New Classical
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”The organ belongs in the church. I love playing in sacred spaces, as that’s where the organ sounds best. At the same time, I want to have the freedom and opportunity to get the organ into places where it can’t normally be heard. And that’s what led me to want to build my own touring…
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Emilie Cecilia LeBel is a Canadian composer and music teacher who calls Edmonton home now. Redshift Records will release her debut solo album field studies on May 12. We talked about the new LP, teaching and why her home country gets under the skin of so many artists.
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The application of psychiatric diagnoses to historical figures is a tricky business. No matter how sincere one’s motivations, our ability to line up historical accounts with a modern-day understanding of mental illness is at least somewhat limited. In the case of Ludwig van Beethoven, suspicions of mental illness date back to Dr. Paul Radestock in…
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Violinist Conrad Harris and pianist Joe Kubera will premiere a new piece by composer MIchael Vincent Waller on Wednesday at Daniel Goode’s Soho Loft in New York. The full program includes the new work, “Sustain,” and a pair of other Waller pieces, “Sequel” and “Layers.” The duo will open with Morton Feldman’s celebrated 1977 composition…
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A fourth edition of Blue Spiral Records’ wonderful Uto’pians series is out. Some of its proceeds will benefit a wildlife rescue centre in Turkey called Silivricanlari. The gorgeous series of piano works is curated by Jordane Tumarinson. A link to the LP and information on each of the artists is up at bluespiralrecords.com. Vol. IV…
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Iceland’s Eydís Evensen has produced a performance video of “Anna’s Theme.” The piece will appear on the composer and pianist’s forthcoming XXIM Records/Sony release The Light. That’s due May. 26.
The Moderns 