Two different tributes to the great Anthony Braxton
Great, innovative American composer-reed player-improviser-bandleader educator Anthony Braxton will celebrate his 80th birthday on June 4, 2025, but, obviously, there is no lack of reasons to pay tribute to this pioneering musician who has...
Roman Haubenstock-Ramati: Konstellationen
To speak of Roman Haubenstock-Ramati is to enter into a large semiotic and emotional debate: many theorists, critics and musicologists have downplayed the innovative power of the Polish-born composer, considering that its main feature,...
V. Guyvoronsky with N. Ahsan & D. Kucherov: Around Silence
Vyacheslav Guyvoronsky is considered as the best and most representative jazz trumpeter in Russia: Vyacheslav already has a large group of works done with an eclecticism of substance: no doubt, the best feature of...
New harmonies from spectralism: Rozalie Hirs
Today it is legitimate to ask where the new developments of contemporary music lie and in particular what happens to its most recent subdivisions. For example, the qualities of spectralism have long been invoked,...
Lea Bertucci + Olivia Block – I Know the Number of the Sand and...
Lea Bertucci is a New York-based experimental musician whose works revolve around electronic and spatial extensions of woodwind instruments and vocal artistry, as well as bridges performance, installation, and multichannel activations of site-responsiveness and...
Carlo Mascolo & Thollem McDonas – Quattro frecce e buonanotte
American, globe-trotting, pianist-synth player-vocalist Thollem McDonas calls his improvisations that often turn into instant compositions “post-classical circus punk world jazz free music, for people and everyone else”. His irreverent, exploratory approach fits perfectly with...
Leo News: Goat’s Notes/Yang Jing with Christy Doran
Goat's Notes - Fuzzy Wonder
Nelle note di presentazione del loro sito internet questo gruppo russo sembra si sia formato sotto la spinta del pianista Grigory Sandomirsky e del contrabbassista Vladimir Kudryavtsev, a cui si...
Spell/Hunger: Piero Bittolo Bon & Andrea Grillini
Spell/Hunger is the Italian, Bologna-based duo of prolific sax player Piero Bittolo Bon, who plays alto (his main instrument), tenor, and baritone saxes, and electronics, whose interest in finding new sounds and new improvisational...
Luca Perciballi and Ivan Valentini’s “Letting Things Follow Their Lead”
Room Music
A freely improvised performance doesn’t exist as a work until it’s finished in real time; in a way it’s analogous to a narrative that has no definite meaning until it reaches that point...
Richard Valitutto plays Sarah Hennies’ SOVT
SOVT (Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract) (2017) is a 55-minute minimalist piece by American, New York-based composer-percussionist Sarah Hennies that addresses the vocal exercises that strengthen the voice by helping the vocal cords vibrate more efficiently,...
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Peter Ablinger RIP
E' incommensurabile il contributo che Peter Ablinger (1959-2025) ha dato alla musica. Tutto ha un enorme valore nella sua vita e nel suo percorso...
