Ode to the Jungle
The European ironies of Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla’s “Stop, Repair, Prepare: Variations on ‘Ode to Joy’ for a Prepared Piano”
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Diss tracks
The Problem with Peter
The head of the Met wants to tell American audiences what the “right” contemporary opera is. That’s the wrong approach.
“Please disregard all information.”
The Metropolitan Opera
Middle East Ear
The Responsibility of Connection
An interview with five members of the Iranian Female Composers Association
Rhapsody in the Dark
Untangling fact from fiction in the life of foundational Algerian composer Mohamed Iguerbouchène
Goodbye to all that
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