New Music

Rebecca Wishnia - May 19, 2017

In one of her final concerts with the ensemble, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg leads a program of NCCO-commissioned works, including a standout composition by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich.

Lucy Caplan - May 12, 2017

Japanese chamber opera informs the composer’s multimedia A Line Becomes a Circle

Jason Victor Serinus - May 12, 2017

The multimedia work commemorates Romani artist Ceija Stojka.

Jessica Balik - May 2, 2017

The intrepid ensemble explores the fringes of music and the universe with a world premiere and three recent compositions.

Tysen Dauer - April 24, 2017

Murat Eyuboglu’s genre-melding project comes up short, but Roomful of Teeth, Glenn Kotche, and Jeffrey Zeigler deliver some high points.

Lisa Houston - April 18, 2017

Murat Eyuboglu’s film, set to a live-performed score, brings environmental issues “upstream.”

Rebecca Wishnia - April 18, 2017

Arcadiana and The Four Quarters hold their own in the ultimate comparison — with Beethoven.

Jim Farber - April 17, 2017

The Los Angeles Philharmonic explores the phenomenon that is contemporary Icelandic music.

Lucy Caplan - April 14, 2017

Composer Lucie Vítková stretches sonic boundaries to expose the essence of music-making.

Rebecca Wishnia - April 13, 2017

The Icelandic quartet plays brand-new music on Baroque-period instruments.