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Nunataks: Margaret Leng Tan
Apr 10 2025
20:00
The REACH, at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Washington, D.C., USA
Cost: $29

The River Pavilion at the REACH is transformed into an intimate cabaret space for enlightening talks, entertaining performances, and engaging conversations over drinks.

Margaret Leng Tan, Singaporean avant-garde pianist and toy pianist, is one of the most iconic performers of new American music. Her daring and disciplinary rigor is inherited from her mentor of 11 years, John Cage. The New Yorker calls her the “diva of avant-garde pianism.” The composers [...]

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Become Ocean: Basel Sinfonietta
May 10 2025
20:00
Elbphilharmonie Grand Hall
Hamburg, Germany
Cost: €15-78

Basel Sinfonietta

Andreas Haefliger piano

conductor Titus Engel

 

Program

Dieter Ammann
The Piano Concerto »Gran [...]

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Never and Always Becoming: JACK Quartet
May 14 2025
17:30
National Shrine of St. Thérèse
Juneau, AK, USA

Strings at the Shrine

Witness the world premiere of John Luther Adams' newest composition, Never and Always Becoming.

Performed by the JACK Quartet, known for pushing the boundaries of chamber music. With the sonorous acoustics of the church and the unique melodies of the pieces, you'll soon realize this is no ordinary string concert.

There will be 2 back to back concerts. The JACK Quartet opens the first concert with [...]

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Never and Always Becoming: JACK Quartet
May 14 2025
19:30
National Shrine of St. Thérèse
Juneau, AK, USA

Strings at the Shrine

Witness the world premiere of John Luther Adams' newest composition, Never and Always Becoming.

Performed by the JACK Quartet, known for pushing the boundaries of chamber music. With the sonorous acoustics of the church and the unique melodies of the pieces, you'll soon realize this is no ordinary string concert.

There will be 2 back to back concerts. The JACK Quartet opens the first concert with [...]

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Never and Always Becoming: JACK Quartet
May 16 2025
19:00
Odess Theater - Fine Arts Campus
Sitka, AK, USA
Cost: $30

Experience the Sitka premiere of John Luther Adams’ newest composition, Never and Always Becoming, performed by the renowned JACK Quartet. This marks the second-ever performance of Adams’ String Quartet No. 9, following its world premiere in Juneau just days prior.

John Luther Adams, a composer deeply inspired by the landscapes of Alaska, lived in the state from 1978 to 2014 and was a member of the percussion [...]

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Vespers of the Blessed Earth: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Brighton Festival Chorus
May 22 2025
19:30
Brighton Dome Concert Hall
Brighton, United Kingdom
Cost: £10-29.50

Ludovic Morlot conductor
Francesca Dego violin  

Sibelius Tapiola Op. 112
Rachel Portman Tipping Points – UK Premiere
John Luther Adams Vespers of the Blessed Earth

Has climate change reached a tipping point? So asks Oscar-winning film and TV composer Rachel Portman’s new concerto for violin, narrator and orchestra. Featuring poems by Nick [...]

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Become Ocean: Basel Sinfonietta
Jun 05 2025
19:00
Stadtcasino Basel
Basel, Switzerland
Cost: 5-76

DIETER AMMANN

The Piano Concerto «Gran Toccata» (2016/19)

JOHN LUTHER ADAMS

Become Ocean (1964)

ANDREAS HAEFLINGER, PIANIST
TITUS ENGEL, CONDUCTOR
LAURENT ZUFFREY, ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR
BASEL SINFONIETTA

Pre-concert talk at 6.15 pm
In cooperation with Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

[...]

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Become Desert: NAC Orchestra
Jun 18 2025
20:00
Southam Hall
Ottawa, Canada
Cost: $15-110

JOHN LUTHER ADAMS Become Desert

IGOR STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring

This is a night for mysteries and magic, as Alexander Shelley leads the NAC Orchestra and participants of the NACO Mentorship Program through some of the classical world’s most otherworldly music from both traditional and contemporary composers. 

Become Desert, by Pulitzer [...]

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An Atlas of Deep Time: Louisville Orchestra
Apr 24 2026
11:00
Whitney Hall at The Kentucky Center
Louisville, KY, USA

Teddy Abrams, conductor

Anthony Green, World Premiere (Louisville Orchestra Creators Corp)
Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue
John Luther Adams, An Atlas of Deep Time

A century after its debut, Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue still crackles with energy—its opening clarinet glissando an unmistakable call to the thrill of jazz-age America. Teddy Abrams leads the Louisville Orchestra in this timeless fusion of classical and [...]

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An Atlas of Deep Time: Louisville Orchestra
Apr 25 2026
19:30
Whitney Hall at The Kentucky Center
Louisville, KY, USA

Teddy Abrams, conductor

Anthony Green, World Premiere (Louisville Orchestra Creators Corp)
Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue
John Luther Adams, An Atlas of Deep Time

A century after its debut, Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue still crackles with energy—its opening clarinet glissando an unmistakable call to the thrill of jazz-age America. Teddy Abrams leads the Louisville Orchestra in this timeless fusion of classical and [...]

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John Luther Adams inspires us not only to listen more attentively, but to be more aware of the world in which we live. This … book … should not only be on the shelves of everyone interested in the music of our time but also anyone interested in being alive. -
Frank J. Oteri
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