First time at the Vienna Festival, and here is a review of the most impressive performance: extendedtechniques.com/2026/06/07/n...

June in New York! extendedtechniques.com/2026/05/31/n...

Just in case 70+ concerts in 14 venues this weekend are not enough, go to Maryland or Vienna! extendedtechniques.com/2026/04/30/n...

Paul Pinto’s Octet is unlike anything you’ve heard before, unless you’ve heard Julia Wolfe’s Forbidden Love, or Roman Grygoriv and Illia Razumeiko’s Mariupol. Still, the shower of flying pencils was a new experience for me. Imagine what he will do in his opera? (Livestream in comments.)

April in New York! extendedtechniques.com/2026/03/31/n...

So many new sounds to explore in New York this March! extendedtechniques.com/2026/03/01/n...

February in New York - it's never too cold for good music! extendedtechniques.com/2026/01/31/n...

Is this called polystylism? :)

Happy New Year! Happy New Music!!! extendedtechniques.com/2025/12/31/n...

New York in December! extendedtechniques.com/2025/12/01/n...

New York in November! extendedtechniques.com/2025/10/31/n...

October in New York! extendedtechniques.com/2025/10/01/n...

Today is the birthday of Theodor W. Adorno, Arvo Pärt, and Victoria Poleva. Since most here are familiar with the men, I will be posting some of Poleva's music! www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBfL...

September in NYC - gets hotter and hotter! extendedtechniques.com/2025/09/03/n...

August used to be a boring month for a new music listener in NYC. Then, one after another, arts organizations decided to take advantage of lack of events and plan a festival, a music series, a residency... Now August is a busy month, just like any other month. extendedtechniques.com/2025/08/01/n...

Do you know what classical music is? The term is applied to radically different compositions across more than 1,000 years of history, Matthew Aucoin writes. We need a better definition.

July in New York - it never gets cooler extendedtechniques.com/2025/06/30/n...

June in New York extendedtechniques.com/2025/06/01/n...

May in NYC extendedtechniques.com/2025/04/30/n...

The contemporary sounds of harpsichord! www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

The podcast episode we produced last year has reached 5,092 downloads! There is still time to catch up with experimental operas by Roman Grygoriv and Illia Razumeiko inspired by Richard Foreman, David Lynch, Jorge Louis Borges, Umberto Eco, Karlheinz Essel and Jorge Sánchez-Chiong.

Today, many things can sound like a joke, but NYC ET calendar is always real! extendedtechniques.com/2025/04/01/n...

Today, many things can sound like a joke, but NYC ET calendar is always real! extendedtechniques.com/2025/04/01/n...

3 incredible and very different days of music and literature - March 14-15. www.ucmfnyc.com/2025

This month in New York - very appropriately, 6th annual Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival (and other cool events)

Despite some of its challenges and disappointments, 2024 was certainly an enjoyable year in terms of music. Here are some events I want to remember. extendedtechniques.com/category/nyc...

NYC in February: no words, only music (and a lot of it for free!) extendedtechniques.com/2025/02/01/n...