Contemporary Classical: Past

A contrabass player (1956-2012) of extraordinary finesse, tangible elegance, and chops, from Italy.

Three-belled observations for composer Ben Neill’s mutantrumpet and electronics with soprano Dora Ohrenstein, Don Yallech on percussion, […]

An important European pianist premiering works by Dieter Schnebel, Walter Zimmermann, Chris Newman, Hans Otte, Pauline Oliveros, and some […]

A video update of his legendary “L.’s G. A.” plus new works for electronics and a MIDI violin, with Dorothy Martirano.* […]

“Songs, Piano Pieces, Tape Pieces” with a tribute to Elvis Presley and this centuries’ most celebrated English language […]

The legendary minimalist, conceptualist, and critic performed his marathon piece “Chord Catalogue” the 8,178 chords possible in one […]

The quartet from Minneapolis performs percussion and woodwind works written for them with substantial polish and zest.

The enigma meets the perfect entertainment… Beethoven, Rossini, fifties television music, tangos, sambas, waltzes and more arranged and […]

Solo percussion music.

An international selection of premieres for solo flute, including works written for her by Stockhausen and Kobayashi, and new music from […]