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Sergei Tcherepnin

Sergei Tcherepnin is a composer/performer of new music currently based in Brooklyn.

Total Theater of Harry Partch: Thoughts after a Revival of Delusion of the Fury

“Words cannot proxy for the experience of knowing—of seeing and hearing.

Materializations of the Immaterial

At the first-ever retrospective of the work of sound artist Ryoji Ikeda, recently put together by the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, the artist presented eight pieces concerned with the limits of perception and the edges of knowledge

Party on the Gowanus

It’s a little after eleven on a Sunday night in mid-January as people crowd into the second floor of Issue Project Room, an abandoned silo overlooking the Gowanus Canal in industrial Carroll Gardens.

Against the Grain of Unconventionality

American composer David Del Tredici, often referred to as “the father of Neo-Romanticism,” writes music that is full of sentiment and humor. A masterful orchestrator and a wizard at setting music to text, he composes with a clarity of ideas, both musical and social. His music is at times subtle and refined, at others blatantly over-the-top.

Thirty Days at the Stone: Highlights from a Month Curated by J. G. Thirlwell

Since the venue’s inception in 2005, a constant and ever-changing stream of new music has been flowing from the Stone, an intimate space nestled on the Lower East Side. Conceived by composer/improviser John Zorn, the Stone has a staunchly DIY ethos.

Linz Report: A View into the World of Digital Music at Ars Electronica 2006

In an age bored by concert halls, swamped with CDs, and constantly bombarded noise, there comes a need for critical rethinking of how to present music so that the audience is actively involved in the sound.

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