United States David Bowie, Black Star: Maya Beiser (cello), Donny McCaslin Band, Ensemble LPR / Evan Ziporyn (conductor), Central Park Summerstage. New York, NY. 9.6.2018. (DS)
Daniele Sahr
An Evocative Score for Mikael Karlsson’s The Echo Drift
United States Karlsson, The Echo Drift: Blythe Gaissert and John Kelly (singers), Aaron Likness (pianist), International Contemporary Ensemble / Nicholas DeMaison (conductor), Mallory Catlett (director), Elle Kunnos de Voss and Kathryn Walat (libretto), Elle Kunnos de Voss (environment designer), Simon Harding (projection designer). PROTOTYPE Festival. Baruch Performing Arts Center, New York. 13.1.2018 (DS)
Against a Glass Backdrop, New-generation Composers and Performers are Center Stage
United States Glass, Sasaki, Dessner: Tim Fain (violin), Pauchi Sasaki (electronics), American Composers Orchestra / George Manahan (conductor), Zankel Hall, New York City. 8.12.2017. (DS)
Classics and a World Premiere from Orpheus
United States Handel, Shostakovich, Shuying Li, Stravinsky: Truls Mørk (cello), Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, New York City. 2.12.2017. (DS)
Feldman’s Music in a Venue He Might Have Admired
United States Feldman, Take a Chance: Tribute to Morton Feldman: Soloists, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. 20.11.2017. (DS)
(c) Microscope Gallery
Women Triumph on a Stormy Night at the Barge
United States Here and Now Festival: Soloists, Bargemusic, New York City. 2.9.2017. (DS)
Absent Islamic Composers Increase an Evening’s Impact
United States Mofakham, Jabri, Yazdani, Shirazi, Dakouri: Friends of MATA / Carl Christian Bettendorf (conductor), DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York City. 8.7.2017. (DS)
Gilbert Brings New Works with Imagination and Wonder
United States Brahms, Thorvaldsdottir, Salonen: Leonidas Kavakos (Violin), Anu Komsi and Piia Komse (Sopranos), New York Philharmonic / Alan Gilbert (Conductor), David Geffen Hall, New York City. 19.5.2017. (DS)