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In Berlin, Moved by Music, Place and Memory

A composer embraces the past and present of Berlin's vast Tempelhof Park to create a musical work.

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After Tahrir, New Voices in a Global Fugue

In the work of some young composers, music from cultures long divided are sounding together for the first time.

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Who, and Where, Are America’s Composers?

The real lives of most composers don't reflect the decades-old stereotypes about their music, craft or who they are.

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Scoring Outside the Lines

Writing music that goes beyond notes and clefs, into the realm of visual art.

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The Reconstruction of Rome

As a young man in Rome, I fought the 1970s orthodoxies to find my voice as a composer. Today, music is transformed. But our new toys need to be used wisely.

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My Dark Materials: The Music of Depression

My music had always been deeply informed by my depression. Listen to what happened when it finally began to lift.

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The Music of ‘Flow’

From Debussy on, non-musical systems have influenced composers. Here's how Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's concept of flow shaped my work for strings.

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Until the Next Revolution

Can composers embrace politics in their work without music taking a back seat to message?

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Prague 1970: Music in Spring

The education of a young composer in a time of revolution.

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Finding the Meaning of Death in a Concert Hall

I didn’t want to hear Strauss’s musical meditation on the end of life. But I’m glad I did.

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