Marcos Balter

TONIGHT! Sad to miss it (I’m in Miami), but if you’re in NYC you should check it out. #juilliard #carnegiehall

Sofia Gubaidulina - Garten von Freuden und Traurigkeiten (1980) YouTube video by Anthony Mondon

Ooof, that one hurts. RIP, Sofia Gubaidulina. Thank you for the countless gems. youtube.com/watch?v=aZYY...

Dream team right here. Can’t wait to spend summer at Tanglewood with these five incredibly talented composers. #tanglewood #tmc

The leanness of Saariaho’s late scores is like sonic nouvelle cuisine. The simplest things become magically beautiful and fresh.

I don’t quite know what to make of Hermann Nitsch’s music, which keeps making me want to revisit it. That’s… good? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Or at the very veryyyy least “here’s the zero you’ve dropped”

I think they meant absurd rather than absurdist.

Enno Poppe : Keilschrift (2005/2006) YouTube video by Béton Brut

There are some hues I struggle with in music. Like “epic,” for instance. I can’t connect 99% of times. That oh so rare 1%, though… full body chills. Like this

Now when I hear loud tapping, I just know it’s Hawk Hudson sitting on top of my a/c again. So beautiful, but such a noisy jerk.

“I think sometimes genre is a code word to keep us in our place as artists.” - Beyoncé
“(…) in music, genre and kinship often co-present, as predicted by its root, gen- (genetic, genotype, and even gender).” - George Lewis

It’s official: we’re roommates now.

“Uncanny comfort.” Pretty apt, I kinda like that.

This is how I spent my evening, and it was sublime. If you’re in NY, go catch them.

The 2025 Spring Round of the Amphion Grant Program is now open for applications! This round is for Performing Ensembles only.

>> Deadline - February 27, 2025, 11:59pm ET. <<

Full guidelines and application: https://buff.ly/30cjjdx

You’ve gotta go back! Did you try feijoada?

When I’m freaking out about life and it’s cold and gray outside, few things comfort me more than a good feijoada.

The Music of Julius Eastman and Arthur Russell Coming to REDCAT Source: REDCAT. The music of legendary collaborators Julius Eastman and Arthur Russell is singular and boundless. These are expansive, quintessentially queer pieces, in which every moment is full of choice. Their profound and personal sounds demand that performers become unabashedly themselves, merging and getting lost in the notes and rhythms, finding themselves again and again, and emerging whole and newly committed to self.

The Music of Julius Eastman and Arthur Russell Coming to REDCAT

Source: REDCAT. The music of legendary collaborators Julius Eastman and Arthur Russell is singular and boundless. These are expansive, quintessentially queer pieces, in which every moment is full of choice. Their profound and personal…

THE BOOK — Dear Data

One of my favorite recent reads that are not about music composition but kind of are. Highly recommend it.

Hello Bluesky! Can't wait to start sharing all-things-new-music with you on here. Help us find our artist community again by giving this post a like. And stay tuned for new interviews, essays, and reviews 👁️❤️🎧

Friends in Reykjavik: really cool concert TONIGHT by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Daniel Bjarnason, featuring my “Orun” and other contemporary works. So wish I could be there, but I know it’ll be great. ❤️

On that I agree with you.

It’s far more plausible for AI to replace a brain surgeon or a financial analyst than an original artist. And the negative view of the arts is not a reflection of the world but rather of its neoliberal side. There is hope, as it will always fail to serve most of its constituents. I’m optimistic.

It is sooooo hard to make choices😣

Thoughts on adjudication season: there are SO MANY absolutely incredible young composers out there. The level is stratospheric. I wish there were more opportunities, more spots in programs. I could easily form a team of 50 whose music would make your jaw drop. Listening to their music is humbling.

I guess he heard piccolo too…

More than ever, time to show support for our trans friends. Donate. 💰

Thinking piccolo and crotales this morning, wonder why 🤔

Emilia Perez is one of the worst examples of appropriation I’ve seen in a while. The songs alone are enough to drive any native Spanish speaker mad. It’s like old-school French colonial take on Mexican culture. So bad.

Professors and participants of the 2023 edition of the academy - composers and performers, including invited composer Brice Pauset - posing in a practice space with speakers, a screen and a chandelier.

I am returning to Dijon this summer, for the International Academy of Musical Creation with New Media 2025.
This is a great opportunity to have new work, especially multimedia, performed in a supportive environment.
Applications are rolling (until 1 June):
cagedijon.hpage.com/academie-202...