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Talea Ensemble gives U.S. premiere of EPA3
The Talea Ensemble, directed by James Baker, with soloist Eliza Bagg gave the US premiere of Estro Poetico-armonico III at the DiMenna Center on October 16, 2021. This performance was in large part made possible through the Azrieli Foundation.
Letzte Wege: one of three prize-winning projects in Berlin
12/23/20 My collaborative proposal with artist Daniel Seiple has been chosen as one of three projects commemorating the train transport deportations from Berlin between 1941 and 1945, mainly to the ghettos and extermination camps in Eastern Europe, where almost all of them were murdered. Our project, entitled Last Ways, asks for hundreds of musician volunteers …
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New York Times Profile by Thomas May
To learn more, and to see/hear the score and performance of Estro Poetico-armonico III, please click here.
Winner of 2020 Azrieli Music Prize
From the Azrieli Foundation website: The Jewish Commission is awarded to encourage composers to creatively and critically engage with the question, “What is Jewish music?” It is given to the composer who displays the utmost creativity, artistry and musical excellence in proposing a response to this question in the shape of a musical work. 2020 …
Ugly Dogs, Blair Braverman, Quince Mountain, 18 dogs, a composer and a sled in Alaska
Monday, March 11 New Orleans, LA. Typing with only one hand. My right hand is enveloped in a cast from fingertips to arm pit. I left Alaska last Thursday for surgery with New Orleans-based Dr. Donald Faust on Friday. On my second trip with six dogs on Wed. around 12:30pm the sled tipped over as …