Rohan de Saram in 1955, the year he won the first Guilhermina Suggia Award - ANL/Shutterstock Elsewhere he championed the iconoclastic music of Iannis Xenakis, took part in the first performance of ...

Performing-arts organizations were already climbing a steep hill in their efforts to broaden their audiences when the pandemic made it steeper. Now as we’re finally starting to gather again for live ...

The avant-garde classical music of The Experimental Playground Ensemble saunters somewhere between the grit of punk rock and the order of a traditional orchestra. The Colorado composers clash cellos, ...

“TURNmusic for me is a mindset,” she said. “It certainly is a celebration of new music, not old classical music. But TURNmusic has always been a mindset for me and my programming.” TURNmusic has now ...

Ensemble dal Niente play the Frequency Festival on Sunday, February 19. Credit: Karjaka Studios The Frequency Series, programmed by Reader staff writer Peter Margasak, presents new classical and ...

The worlds of avant-garde classical music and avant-garde jazz mingle seamlessly on Likeidos, by Italy's Electro Acoustic Orchestra. Also known as the EAOrchestra, the ensemble is co-led by trumpeter ...

Traditional instruments like flutes and cello combine with computer software designed to be played on iPhones this Friday in a performance by the Third Angle Ensemble. The Portland-based group will ...

UNUSUAL SOUNDS: Xpress explores WNC's avant-garde music scene, spotlighting some of the acts that are contributing to the area’s eclectic mix. Featured, starting left, Min Xiao-Fen, Tashi Dorji and ...

There is something irresistible about being terrified by horror films. It’s a genre of storytelling that relies on your full immersion, and a horror film is only as good as its eerie music. The ...

Phill Niblock, the acclaimed avant-garde composer known for his pioneering work in minimalist drone music, has died, The Wire reports. No details of Niblock’s death are available at present. He was 90 ...

2023 was an eventful year for acclaimed saxophonist, flutist and composer Anna Webber. She released her new album, Shimmer Wince, in October and was appointed New England Conservatory's New Jazz ...