Nov 11, 2013 – Since the composer Laura Kaminsky became the institution’s artistic director in 2010, music has become more integral to its programming mission. “November 21,” conceived and produced in conjunction with the Hermitage Artist Retreat in
Read more →
A conversation with Laura Kaminsky in two parts: in her office at Symphony Space in New York, and at her home studio in the Bronx, October 9. Read the full story and see the video
Read more →
The Grand Canyon Project is a recording of new works for solo cello was commissioned by the cellist Rhonda Rider as part of her National Parks residency. Laura Kaminsky’s ‘The Great Unconformity’ begins with double
Read more →
Albany Records is proud to announce the release of “The Music of Laura Kaminsky.” Repertoire includes “Vukovar Trio,” “Cadmium Yellow,” “Music for Artur,” “Duo for Cello and Piano,” “Transformations,” “Triftmusik” and “Wave Hill.” The music is performed
Read more →Every so often we have a conversation that changes us for the better. Sometimes, we have this type of conversation with our mothers, our fathers, our close friends and allies, our colleagues, or with an
Read more →For more than 30 years now Symphony Space has set aside a day to focus at length on a specific composer, artist, era or theme: Wall to Wall, the enduring marathon concept that started with
Read more →Since their founding in 1978, the annual Wall to Wall 12-hour marathons at Symphony Space have focused on a single composer; a genre, like opera; or a region, as did last year’s survey of music
Read more →Conceived and assembled by Laura Kaminsky, a composer and the associate artistic director of Symphony Space, the event touched on universally recognized figures like Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Penderecki and Ligeti as well as major creators who
Read more →As an annual gift to the city, Symphony Space has been presenting its signature music marathons since it opened in 1978. This year Symphony Space’s Associate Artistic Director Laura Kaminsky curates a program that includes
Read more →“A couple of months ago when the New York Times announced that Laura had been named the new artistic director of Symphony Space, succeeding the illustrious Isaiah Sheffer, I hesitated to put her on this website about (out)
Read more →
“The conservatory’s pianos were new some 40 years ago, but today, after decades of continual use, about 85 percent of its 109 instruments “were deemed, in Steinway’s assessment, to be essentially unplayable,” said Laura Kaminsky,
Read more →
See For a Purchase Premiere, “A Musical Outcry” in The New York Times, May 30, 2008 “Political and social themes are common in (Kaminsky’s) work. She wrote And Trouble Came: An African AIDS Diary after living in
Read more →from the New York Times, March 30, 2008 Political and social themes are common in (Kaminsky’s) work. She wrote And Trouble Came: An African AIDS Diary after living in Ghana in the early 1990s, working at the
Read more →
“And Trouble Came: An African AIDS Diary is a narrative and a meditation, skillfully combining words and a wide range of musical styles in a moving and uplifting experience.” – American Record Guide “In And
Read more →
by Laura Kaminsky Originally published at NewMusicBox.org, November 1, 2003. Read the complete article. Milan Kundera has written, and I think his words take on a heightened significance today, “Even in times of greatest distress,
Read more →