Kevin Press
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One year after we lost the great Armenian duduk player Djivan Gasparyan, a bust has been installed in his honour at Komitas Pantheon in Yerevan. Gasparyan was an absolute master of his instrument. His 1983 solo debut I Will Not Be Sad In This World left music fans around the world breathless. Brian Eno called…
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Five new faves: Plus one from the archives:
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Tickets are now available for Unsound Kraków 2022, running Oct. 9-16 in various spots across the Polish city. This is the event’s 20th anniversary. Highlights include sets by Osmium, featuring Hildur Guðnadóttir, Sam Slater, James Ginzburg and Rully Shabara, Lucrecia Dalt, 700 Bliss and Ghosted, a band made up of Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling, and Andreas Werliin.…
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A new festival dedicated to “pipe organ innovation” is set to open Sept. 29 in Toronto, promising “a radically diverse three-day celebration of the pipe organ’s immense and expressive sonic palette.” FutureStops Festival is part of a program presented by the Royal Canadian College of Organists. Arraymusic will perform Raven Chacon’s Pulitzer-prize winning Voiceless Mass,…
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A second edition of Ludovico Esposito’s AVANT music festival is set for Aug. 5-6 in Salento, Italy. “AVANT is like a temporary world where music, nature, food and wine constantly interact, serving as an aggregator of local and European cultures and music enthusiasts,” writes Esposito in a promotional email. “It’s not only a festival, but…
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