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.
View ArticleAfter 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.
View ArticleWho, 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.
View ArticleScoring Outside the Lines
Writing music that goes beyond notes and clefs, into the realm of visual art.
View ArticleThe 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.
View ArticleMy 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.
View ArticleThe 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.
View ArticleUntil the Next Revolution
Can composers embrace politics in their work without music taking a back seat to message?
View ArticlePrague 1970: Music in Spring
The education of a young composer in a time of revolution.
View ArticleFinding 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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