Christopher Tignor is a scientist as much as a musician. He’s developed a new software program to facilitate live, multi-layered, real-time performance and has a new video for his song, Shapeshifting.
Ludovico Einaudi teams up with Greenpeace for a historic Arctic Ocean piano performance. In a new video, he plays, literally in the Arctic Ocean surrounded by glaciers calving into the water.
Kiasmos is the electronic project of ambient chamber music composer Ólafur Arnalds and fellow Icelander, Janus Rasmussen. They talk about how they moved from minimalist techno to something more lush and orchestral.
World fusion took on classical dimensions when Yo-Yo Ma formed his acclaimed Silk Road Ensemble. He brought together musicians and composers from around the world to create a new dialogue in a hybrid cultural sound.
World fusion took on classical dimensions when Yo-Yo Ma formed his acclaimed Silk Road Ensemble. He brought together musicians and composers from around the world to create a new dialogue in a hybrid cultural sound.
Helen Jane Long is an unassuming musician who makes a gentle and elegant music that might have come from another, more civil time. SHe’s just released her new chamber music album, Identity.
Kiasmos is the electronic project of ambient chamber music composer Ólafur Arnalds and fellow Icelander, Janus Rasmussen. They talk about how they moved from minimalist techno to something more lush and orchestral.
On this Earth Day, we create a soundscape born from the planet, inspired by the riches of this earth that we seem so intent on destroying.
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John Luther Adams talks about his award-winning composition, Become Ocean, and his decision to leave Alaska in the Echoes Podcast.
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Big Ears is one of the most expansive, eclectic and challenging music festivals in the world. In downtown Knoxville Tennessee, musicians from around the world and across genres convene in concerts that test the limits of sound and music.