By Logan Martell: On October 15, 2022, Town Hall will launch a series of concerts in celebration of four contemporary, female composers. The series will open with the New York premiere of Meredith Monk’s “Memory
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Composer Laura Kaminsky announces upcoming commissions, including her sixth opera, February, for Newfoundland’s Opera on the Avalon, with a summer 2023 premiere; Ruminations, for solo guitar, commissioned by the acclaimed artist, David Leisner; Reading Nafisi, commissioned by Ensemble Pi for its
Read more →American Opera Project Honors Int’l Transgender Day of Visibility with “As One: The Work Continues ”
Brooklyn, NY – The American Opera Project (AOP) will honor International Transgender Day of Visibility with “As One: The work Continues …” at The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center in New York City.
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World premiere opera focuses on Katharine Wright, sister of the famous brothers. Dayton Opera’s new artistic director shares insights on “Finding Wright” By Meredith Moss, Staff Writer / Feb 12, 2022 What better way to herald
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It’s an exciting time for As One. The seven-year-old opera’s 49th production — and the first one featuring a nonbinary baritone (Rahźe Cheatham) and trans mezzo-soprano (Tona Brown) — took place on Transgender Day of Remembrance
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HOME | Blythe Gaissert | HOME by acclaimed mezzo-soprano Blythe Gaissert is a collection of new works written for the artist from eight composers and librettists representing diverse backgrounds and musical styles. For Your Grammy® Consideration |
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Best Contemporary Classical Composition: Kaminsky – Piano Quintet | Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Ursula Oppens – Fantasy | Producer of the Year, Classical: Judith Sherman The piano music of leading American composer Laura Kaminsky is loosely
Read more →“A person embarking on a quest to find — and live — their truth”: “As One” Opera Hit Comes to London
by Laura Kaminsky in “Classical Music,” Wednesday, August 25, 2021 | My team and I often say that our chamber opera As One is a story of ‘not-the-norm in getting an opera born’. It’s funny,
Read more →Die Nieuwe Muze CD Review Fantasy Oppens Plays Kaminsky “powerful and poetic … effervescent energy.”
August 27, 2021 | Thea Derks, reviewing in Die Nieuwe Muze: “CD ‘Fantasy’ Laura Kaminsky: scintillating music featuring star pianist Ursula Oppens. In the United States she is a celebrity, but in the Netherlands Laura
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The piano music of leading American composer Laura Kaminsky is loosely tonal or modal, quirkily rhythmic with suggestions of jazz, and highly personal. It is immensely appealing yet offers a challenge to listeners. The first
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Ursula Oppens is a renowned champion of contemporary music, who worked with all the greats of the 20th and 21st centuries. TIME dubbed her “The Madonna of contemporary music.” She has a close bond with
Read more →CD Review: Fantasy — Oppens plays Kaminsky / June 9, 2021 by Cleveland Classical / The 2021 album Fantasy is the culmination of more than a decade of professional collaboration and friendship between composer Laura Kaminsky
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All solo recitals feature a commissioned work by Laura Kaminsky. Concerts streamed on Sunday afternoons at 3:30 PM EDT at facebook.com/APApianists/ May 23, 2021 Mackenzie Melemed (Bach, Bartók, Schumann) May 30, 2021 Sahun Sam Hong
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