It is always a pleasure to read Peter Margasak's monthly reflections and to listen to the music in his contemporary classical music column. And I am delighted that ‘Composer, Alone’ is in the September selection, as always with some beautiful thoughts. daily.bandcamp.com/best-contemp...

The original liner notes for Jürg Frey 'lieues d'ombres' (2022) by Michael Pisaro-Liu. This is one of the most beautiful texts about Jürg Frey's music. @juergfrey.bsky.social

I am pleased to announce this new release: "Composer, alone". It is a collection of twelve solo piano pieces, performed by Dutch pianist/composer Reinier van Houdt, the result of a wonderful and inspiring collaboration. www.elsewheremusic.net/store/p137/c...

Questions and answers in a nice talk about the new triple CD www.elsewheremusic.net/qa-with-juum...

short excerpt from Jürg Frey - Composer, alone (1) from the album 'Composer, alone' (elsewhere 030-3). Now available for preorder. elsewheremusic.bandcamp.com/album/compos...

4:38 excerpt from Jürg Frey - Composer, alone (1) from the album 'Composer, alone' (elsewhere 030-3). youtu.be/nbsQZuXrwmA

The new contemporary music column at @bandcamp.com Daily is up w/ sounds from Laetitia Sonami, Hannah Kendall, Darragh Morgan, Kory Reeder, 70s San Diego, Vanessa Tomlinson, Teo Dora An Drea, Doris Dennison, Jürg Frey & Manuel Zurria, and Shannon Wettstein. daily.bandcamp.com/best-contemp...

Looking back on the month in classical music.

Very happy to share the cover design for Jürg Frey - Composer, alone (Reinier van Houdt) (elsewhere 030-3), to be released as a three-disc set in early October. Cover drawing by Jürg Frey. CD preorders will start in mid-August.

Sketchbooks from more than 30 years - also a graveyard of unfinished pieces

Second day of the recording with apartment house and Simon Reynell. Clarinet quintet at City University London

Music We'd Like To Hear. Very very important! www.eventbrite.com/cc/music-wed...

10 more from the catalog - a lot of Houben and Pisaro! editionwandelweiserrecords.bandcamp.com

Good and profound review about VOICES, EXAUDI Vocal Ensemble and James Weeks. The Best Contemporary Classical Music on Bandcamp, April 2025. Thank you Peter Margasak daily.bandcamp.com/best-contemp...

"...significant artistic innovations often happen not through solitary genius but through sustained collective effort..." Thanks to Lawrence Peryer @thetonearm.com for this eloquent and insightful article. Merci pour cet article éloquent et perspicace. www.thetonearm.com/quatuor-bozz...

www.neurecords.com/voices/ Jürg Frey: Voices. EXAUDI Vocal Ensemble, James Weeks NEU RECORDS. I am very pleased to present a new CD here. More than 10 years of inspiring cooperation with EXAUDI Vocal Ensemble and James Weeks has resulted in this wonderful CD.

The second bundle with 10 early Edition Wanderweiser Records is now available on Bandcamp. It's worth it, it's full of wandelweiser life. editionwandelweiserrecords.bandcamp.com?fbclid=IwY2x...

The long-awaited re-release is now available. To celebrate Quatuor Bozzini's 25 years, Collection QB releases a reedition of Jürg Frey: String Quartets. Available on CD and digital www.actuellecd.com String quartets from 1988 - 2000.

C'est officiel! 🥳 💿 Lancement de notre nouveau disque Jürg Frey: String Quartets est maintenant en vente aujourd'hui !

And now, after the concert - Reinier van Houdt was excellent. With his interpretations, he guided the audience through the long pieces with wonderful concentration and sensitivity.

Today: Concertgebouw Brugge SLOW36 festival. Reinier van Houdt will play « composer alone 2 », world premiere + La présence, les silences + Sam Lazaro Bros www.concertgebouw.be/en/reinier-v...

This past November Reinier van Houdt performed work by Jürg Frey and Michael Pisaro-Liu at the beautiful Cellebroederskapel in Maastricht (NL), in the Intro in Situ concert series.

www.frequencyfestival-chicago.com/program-2025 Chicago frequency festival: World premiere of Tender Outermost Melodies (2022), played by Ian Antonio The piece is also part of the 2 CDs Album Outermost Melodies, Ian Antonio plays percussion music by Jürg Frey www.anothertimbre.com/jurgfreyperc...

Prague Quiet Music Collective founder and member Ian Mikyska here in a nice conversation about the collaboration for Longing Landscape www.anothertimbre.com/freylongingl...

Early Wandelweiser: Wandelweiser on Bandcamp. It just started with the first recordings from the 1990s. A treasure to discover. editionwandelweiserrecords.bandcamp.com?fbclid=IwY2x...

Nice interview with Ian Mikyska, about my collaboration with the Prague Quit Music Collective and the music on the new CD “Longing Landscape”. www.anothertimbre.com/freylongingl...

The new CD has been released. “A wonderful album containing three new works by Jürg Frey, played by the Prague Quit Music Collective, together with asamisimasa on one track”. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6bO...

This recording: Jürg Frey, String Quartet No. 4, selected as one of The New Yorker's 15 Notable Recordings of 2024, and nominated for the Prix Opus by the Conseil québécois de la musique, is still available during actuellecd.com 30% off sale.

www.frequencyfestival-chicago.com/program-2025 The wonderful program of frequency festival is out, thanks! Peter Margasak, great. And I am delighted that Ian Antonio will be premiering my piece Tender Outermost Melodies for percussion in this beautiful artistic context.

Stage+ is a Deutsche Grammophon subscription service that offers an à la carte option: 7 days for $9.90 U.S. I've watched Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conduct the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in Anton Bruckner, Romualdas Gražinis, and Lili Boulanger… www.stage-plus.com/video/vod_co...

I went for a walk in the area, and that's when I heard these sounds. I changed my route to see where they were coming from. I saw Tom Johnson playing his music and made this video. Then I went back on my way. It was 2017 in Gissac, France, a composers' meeting organized by GMEA and Didier Aschour.

Quatuor Bozzini / Jürg Frey album: String Quartet No. 4 on critic Peter Margasak's 'My 40 Favorite Albums of 2024' list, thank you! petermargasak.substack.com/p/my-40-favo...

Continuité, fragilité, résonance with Amstel Quartet and Matangi Quartet in Amsterdam. This is the link to today's live broadcast of the concert, the concert starts at 20:15: www.npoklassiek.nl/uitzendingen...

Continuité, fragilité, résonance for string quartet and saxophone quartet: After many great concerts and an excellent recording with Bozzini Quartet and Konus Quartet www.elsewheremusic.net/store/p109/J...

And now ensemble in Amsterdam is taking on this piece: Amstel Quartet & Matangi Quartet: Amsterdam, December 19, De Waalse Kerk. dewaalsekerk.nl/muziek/seizo...