New Music

Ben Kutner - May 13, 2019

Even Natalie Portman gets in on the act in the composer’s “Archives, Friends, Patterns” show.

Tamzin Elliott - May 7, 2019

The Chicago composer’s works for string quartet and trio cap wasteLAnd’s sixth season.

Ben Kutner - May 6, 2019

Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts a Louis Andriessen premiere and two classics at Walt Disney Hall.

Jeff Kaliss - April 29, 2019

New compositions sound fresh on Baroque-style instruments at the Center for New Music.

Lou Fancher - April 23, 2019

The prolific composer and performer talks about her new album and her life of listening and creating.

Tamzin Elliott - April 22, 2019

People Inside Electronics hosts “place/displace” at Villa Aurora.

Jim Farber - April 16, 2019

The Santa Monica series focuses on a musical crossroads.

Brin Solomon - April 13, 2019

A striking premiere from Du Yun and Khaled Jarrar headlines the concert at Carnegie Hall.

Tamzin Elliott - April 13, 2019

New-music composers focus on the “notes between notes” played on everything from microtonal guitar to full-blown gamelan orchestra.

Rebecca Wishnia - April 9, 2019

Episodic moments of brilliance highlight new music in “The Keyboard Reimagined.”