Conor Hanick

This week, Conor Hanick explores Tom Johnson's An Hour For Piano, La Monte Young's The Well-Tuned Piano Three, John Cage's Sonatas and Interludes for prepared piano, plus works by Ann...

Tune into Hammered! this week for piano works by composers currently and previously featured by the MATA festival with performances from MATA's deep roster of musicians.

We're getting rugged this week and doing it live! Tune in 11 am/pm for a week's worth of nothing-but-live recordings taken from piano performances recorded in New York City.

This week on Cued Up, Q2 host and contemporary pianist Conor Hanick handpicks some of his favorite live performances by the New York Philharmonic from the last three seasons, includin...

On this specially curated week of Hammered! we spotlight a new album of piano music by New York-based composer Ryan Anthony Francis. The record features Bang On A Can pianist Vicky Chow, who, with Francis, joins Hammered! throughout the week with insights on this exquisite new body of piano music.

On this specially curated week of Hammered! we spotlight a new album of piano music by New York-based composer Ryan Anthony Francis. The record features Bang On A Can pianist Vicky Chow, who, with Francis, joins Hammered! throughout the week with insights on this exquisite new body of piano music.

On this specially curated week of Hammered! we spotlight a new album of piano music by New York-based composer Ryan Anthony Francis. The record features Bang On A Can pianist Vicky Chow, who, with Francis, joins Hammered! throughout the week with insights on this exquisite new body of piano music.

On this specially-curated week of Hammered! we spotlight a new album of piano music by New York-based composer Ryan Anthony Francis. The record features Bang On A Can pianist Vicky Ch...

On this specially curated week of Hammered! we spotlight a new album of piano music by New York-based composer Ryan Anthony Francis. The record features Bang On A Can pianist Vicky Chow, who, with Francis, joins Hammered! throughout the week with insights on this exquisite new body of piano music.

Pianistic virtuosity is often associated with technical bravura. There is, however, a yang to technique's yin and that's musical virtuosity, a topic we explore this week on Hammered! ...

When discussing the behavioral patterns of the composer phylum, one often differentiates between solo fliers and school swimmers. Another way for these creatures organize themselves, however, is in collectives, a fascinating behavior and the programmatic source for this week's Hammered!.

A stroll through The Juilliard School's fourth floor strongly suggests that the more pianists, the more scales. Since it's Trout Week on WQXR, we're embracing these dense schools of scaly pianistic creatures by showcasing chamber music for piano ensembles.

If the piano is a legitimate member of the percussion family, then it most certainly gets strange looks at reunions. This week on Hammered! we're embracing this familial black sheep and showcasing composers that utilize the piano for what it is: a percussion instrument.

If there were ever a composer in no need of introduction, it’s the eternally youthful and forever hip Steve Reich. Tune into Cued Up at 2 pm for live performances of his Triple Quarte...

Tune in all week to Hammered! for daily previews of the composers, repertoire and performers we'll feature on Cued Up's spring lineup of live performances in New York City. Highlights...

This week's Hammered! explores avant-garde works new and old that reinvented the way we hear music. Listen for unusual pairings like Stockhausen and Beethoven, Shostakovich and Bach, ...

Let premieres rule your ears. Cellist Ashley Bathgate and pianist Lisa Moore play a recital as part of TwoSense, the duo's concert series and commissioning project dedicated to prese...

This week on Hammered! we survey one way to look at the American music scene: through the eyes of the Pulitzer Prize committee. Our program includes winners and, sometimes more intere...