalia Umeda
Daniel Wilfred – voice and bilma
David Wilfred – yidaki (didgeridoo) and voice
Sunny Kim – voice, percussion, and electronics
Aviva Endean – clarinets, harmonic flute, electronics
Peter Knight – trumpet, electronics, percussion
Amalia Umeda – violin
VENUE: Hearst Plaza (Lincoln Center)
ADMISSION: Free

SATURDAY, Jun 15
7.30 pm and 9.30 pm Tony Malaby’s Firebath (NYC)
Tony Malaby -saxophone, composer
Dave Ballou -trumpet
Ben Monder -guitar
Angelica Sanchez -piano
Mark Helias -bass
Allan Mednard -drums
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $20 – $45

SUNDAY, June 16
8PM Tony Malaby/Kaelen Ghandhi/James Paul Nadien/”P.M.A.” (drums, Lisbon), Jeremy Viner/Tim Berne/Kenny Warren/Nick Dunston/Kate Gentile
VENUE: Record Shop
ADMISSION: $20

TUESDAY, June 18
6 PM Vision Festival 2024: Honoring William Parker, LifeTime of Achievement
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $70

TUESDAY, June 18
8 pm Sam Weinberg 2024 Residency
Peter Evans – trumpet
Brandon Seabrook – guitar
John Hebert – bass
Sam Ospovat – drums
VENUE: Sisters
ADMISSION: $10-30

WEDNESDAY, June 19
Vision Festival 2024 – Day 2
9 PM: Matthew Shipp Trio
Michael Bisio – bass / Newman Taylor – drums / Matthew Shipp – piano
10 PM: Nasheet Waits: Tarbaby: THIS IS AMERICA
Orrin Evans – piano / Eric Revis – bass / Nasheet Waits – drums
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $70

WEDNESDAY, June 19 – SATURDAY, June 22
8:30 pm Steve Coleman and Five Elements
Steve Coleman (sax) Jonathan Finlayson (trumpet) Matt Mitchell (piano) Anthony Tidd (bass) Sean Rickman (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, June 20
Vision Festival 2024 – Day 3
7 PM: Jen Shyu: Fertile Land, Fertile Body (1st Movement)
Jen Shyu – composition, voice, violin, gayageum, Taiwanese moon lute / Layale Chaker – violin, voice / Martha Redbone – vocals / Maeve Gilchrist – celtic harp / Devon Gates – bass, voice
8 PM: Ingrid Laubrock: Lilith
Ingrid Laubrock – saxophones / David Adewumi – trumpet / Yvonne Rogers – piano/ Adam Matlock – accordion / Eva Lawitts – bass / Henry Mermer – drums
9 PM: Darius Jones Quintet
Darius Jones – alto sax / Christopher Hoffman – cello / Liani Matteo – bass / Nick Saia – guitar / Jason Nazary – drums
10 PM: James Blood Ulmer Black Rock Trio
James Blood Ulmer – guitar, vocals / Mark Peterson – bass / G. Calvin Weston – drums
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $70

THURSDAY, June 20
8PM Adam Lane Quartet
Ray Anderson, Trombone
Kirk Knuffke, cornet
Adam Lane, bass
Billy Mintz, drums
9PM Anthony Coleman Trio
Anthony Coleman, Piano
Adam Lane, bass
Patrick Golden, drums
VENUE: Ibeam
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, June 21
Vision Festival 2024 – Day 4
9 pm: Trio Plex: Together We Rise
Cooper-Moore – piano / TA Thompson – drums / Ken Filiano – bass
10 pm: Mendoza / Hoff / Revels
Ava Mendoza – guitar, vocals / Devin Hoff – bass / James Brandon Lewis – tenor sax / Ches Smith – drums
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $70

SUNDAY, June 23
Vision Festival 2024 – Day 6
6 PM Matana Roberts COIN COIN Chapter V
Matana Roberts: saxophone, conduction, voice, electronics / Darius Jones: alto saxophone, voice / Matt Lavelle: trumpet, alto clarinet, voice / Stuart Bogie: Bb clarinet, bass clarinet, voice / Cory Smythe: piano, electronics / Ryan Sawyer: drumset, auxiliary percussion, voice / Mike Pride: drumset, auxiliary percussion / TBA – special guest
7 PM: Thollem McDonas / ACVilla
Thollem McDonas – electronics, pianos / ACVilla – live art projections
8 PM Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few:
Isaiah Collier – saxophone / Nat Reeves – bass / Michael Ode – drums
9 PM: Watershed Continuum: Art projections by Jo WoodBrown
Rob Brown – alto saxophone / Steve Swell – trombone / Alexis Marcelo – piano / Whit Dickey – drums
10 PM Marshall Allen & the Arkestra 100th birthday Celebration
Marshall Allen – director reeds, evi / Knoel Scott, Anthony Nelson – baritone sax / Chris Hemingway – reeds / James Stewart – tenor sax / Tara Middleton – voice / D. Hotep – guitar / Michael Ray, Kevin Batchelor, Cecil Brooks – trumpet / Dave Davis, Robert Stringer – trombone / Vincent Chancey – french horn / Tyler Mitchell – bass / Elson Nascimento, Jorge DeSilva – perc / George Gray – drums / Live Art projections by William Mazza
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $70

WEDNESDAY, June 26
7 pm and 9 pm Tyshawn Sorey: Tribute To Max Roach
Tyshawn Sorey, drums, arranger
Adam O’ Farrill, trumpet
Mark Shim, tenor saxophone
Lex Korten, piano
VENUE: Frederick P. Rose Hall (Jazz at Lincoln Center)
ADMISSION: $20+21 – $40+21

WEDNESDAY, June 26
8:30 pm Duo 1
Eliza Bagg and Catherine Brookman (two amplified voices with electronics)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, July 27 and FRIDAY, July 28
8 pm The Precipice
A chamber-rock opera
Created by KARL (Karl Ronneburg)
Music & Text by KARL & Grey Rose Grant
Performances by Contemporaneous Ensemble, with vocalists Morgan Mastrangelo & Wayne Arthur
VENUE: The Space at Irondale
ADMISSION: $12-28

SATURDAY, June 29
8 PM Terry Jenoure Trio
Terry Jenoure, Joe Fonda, Reggie Nicholson
Andrew Drury Tentet
Jason Kao Hwang (violin), Stephanie Griffin (viola), Christopher Hoffman (cello), Thomas Heberet (corner), Frank Lacy (trombone), Briggan Krauss (alto sax), JD Parran (bass flute), Alexis Marcelo (keyboard), Ken Filiano (bass), Andrew Drury (drums)
VENUE: Zürcher Gallery
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, June 30
4pm Soup & Sound 200
Doyeon Kim, Gayageum
Sarah Bernstein, Violin
Gwen Laster, Violin
Melanie Dyer, Viola
Tessa Brinckman, Flute
Sarah Hughes, Multi-Winds
Mara Rosenbloom, Piano
Andrew Drury, Percussion
VENUE: Soup & Sound
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, June 30
8 pm 20th Annual NYC In C
Terry Riley’s In C
Ava Mendoza, Matana Roberts, Qasim Naqvi, Zoh Amba, Gelsey Bell, Angélica Negrón, Kaoru Watanabe, Aba Diop, Adam Tendler
VENUE: Damrosch Park (Lincoln Center)
ADMISSION: Free

SUNDAY, June 30
8pm Two Exciting Duos
Anthony Coleman / Barry Altschul
Gabe Boyarin / Brandon Lopez
VENUE: Scholes Street Studio
ADMISSION: $20

NYC Calendar May 2024

Highlights of the month:

LONG PLAY FESTIVAL, Cyro Baptista ‘s residency at the Stone

WEDNESDAY, May 1
6:30pm Yves Klein Monotone-Silence Symphony
Yves Klein, Monotone-Silence Symphony
Lévy Gorvy Dayan
S.E.M. Ensemble
Petr Kotik, conductor
VENUE: St James’ Church (865 Madison Avenue New York)
ADMISSION: $28

TUESDAY, May 2
6pm and 8pm Claire Chase & JACK Quartet Density 2036, Part XI: Terry Riley
Terry Riley, The Holy Liftoff
Performers: Claire Chase & JACK Quartet
VENUE: Public Records
ADMISSION: $30

TUESDAY, May 2
6:30pm Eyal Maoz Solo Guitar
VENUE: Downtown Music Gallery
ADMISSION: Free

TUESDAY, May 2
7:30pm Sonic Spectrum IV
Program:
Jörg Widmann, Air for Horn
Dai Fujikura, Yurayura for Horn and String Quartet (2017)
Caroline Shaw, Selections from Microfictions, Volume 1 (2021)
Eleanor Alberga, Shining Gate of Morpheus for Horn and String Quartet (2012)
Kevin Puts, Home for String Quartet (2019)
Performers:
Miró Quartet
David Byrd-Marrow, horn
VENUE: Rose Studio (Lincoln Center)
ADMISSION: $35

THURSDAY, May 2
8PM Eugene Chadbourne/Jim McHugh, Brandon Lopez + Special Guest, Nate Wooley/Aaron Rubinstein/Kevin Murray
VENUE: The Record Shop (360 Van Brunt St, Red Hook)
ADMISSION: $30

THURSDAY, May 2
8pm Yumi Suehiro, piano
Fragment (1994) by Hans Thomalla
(in)harmony (2017) by Seán Ó Dálaigh
Klavierstück VI, Nr. 4 (1954, 1955) by Karlheinz Stockhausen
Perduto in una città d’acque (1990-91) by Salvatore Sciarrino
VENUE: Mise-En_Place
ADMISSION: free

FRIDAY, May 3
7:30pm Junction Trio
Program:
John Zorn, Philosophical Investigations
Ives, Piano Trio
Beethoven, Piano Trio In B-Flat Major, Op. 97, “Archduke”
Performers:
Stefan Jackiw, Violin
Jay Campbell, Cello
Conrad Tao, Piano
VENUE: Weill Recital Hall (Carnegie Hall)
ADMISSION: starting at $74

FRIDAY, May 3
8:30pm Trio Improvisations
Matt Nelson (saxophones) Jessica Pavone (viola) Ches Smith (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, May 4
4:30pm Julia Wolfe Forbidden Love, performed by Sō Percussion + David Lang the little match girl passion, performed by Ekmeles
VENUE: The Space at Irondale
ADMISSION: Long Play Festival Pass

SATURDAY, May 4
4:30PM Sylvie Courvoisier / Mary Halvorson Duo
VENUE: BRIC Ballroom
ADMISSION: Long Play Festival Pass

SATURDAY, May 4
5pm Musicians for Gaza
Elliot Sharp, Shelley Hirsch, Anthony Coleman, Chris Cochrane, James Paul Nadien & Gabriel Boyarin, Elder Ones Improv w/ Amirtha Kidambi & Lester St/ Louis, Tree Trini Collective, with Fay Victor, Lyndon Achee and Jesse Cox, Huda Asfour & The Brooklyn Improv Orchestra, Amir Elsaffar Quartet
VENUE: NUBLU
ADMISSION: $25

SATURDAY, May 4
5:30PM Rebekah Heller plays Steve Reich (world premiere) and Julius Eastman
VENUE: BRIC Stoop
ADMISSION: free

SATURDAY, May 4
6:30PM Mivos Quartet performs the Complete String Quartets of Steve Reich
VENUE: BRIC Ballroom
ADMISSION: Long Play Festival Pass

SATURDAY, May 4
7:30pm Bang on a Can’s Long Play: Claire Chase
selections from Density 2036 commissioning project, including works by Du Yun, Marcos Balter, Suzanne Farrin, and Mario Diaz de Leon
excerpts from the latest Density installation by Terry Riley
VENUE: BRIC Stoop
ADMISSION: free

SATURDAY, May 4
7:30pm Upon Reflection: An Opera in Ten Images
Frances White, composer
Wendy Steiner, librettist/photographer
soprano Sherezade Panthaki
Lawrence Lipnik, recorders;
Beverly Au, Rosamund Morley, and Lisa Terry, viols

VENUE: Mary Flagler Cary Hall (Dimenna Center)
ADMISSION: $20

MAY 4-17
El Niño
John Adams, composer
Marin Alsop, conductor
Julia Bullock, soprano
Davóne Tines, baritone
VENUE: The Metropolitan Opera
ADMISSION: From $47

SUNDAY, May 5
2PM Chicago Underground Duo
VENUE: Public Records
ADMISSION: $25

SUNDAY, May 5
2pm and 4pm J. Pavone String Ensemble

VENUE: BRIC Stoop
ADMISSION: free

SUNDAY, May 5
6PM Mivos Quartet performs Ingrid Laubrock, George Lewis and Henry Threadgill
VENUE: BRIC Stoop, 647 Fulton Street Brooklyn
ADMISSION: free

SUNDAY, May 5
8PM Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians featuring Bang on a Can All-Stars and Friends
VENUE: Howard Gilman Opera House
ADMISSION: from $44.50

SUNDAY, May 5
8PM Resonant Chambers – Hans Tammen & Shelley Hirsch with Jenn Grossman
Hans Tammen, resonating guitars, synths
Shelley Hirsch, voice / poetry
VENUE: UnionDocs (352 Onderdonk Ave, Ridgewood, NY)
ADMISSION: $10

MAY 5- 31
The Hours
Kevin Puts / Libretto by Greg Pierce
VENUE: The Metropolitan Opera
ADMISSION: From $40

MONDAY, May 6
7:30pm Ensemble Connect Up Close: Electronic Etudes
Program:
Sakamoto, Tri
Saariaho, Nymphéa
Levy Lorenzo, Consolas for Laptop Quartet (Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
Terry Riley, In 261.63 Hz: An Electronic Study on In C
Performers:
Ensemble Connect
Levy Lorenzo, Artistic Partner
Nicholas Houfek, Lighting Artist and Designer
VENUE: Resnick Education Wing (Carnegie Hall)
ADMISSION: $23

MONDAY, May 6
8pm Gabby Fluke-Mogul: Gut
gabby fluke-mogul violin
Danishta Rivero sound technician
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-30

WEDNESDAY, May 8
8:30 pm The Sasha Argov Project
Uri Gurvich (alto sax) Uri Caine (piano) Peter Slavov (bass) Rodolfo Zuniga (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, May 9
8PM Jeremiah Cymerman, Peter Evans
VENUE: Nublu
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY-SATURDAY, May 9 – 11
8 pm Foreign Experiences: An Opera by Robert Ashley (Night 1-3)
Robert Ashley’s 1993 opera Foreign Experiences for seven voices and pre-recorded electronic orchestra
Singers:
Gelsey Bell
Kayleigh Butcher
Bonnie Lander
Brian Mc Corkle
Paul Pinto
Dave Ruder
Aliza Simons
Music Director And Sound Design
Tom Hamilton
Stage Design and Lighting: David Moodey
Producer: Mimi Johnson
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $25-35

FRIDAY, May 10
7PM Blank Forms Eighth Anniversary: Joe McPhee with friends
VENUE: Ukrainian National Home (140 2nd Ave, NY)
ADMISSION: $35

FRIDAY, May 10
7PM Graveyard Shift: Colin Stetson & Deradoorian
VENUE: Green-Wood Cemetery
ADMISSION: $40

FRIDAY, May 10
8pm Sound On: Music of Displacement and Connection
Program to include:
Eötvös, Ligetidyll (US Premiere)
Michel van der Aa, Mask
Hannah Kendall, shouting forever into the receiver
Mary Kouyoumdjian, Andouni (Homeless), with photography by Scout Tufankjian (World Premiere—New York Philharmonic Commission)
Kwamé Ryan, Conductor
VENUE: Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall
ADMISSION: $25

SATURDAY, May 11
8pm Dikeman, Lopez, surprise
John Dikeman Tenor Sax / Brandon Lopez Contrabass / ? Drums
VENUE: Downtown Music Gallery
ADMISSION: Free

SUNDAY, May 12
8pm Vicky Chow performs Philip Glass Etudes Book 2
Philip Glass Piano Etudes Book 2
Vicky Chow, piano
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-30

SUNDAY, May 12
8:30pm Ayako Kanda/Elliott Sharp Duo
VENUE: The Living Gallery
ADMISSION: $10-$30

TUESDAY, May 14
7:30 PM Decoda: Reverberations
Program:
Copland, Midday Thoughts For Solo Piano
Hannah Kendall, Vera
Eisler, Septet No. 1, Op. 92a (Variations On American Children’s Songs)
Billy Bragg, “Eisler On The Go” (Arr. Claire Bryant)
Ringdown, Every Stone In Cambridge Reminds Me Of You (World Premiere, Commissioned By Carnegie Hall)
Copland, Appalachian Spring Suite For 13 Instruments
Performers:
Decoda, with Special Guest
Ringdown (Caroline Shaw and Danni Lee Parpan)
VENUE: Weill Recital Hall
ADMISSION: start at $41

THURSDAY, May 16
7 pm Changing Voices
Danae Venson – Atlas
Vasiliki Krimitza – Streichquartett No. 1 [World Premiere]
Giuseppe Gallo-Balma – Ornitomaquia [New York Premiere]
Angela Elizabeth Slater – Eye o da hurricane [New York Premiere]
Leo Chang – Topic of Discussion [World Premiere]
Daniel Sabzghabaei – At any rate II. باقی مانده “what remains”
Annie Aries Ruefenacht – Fragments [World Premiere]
Christian Quiñones – Artifacts [New York Premiere]
Paul Swartzel – Music for Mental Health [New York Premiere]
Performers:
Bergamot Quartet
MATA Mavens
Yuma Uesaka, saxophone
Vicky Chow, piano
Christian Quiñones, laptop/MIDI
Annie Aries Ruefenacht, mod-synthesizer
VENUE: Fotografiska New York (281 Park Ave South)
ADMISSION: $45

THURSDAY, May 16
7:30pm The Knights
Program
Jessie Montgomery, Rhapsody No. 2 (World Premiere, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
Gabriel Kahane, Heirloom (Ny Premiere)
Gabriel Kahane, “Where Are The Arms”
Anna Clyne, Shorthand For Cello And Orchestra (Ny Premiere)
Mozart, Symphony No. 31, “Paris”
Performers: The Knights
Colin Jacobsen, Artistic Director and Violin
Eric Jacobsen, Artistic Director and Conductor
Jeffrey Kahane, Piano
Karen Ouzounian, Cello
with Special Guest Gabriel Kahane
VENUE: Zankel Hall
ADMISSION: starting at $74

THURSDAY, May 16
8pm Tim Berne W/ Tba
VENUE: Lowlands Bar
ADMISSION: TBD

FRIDAY, May 17
7:30PM and 9:30PM Kris Davis’ Pyroclastic Records Festival ‘Two Pianos In Conversation’
Kris Davis and Craig Taborn (7:30PM, Set 1)
Sylvie Courvoisier and Cory Smythe (9:30PM, Set 2)
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $20-45

SATURDAY, May 18
7:30pm and 9:30pm Kris Davis’ Pyroclastic Records Festival ‘Two Pianos In Conversation’
Angelica Sanchez and Marilyn Crispell (7:30PM, Set 1)
Kris Davis and Benoit Delbecq (9:30PM, Set 2)
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $20 $45

SATURDAY, May 18
2pm Ice and Either/Or Perform Music By Talib Rasul Hakim
Program:
Talib Rasul Hakim: Scope-Seven
Talib Rasul Hakim: Four
Talib Rasul Hakim: Psalm of Akhnaten; ca. 1365-1348 B.C. (1978)
Talib Rasul Hakim: Currents
Talib Rasul Hakim: Music for Nine Players and Soprano Voice
Post-Concert Talk featuring: Courtney Bryan, Tyshawn Sorey, George Lewis, Richard Carrick, Christopher McIntyre, Harald Kisiedu (via Zoom)
Performers: International Contemporary Ensemble
VENUE: New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Bruno Walter Auditorium
ADMISSION: Free

SATURDAY, May 18
7pm and 9pm Moor Mother and Irreversible Entanglements
Moor Mother, voice and poetry
Irreversible Entanglements (IE), quintet

VENUE: Park Avenue Armory
ADMISSION: from $45

SATURDAY, May 18
7 pm Open Waters
Connections, Anthony R. Green
Duke’s Fantasy I, Wenbin Lyu
Manos de Tierra, Mariel Teran
Aguas da Amazonia, Philip Glass, arr. Olivier Glissant
Brooklyn Orchestra
Olivier Glissant, conductor
VENUE: Fotografiska New York (281 Park Ave South)
ADMISSION: $45

MONDAY, May 20
6pm Takt Trio Plays Ligeti
Repertoire
György Ligeti, Trio For Violin, Horn, And Piano (1982)
Hilda Paredes, Koan (2023) New York Premiere
Marcos Balter, Atlas (2024) New York Premiere
Performers:
Austin Wulliman, violin
David Byrd Marrow, horn
Conor Hanick, piano
VENUE: Miller Theatre at Columbia University
ADMISSION: Free

MONDAY, May 20
8:30pm Simon Nabatov Trio (w/ Mark Helias, Tom Rainey)
VENUE: Michiko studio 3, 15 W 39th St, 7th Floor
ADMISSION: $15

TUESDAY, May 21
7:30pm David Virelles Nosotros Ensemble featuring Dafnis Prieto
Program:
Tania León, A La Par
Henry Threadgill, Where Coconuts Fall
Val-Inc, Gerta
David Virelles, Oro (World Premiere, Commissioned By Carnegie Hall)
Performers:
David Virelles Nosotros Ensemble featuring Dafnis Prieto
David Virelles, Piano and Synthesizer
Dafnis Prieto, Percussion
Gary Thomas, Flute, Bass Flute, and Tenor Saxophone
Ranee More, Bass Clarinet
Rashaan Carter, Double Bass
Dabin Ryu, Synthesizer
Brandon Ross, Guitar and Banjo
Curtis MacDonald, Conductor
Val-Inc, Sound Chemist
With Orion Weiss, Piano
Ian Rosenbaum, Percussion
VENUE: Zankel Hall
ADMISSION: starting at $54

TUESDAY, May 21
8 pm Weston Olencki + TAK Ensemble
Weston Olencki, when the great fires were lit on the other side of the ocean

TAK Ensemble
Laura Cocks, flute;
Madison Greenstone, clarinet;
Charlotte Mundy, voice;
Marina Kifferstein, violin;
Ellery Trafford, percussion
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $25

WEDNESDAY, May 22
7PM JACK Quartet + Taylor Deupree’s sti.ll (album release) + Joseph Branciforte & Theo Bleckmann (LP2 album release)
VENUE: Public Records
ADMISSION: $25

WEDNESDAY, May 22
7:30pm Sejong Here & Now Festival
Program:
Unsuk Chin, Puzzles And Games From Alice In Wonderland (Us Premiere Of Arrangement)
Felix Mendelssohn, Octet
Texu Kim, With/Out (World Premiere)
Performers:
Sejong Soloists
Earl Lee, Conductor
Frank Huang, Violin
David Chan, Violin
Andrew Wan, Violin
Daniel Cho, Violin
Juliana Zara, Soprano
VENUE: Zankel Hall
ADMISSION: starting at $44

WEDNESDAY, May 22
8 pm Yarn/Wire: Currents 2024
3 world premieres by composers Jad Atoui, Bryan Jacobs, and Seong Ae Kim
Laura Barger piano
Julia Den Boer piano
Russell Greenberg percussion
Sae Hashimoto percussion
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $15-25

THURSDAY, May 23
7.30pm + 9.30pm Patricia Brennan & Sylvie Courvoisier: Talamanti
Sylvie Courvoisier -piano
Patricia Brennan -vibraphone
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $15 – $35

THURSDAY, May 23
8:30 pm Cyro Baptista/ Sae Hashimoto/ Brian Marsella/ Tim Keiper – canceled, see updates here
Cyro Baptista (percussion, vocals) Sae Hashimoto (percussion) Brian Marsella (piano, keys) Tim Keiper (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

Friday, May 24
8 pm and 10pm John Zorn: New Masada Quartet
John Zorn sax
Julian Lage guitar
Jorge Roeder bass
Kenny Wollesen drums
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $30-40

SATURDAY, May 25
8:30pm Cyro Baptista & Billy Martin plus guests – canceled, see updates here
Cyro Baptista (percussion) Billy Martin (percussion)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, May 26
7:30pm Outlier Presents: Darius Jones Trio//August Fanon(beat set)
VENUE: P.I.T.
ADMISSION: TBD

Tuesday, May 28 – Thursday, May 30
8pm and 10 pm Brad Mehldau Trio
Brad Mehldau – Piano
Vicente Archer – Bass
Marcus Gilmore – Drums
VENUE: Village Vanguard
ADMISSION: $50

WEDNESDAY, May 29
7:30pm Ensemble Connect
Program:
Caroline Shaw, Boris Kerner
Du Yun, “Oboe and Tam-Tam Duet” From Angel’s Bone
Wuorinen, Spinoff
Fauré, Piano Quartet No. 2 In G Minor
Performers: Ensemble Connect
VENUE: Paul Hall, The Juilliard School, ADMISSION: $15

WEDNESDAY, May 29
8:30pm TRIO
Tim Berne (sax) Miles Okazaki (guitar) Dan Weiss (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, May 30
7pm Talea Ensemble Encores & 15th Anniversary Celebration
Performers: Talea Ensemble
Program: TBD
VENUE: West End Theatre (263 West 86th Street, Manhattan)
ADMISSION: $12.50

FRIDAY, May 31
8:30pm DUO
Miles Okazaki (guitar) Craig Taborn (piano)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

Episode #6. Roman Grygoriv and Illia Razumeiko’s Archeological Operas

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This episode provides an overview of the major works by award-winning composer duo Roman Grygoriv and Illia Razumeiko – creators of 12 operas and founders of Opera Aperta, a laboratory of experimental opera in Kyiv. Plunging into their unique archeological process of creation, we position their work alongside the music and the ideas of major 20th – 21st century artists and intellectuals: Richard Foreman, David Lynch, Jorge Louis Borges, Umberto Eco, Les Kurbas, Hanna Havrylets, Karlheinz Essel, and Jorge Sánchez-Chiong.

Grygoriv and Razumeiko’s Chornobyldorf won the Opera and Music Theatre Award by the Royal Philharmonic Society in 2024 and received eight sold-out shows at LaMaMa Experimental Theatre Club in New York. Their most recent work, GAIA-24. Opera del Mondo, will be presented at O.Festival in Rotterdam and at the Venice Biennale.

Playlist

Chornobyldorf, archeological opera in seven novellas
Roman Grygoriv and Ilia Razumeiko (music, libretto, directing, dramaturgy, scenography)
BBC Radio 3

Untitled, rock band “Karna”
Live concert recording, Ivano-Frankivsk, 1999

Mass in B minor BWV 232, J. S. Bach
The Netherlands Bach Society
Jos van Veldhoven, conductor
Hana Blažíková, soprano 1
Anna Reinhold, soprano 2
David Erler, alto
Thomas Hobbs, tenor
Peter Harvey, bass

Prayer to the Virgin Mary, Hanna Havrylets
Chamber Choir “Kyiv”
Mykola Hobdych, conductor

TAU XII – Jesus stirbt am Kreuz, Karlheinz Essl
Tanja Elisa Glinsner: mezzo soprano, conducting
Elisabeth Möst, flutes
Andreas Schablas, clarinets
Daniel Loipold, french horn
Eva Maria Mitter, accrodion
Barbara Körber, cello

Crin, Jorge Sánchez-Chiong
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin

IYOV, Opera-requiem, Roman Grygoriv & Illia Razumeiko
Vlad Troitskyi, producer
Maryana Golovko, soprano
Anna Kirsh, soprano
Oleksandra Mailliet, mezzo-soprano
Andriy Koshman, baritone
Ruslan Kirsh, baritone
Yevgen Rakhmanin, bass
Zhanna Marchinska, cello
Andriy Nadolskiy, percussion
Tatiana Troitska, voice
Illia Razumeiko, grand piano
Roman Grygoriv, conductor

Babylon, opera-circus, Roman Grygoriv & Illia Razumeiko
Vlad Troitskyi, producer
Maryana Golovko, soprano
Anna Kirsh, soprano
Andriy Koshman, baritone
Ruslan Kirsh, baritone
Yevgen Rakhmanin, bass
Zhanna Marchinska, cello
Andriy Nadolskyi, percussion
Nazar Spas, french horn
Artem Shestovskiy, сlarinet
Roman Grygoriv, conductor, guitar, bass
Illia Razumeiko, grand piano, toy piano
Tatiana Troitska, voice

The Ark, opera-ballet, Roman Grygoriv & Illia Razumeiko
Vlad Troitskyi, producer
Maryana Golovko, soprano
Anna Kirsh, soprano
Andriy Koshman, baritone
Ruslan Kirsh, baritone
Yevgen Rakhmanin, bass
Zhanna Marchinskaya, cello
Andriy Nadolskiy, percussion
Georgiy Potopalskyi, live electronics
Roman Grygoriv, conductor, guitar, bass
Illia Razumeiko, grand piano

GAZ, opera-dystopia, Roman Grygoriv & Illia Razumeiko
Virlana Tkacz, libretto and staging
Maryana Holovko / soprano
Anna Kirsh / soprano
Oleksandra Mailliet / mezzo-soprano
Andrey Koshman / baritone
Ruslan Kirsh / baritone
Eugen Rakhmanin / bass
Illia Razumeiko / piano
Zhanna Marchinska / cello
Nazar Stets / double bass
Andrey Nadolskyi / percussion
Ayk Egyian / percussion
Igor Boychuk / trumpet, trombone
Sergyi Shava / tuba
Roman Grygoriv / conductor
Electronics, Georgiy Potopalskiy

Opera Lingua, Music theater in seven books, Roman Grygoriv & Illia Razumeiko
Olga Diatel, producer
The national ensemble of soloists “Kyiv Kamerata”
Dmytro Kuzmin / flute
Dmytro Fonariuk / clarinet
Oleh Nedashkivskyi / horn
Igor Boichuk / trumpet, trombone
Renat Imametdinov / trombone
Yaroslava Nekliaeva / harp
Georgiy Chernenko / percussion
Oles Sudomyr / percussion
Oles Manyk / percussion
Eduard Skrypa / violin
Dmytro Bondarenko / violin
Katerynа Khudiakova / violin
Anna Frolova / violin
Andrii Tuchapets / viola
Kateryna Suprun / viola
Zoltan Almashi / cello
Olga Driga / cello
Nazar Stets / contrabas
Razumeiko Illia / guitar, piano
Roman Grygoriv / Conductor
Marichka Shtyrbulova / Nona
Maria Potapenko / Decima
Khrystyna Slobodianiuk / Morta
Nazgul Shukaeva / Nut
Diana Ziabchenko / Alma
Yuliia Alieksieieva / Fabia
Solomiya Kyrylova / Viola
Georgiy Potopalskiy, Live-electronics

Stripsody (1966), Cathy Barberian
Cathy Barberian, voice

Erin (1980), Joan La Barbara
Joan La Barbara, voice

I’ve Told Every Little Star,” Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II
Melissa George, voice

Chornobyldorf, archeological opera in seven novellas, Roman Grygoriv & Illia Razumeiko
Yevhen Bal – Orfeo / Dionysus
Anne Bennent – Eurydice
Marichka Shtyrbulova – The Little Accordeon girl
Diana Ziabchenko – Dafne
Susanna Karpenko – Susanna
Yuliia Alieksieieva – Venere
Evgeny Malofeev – Ulysses
Anna Rudenko – Hannah
Ihor Boichuk – Heron
Nazgul Shukaiieva – Inanna
Mariia Potapenko – Urania, Young Eurydice
Khrystyna Slobodianiuk – Elektra
Georgii Potopalskyi – Pluto
Roman Grygoriv – Aristoxenos
IIlia Razumeiko – Pythagoras
Live-electronics: Georgiy Potopalskiy
Rhea-player creation – Winfried Ritch
The Orchestra of the Chornobyldorf: Roman Grygoriv – microtonal cymbals and guitar, Illia Razumeiko – microtonal bandura and guitar, Zoltan Almashi – cello, Ihor Boichuk – percussion
Roman Grygoriv – conductor

You can find more information about each opera and the dates of Opera Aperta’s upcoming tours here.

Selected Bibliography

We are grateful to the following individuals and organizations:

  • La Mama Experimental Theater Club for hosting 8 shows of Chornobyldorf and providing space for an interview with the composers
  • Olga Diatel and Proto Producia for bringing Opera Aperta to New York
  • Prototype Festival for inviting Opera Aperta (2024) and Nova Opera (2018) to New York
OPERA LINGUA. Glasperlenspiel, Homo Ludens 
CHORNOBYLDORF. Chronos II, Dramma per musica.

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