First complete performance of string quartets
February 28, 2019
String Quartets first complete performance February 28, 7:30PM ETHEL The Jewish Museum Scheuer Auditorium NYC [event link]
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Philharmonic Piece Inspired by Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Set to Debut
January 24, 2019
Julia Wolfe’s ‘Fire in my mouth’ focuses on 1911 factory tragedy and the plight of working women in the early 20th century [LINK TO WSJ.COM] Composer Julia Wolfe, second from right, spoke with members of the public as part of a special event, co-presented with the New York Philharmonic, at the Tenement Museum earlier this […]
Read MoreCello Biennale Amsterdam Schedule October 18-27, 2018
September 28, 2018
House Music performed by Ashley Bathgate (world premiere)17:00, Friday, October 19, 2018 Industry performed by Ashley Bathgate20:15, Friday, October 19, 2018 House Music performed by Ashley Bathgate11:30, Saturday, October 20, 2018 Wind in my hair performed by cellist Jakob Koranyi, with Residentie Orkest (world premiere)20:15, Saturday, October 20, 2018 House Music performed by Ashley Bathgate21:00, […]
Read More‘true pearl’ premieres at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
August 29, 2018
David Lang’s true pearl: an opera in five tapestries (with libretto by Sybil Kempson), is inspired by Isabella Stewart Gardner’s sixteenth-century tapestries that tell the story of the first king of Persia, Cyrus the Great. The five-part “in-ear opera” is a private experience, available only through headphones in the Museum’s Tapestry Room. The “stage set” […]
Read Morethe mile-long opera
June 5, 2018
Click to read the preview in For six consecutive nights — October 3-8, 2018 — 1,000 singers from across New York City come together on the High Line (NYC’s mile-long elevated linear park) for the world premiere of the mile-long opera — conceived by architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro and David Lang, with music by […]
Read Morethe mile-long opera
June 5, 2018
For five consecutive nights this fall — October 3-7, 2018 — 1,000 singers from across New York City will come together on the High Line for the world premiere of the mile-long opera — conceived by architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro and David Lang, with music by Lang, text by Anne Carson and Claudia Rankine […]
Read Moreworld premiere: prisoner of the state
March 6, 2018
This season, the New York Philharmonic concludes their three-week-long Music of Conscience initiative, as well as their subscription season, with the world premiere of David Lang’s opera prisoner of the state on June 6–8, 2019, conducted by their new Music Director Jaap van Zweden. Co-commissioned by the New York Philharmonic, Rotterdam’s de Doelen Concert Hall, […]
Read Moreworld premiere: Fire in my mouth
March 6, 2018
January 24–26, the New York Philharmonic premiered Julia Wolfe’s Fire in my mouth, commissioned by the orchestra, Cal Performances at the University of California, Berkeley; the Krannert Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and the University Musical Society at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Wolfe’s music focuses on the garment industry in New […]
Read MoreNatural History: PBS doc “Symphony for Nature”
March 6, 2018
The PBS documentary “Symphony for Nature” is broadcast nationwide tells the story of the premiere of Michael Gordon’s inspirational work Natural History for orchestra, chorus, and Native American drummers. The full recording of Natural History has been released on Cantaloupe Music in conjunction with the broadcast of the documentary. Click here to stream the full […]
Read MoreComposer Residency: Univ of Michigan, Jan 20
January 12, 2018
On January 20, Julia Wolfe joins the U-M Contemporary Directions Ensemble, directed by Oriol Sans, for an evening of conversation and performances of her small ensemble works. This concert is part of a week-long residency by Ms. Wolfe (a U-M alum) to develop Fire in my Mouth, an evening-length orchestral work co-commissioned by UMS with […]
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