Highlight of the Month: Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival

SATURDAY, March 1
5PM Segue Reading Series: Marina Abramović & William Parker
VENUE: 11 Cortlandt Alley & Online
ADMISSION: $5

SUNDAY, March 2
5 pm Zwilich’s Double Quartet
Program:
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (b. 1939), Double Quartet for Strings (1984)
Louis Spohr (1784–1859), Double Quartet No. 1 in D minor for Strings, Op. 65 (1823)
Max Bruch (1838–1920), Octet for Strings (1920)
Olli Mustonen (b. 1967), Nonet II for Four Violins, Two Violas, Two Cellos, and Bass (2000)
VENUE: Alice Tully Hall
ADMISSION: TBD

SUNDAY, March 2
8 pm Spatial: Bryan Eubanks, Eternities
Katie Porter, bass clarinet
Bob Bellerue, sound art
Bryan Eubanks – n/24 (2025), electronics
VENUE: Fridman Gallery
ADMISSION: $15

MONDAY, March 3
OUTfest 2025
7 pm NuMBq
Michael Bisio – bass, composition / Melanie Dyer – viola /
Marianne Osiel – english horn / Jay Rosen – perc
8:45pm Cooper Moore – multi-instruments / DoYeon Kim – gayageum
9:30pm Studio We 3
Daniel Carter – horns / Juma Sultan – percussion / William Parker – bass, reeds
VENUE: Fridman Gallery
ADMISSION: $25

MONDAY, March 3
7:30 PM Tibet House US Annual Benefit Concert: Philip Glass and Friends
Performers:
Philip Glass and Laurie Anderson, Artistic Directors
Featuring:
Arooj Aftab
Laurie Anderson
Jackson Browne
Tenzin Choegyal
Angélique Kidjo
Ebon Moss-Bachrach
Orville Peck
Allison Russell
Philip Glass Ensemble
Gogol Bordello
Patti Smith
Michael Stipe
Tune-Yards
VENUE: Carnegie Hall
ADMISSION: $49

MONDAY, March 3
7PM Abasement #76
MV Carbon, Brian Close + Kiki Kudo + Grave Guzman + Woodson Legend, William Hooker “Jubilation” with Adam Lane, On Ka Davis, Stevie Manning and Matt Lavelle, and Ka Baird/Qasim Naqvi/Joanna Mattrey.
VENUE: Artists Space
ADMISSION: Free

MONDAY, March 3
8:30PM Biggish and friends
8:30- Moritz/ Ali/ Costa
9:30- Biggish
10:30 Nate Wooley Quartet
VENUE: Hart bar
ADMISSION: TBD

March 3–12
7pm and 2pm Doom: House Of Hope
Concept, Artist Anne Imhof
Curation Klaus Biesenbach
Scenography sub
Choreography Josh Johnson
Music Direction Ville Haimala
Sound Design Mark Grey
Lighting Design Urs Schönebaum
Design, Art Direction Zak Group
VENUE: Park Avenue Armory
ADMISSION: $50

TUESDAY, March 4
The DMG 34th Anniversary In-Store Free Music Series
6:30 pm Killick / Harvey Valdes – Guitar Duo
7:30 pm John Hagen – Tenor Sax / Ken Filiano – Contrabass / Todd Capp- Drums
8:30 pm Bassmosphere: Eli Asher, Caylie Davis, Thomas Heberer, Frank London, Jordan McLean – trumpets, Aaron Pond – french horn, Steve Swell – pocket trumpet/trombone, Westbrook Johnson – trombone & patrick brennan – cornet
VENUE: DMG
ADMISSION: Free

TUESDAY, March 4
7 PM Contemporaneous: Open Mic
Contemporaneous ensemble
Lisa Beilawa, Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Dylan Mattingly, composers
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: Free

TUESDAY, March 4
7:30PM A Love Letter from the Past : RESIST
Joe McPhee – sax
Warren Smith – drums
Ratzo Harris – bass
VENUE: NUBLU
ADMISSION: $30

TUESDAY, March 4
8PM David Grubbs “Whistle From Above” Record Release
David Grubbs (Record Release; Solo & w/ Nate Wooley, Wendy Eisenberg, Cleek Schrey), Sam Weinberg Trio (ft. Henry Fraser, Jason Nazary)
VENUE: Sisters
ADMISSION: $15

THURSDAY, March 6
7:30 PM Miya Masaoka
Repertoire:
Miya Masaoka, Into the Landscape of the Shaking Inner Chôra (2024/25)
Miya Masaoka, The Horizon Leans Forward (2023) for string quartet
Miya Masaoka, Mapping a Joyful Noise (2023) for violin and electronics
Miya Masaoka, The Dust and the Noise (2013, rev. 2022) for piano, percussion, violin, and cello
VENUE: Miller Theatre at Columbia University
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, March 6
8PM Interpretations: SPACE
Roscoe Mitchell / Thomas Buckner / Scott Robinson, with Robert Dick
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $15

FRIDAY, March 7
8:30 pm Quartet
Micah Thomas (piano) Jessica Pavone (viola) Mary Halvorson (guitar) Lesley Mok (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, March 8
The Gauci-Music Series
6:30: Aliya Ultan & Friends
VENUE: DMG
ADMISSION: Free

SATURDAY, March 8
8:30 pm Duo
Micah Thomas (piano) Tyshawn Sorey (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

TUESDAY, March 11
8:00 pm Sylvan Winds
VENUE: Zürcher Gallery
ADMISSION: $20

WEDNESDAY, March 12
7:30pm Welltone New Music Presents
JACK Quartet
Program:
Pierre Boulez: Livre 1, 2, 3c
Anton Webern: Six Bagatelles, Op. 9
Philip Glass: String Quartet No. 5
John Cage: String Quartet in Four Parts
Heinz Holliger: String Quartet No. 2
VENUE: Symphony Space
ADMISSION: $30

THURSDAY, March 13
7:30 PM Fantastyka (Ukrainian Sci-Fi)
TAK Ensemble
Program:
Leonid Hrabovsky, And It Will Be (1993)
Taylor Brook, Star Maker Fragments (2021)
Solomiya Moroz, The Solar Machine (World Premiere Commission – details here)
VENUE: The DiMenna Center for Classical Music
ADMISSION: $35 – $60

THURSDAY, March 13
7:30 pm Derek Bermel, Ying Quartet, Christopher Taylor & João Luiz
Derek Bermel, clarinet
Christopher Taylor, piano
João Luiz, guitar
Travelogue
Clarice Assad – Hermetic
Sergio Assad – Mignoniana
Derek Bermel – String Quartet No. 2: Songs Of Nameless Ancestors (New York Premiere)
Derek Bermel – A Short History Of The Universe (As Related By Nima Arkani-Hamed)
Derek Bermel – Turning
Leonard Bernstein – Sonata For Clarinet And Piano
Andreia Pinto Correia – Cantos E Danças (New York Premiere)
João Luiz Rezende Lopes – Sereno
Paquito D’rivera – Preludio Y Merengue
VENUE: Kaufman Music Center
ADMISSION: $30

THURSDAY, March 13
8PM Wendy Eisenberg salutes Morton Feldman • Mari Rubio x Jessica Pavone duo
VENUE: The Owl
ADMISSION: $15

FRIDAY, March 14
7:30PM From Kontraktova Square
The Rhythm Method
Kebra-Seyoun Charles, Base
Hans Tashjian, Bass
Vira Slywotzky, Contralto
Program:
Lesia Dychko, “On the boat” after Lesia Ukrainka
Svyatoslav Lunyov, Excerpts From Fierce January ’23: 35
Valentyn Kostenko, String Quartet No. 2, Ii. Andante Quasi Allegretto (1929)
Stefania Turkevych, “Time Passes” after Taras Shevchenko
Katya Suhlobina, “In Memoriam” for string quartet on motives from Serhiy Zhadan
Yuri Ishchenko, “Night shadows” after Mykhailo Semenko
Yuri Povolotsky, Three Romances on Poems by Lina Kostenko
Leonid Hrabovsky, “Pastels” after Pavlo Tychyna
Victoria Polevá, “Dover Beach” after Matthew Arnold
Boris Loginov, “The Way” after Mykola Khvylovy
Valentyn Sylvestrov, “Farewell” after John Keats
VENUE: The DiMenna Center for Classical Music
ADMISSION: $35 – $60

SATURDAY, March 15
7:30pm Ukrainian Tone Poems
Pinknoise
NYU CME
Ginevra Petrucci, Flute
Program:
Leonid Hrabovsky, Bucolic Strophes For Organ (1975)
Adrian Mocanu, Les Chevaux De Feu (2022
Alla Zahaykevych, Tercet For Clarinet, Violin, And Cello (2010)
Alex Voytenko, Homo Fugens (Running Man) (2018)
Renata Sokachyk, The Desert Breathes (2024)
Alisa Zaika, “He Only Dreamed Of Places Now…” (2022)
Lena Sierova, The Last Leaf (2010-11)
Yurii Pikush, Be A Cycle (2023)
VENUE: The DiMenna Center for Classical Music
ADMISSION: $35 – $60

SATURDAY, March 15
soup at 7:30, music at 8 Chris Jonas Deserts Quartet
Chris Jonas Reeds, Compositions, Video
Thomas Heberer, Cornet
Cyrus Campbell, Bass
Andrew Drury, Drum Set
VENUE: Soup and Sound
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, March 15
8 pm COMPOSERS IN PLAY XV: Ink from the Shield
Presented by Piano Lunaire
Program:
Vivian Fung, White On Black (2023)
Jared Miller, Effervescent (2025) For 2 Pianos
Kelly-Marie Murphy, Star Burning Blue (2000)
Heather Schmidt, Twelve For Ten: Prelude-Fugue For Glenn Gould (2007)
Rodney Sharman, Selected Opera Transcriptions: Don Giovanni (2021); La Rondine (1991); I Capuleti E I Montecchi (2022-24)
Adam Sherkin, Northern Frames, Op. 15, No. 8: Draco (2018); Ink From The Shield (2024) For 2 Pianos
Linda Catlin Smith, The View From Here (1992)
Ann Southam, Rivers: Set 3 No. 4; Set 1 No. 1 (1979, 1981; Rev. 2004)
Andrew Staniland, Etudes: Symmetry, Of The Sea And Flower In Nighttime (2018)
VENUE: Kaufman Music Center
ADMISSION: free-$40

THURSDAY, March 20
8PM With Womens Work: Sydney Spann / Audrey Chen
VENUE: Issue Project Room
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, March 21
7 PM Iva Bittová, Antonín Fajt & Guests: Vibrations of Spring
Iva Bittová – Violin and Vocals
Antonín Fajt – Piano and Electronics
Otto Hauser – Drums
VENUE: Bohemian National Hall Ballroom
ADMISSION: free

FRIDAY, March 21
7:30 PM Wild Up: Darkness Sounding -Conrad and Davachi
music collective Wild Up
Christopher Rountree, artistic director
Tony Conrad, Four Violins (East Coast premiere of new version arr. McIntosh)
Andrew McIntosh Fixations (East Coast premiere)
Sarah Davachi, The Lower Melodies (world premiere)
VENUE: The 92nd Street Y
ADMISSION: Starting at $40

SATURDAY, March 22
7:30 PM Wild Up: Darkness Sounding – Vivier, Lanzilotti, and more
Wild Up, Christopher Rountree, artistic director
Scott Walker, Rubato (It: ‘Stolen Time’) (East Coast premiere)
Leilehua Lanzilotti, with eyes the color of time
Claude Vivier, Zipangu
James Tenney, Saxony
VENUE: The 92nd Street Y
ADMISSION: Starting at $40

SATURDAY, March 22
7:30pm Composing While Black
International Contemporary Ensemble
Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM)
Adegoke Steve Colson, Iqua Colson, Thurman Barker, Reggie Nicholson, composers
Composing While Black
VENUE: NYU Skirball
ADMISSION: $50

MONDAY, March 24
7pm The Max Johnson 3
Nate Wooley, Erin Rogers & Max Johnson
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20

MONDAY, March 24
7:30 PM Juilliard at Zankel Hall
Artists from The Juilliard School
Program:
Jessie Montgomery Selections From Musings
Jessie Montgomery Peace
Jessie Montgomery Concerto Grosso
Matthew Aucoin First Movement From The Tracks Have Vanished (Arr. For Two Pianos; World Premiere)
Matthew Aucoin This Earth (Arr. For Voice And Large Ensemble; World Premiere)
Caroline Shaw “The Beech Tree” From Plan & Elevation
Caroline Shaw “Other Song”
Ives “Two Little Flowers”
Caroline Shaw “Two Little Flowers”
Caroline Shaw New Work (World Premiere)
VENUE: Zankel Hall (Carnegie Hall)
ADMISSION: $45

TUESDAY, March 25
6PM Rebekah Heller, Righteous Rage – Music for Bassoon
VENUE: Miller Theatre
ADMISSION: Free

WEDNESDAY, March 26
8 PM People Have the Power: A Celebration of Patti Smith
Performers:
Michael Stipe
Matt Berninger
Courtney Barnett
Sharon Van Etten
Alison Mosshart
Kronos Quartet
Ben Harper
Karen O
Kim Gordon
Angel Olsen
House band led by Tony Shanahan with Flea, Steve Jordan, and more
VENUE: Carnegie Hall
ADMISSION: tbd

FRIDAY, March 28
7:30 PM Kronos Quartet
Program:
Sun Ra Outer Spaceways Incorporated (Arr. Jacob Garchik; Ny Premiere)
Coots “For All We Know” (Arr. Jacob Garchik After Nina Simone; Ny Premiere)
Aleksandra Vrebalov Gold Came From Space (Ny Premiere)
Neil Young “Ohio” (Arr. Paul Wiancko; Ny Premiere)
Sun Ra / Terry Riley / Sara Miyamoto Kiss Yo’ Ass Goodbye (Arr. Paul Wiancko; Ny Premiere, Co-Commissioned By Carnegie Hall)
Viet Cuong Next Week’s Trees (Ny Premiere)
Benedicte Maurseth / Kristine Tjøgersen Elja
Kronos Quartet
VENUE: Zankel Hall
ADMISSION: $95

FRIDAY, March 28
7:30 pm Written for Talea: Cycles of Unrest
Program:
Emily Koh – bridging:isolation (2013)
George Christofi – Kýklos (2024) *US Premiere
Andreas Tsiartas – We Have All Forgotten (2024) *US Premiere
Evis Sammoutis – Kyprogenḗs (2025) *World Premiere
Eric Chasalow – Fever Dream (2025) *World Premiere
Ni Zheng – Chimeric Chamber (2025) *World Premiere – Talea Ensemble Early Career Commission
Artists: Talea Ensemble
VENUE: Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew (520 Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn)
ADMISSION: $10-20

SATURDAY, March 29
7PM 4711 – Intercourse of Ghosts
Intercourse of Ghostsб a multilingual opera reimagining the correspondence between Franz Kafka and Milena Jesenská
Hidejiro Honjoh, shamisen
Annabelle Plum, voice
Akihito Obama, shakuhachi
Hiroya Miura, director
Carl Christian Bettendorf, composer
Hiroya Miura, composer
VENUE: Bohemian National Hall (Czech Center)
ADMISSION: free

SATURDAY, March 29
7:30 PM Leonkoro Quartet
Caroline Shaw, Entr’acte
Hindemith, String Quartet No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 10
Beethoven, String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 132
VENUE: The 92nd Street Y
ADMISSION: Starting at $40