Hannis Brown appears in the following:
Orchestral Specialist Sean Shepherd
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
Shepherd joins Jennifer Koh to discuss the violin’s history as a tool for performance, and the challenges of both composing and performing music for a solo instrument.
Invisible Cities' Christopher Cerrone
Monday, June 19, 2017
Cerrone joins Jennifer Koh to discuss loss of bow-hairs in performance and the composer’s exploration of techniques and gesutres found in the violin’s historical repertoire.
American Composers Orchestra's Derek Bermel
Friday, June 16, 2017
Bermel joins Jennifer Koh to discuss musical interpretation of vocal phrases and of the dichotomy between question and answer, and the idea of separating speech from meaning.
Boston Symphony Orchestra's Eric Nathan
Thursday, June 15, 2017
Nathan joins Jennifer Koh to discuss an excerpt from an E. E. Cummings poem and his interest in “complete abandon” in performance.
Composer-Pianist Timo Andres
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Composer-pianist Timo Andres is one of the more consistently-rising stars of New York's burgeoning new classical scene. He and Jennifer Koh discuss his "Winding Stair."
Multimedia Composer Zosha Di Castri
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Zosha Di Castri is a composer-pianist currently on faculty at Columbia University. She joins Jennifer Koh to discuss sample-based composition in her Shared Madness piece.
Modern-Day Troubadour Gabriel Kahane
Monday, June 12, 2017
Gabriel Kahane is a composer who draws eclectically from opera, "pop" and concert music. He joins Jennifer Koh to discuss his Shared Madness piece 'the single art form is dead.'
'Breaking the Waves' Composer Missy Mazzoli
Friday, June 09, 2017
Missy Mazzoli is among the most visible composers of her generation. She joins Jennifer Koh to discuss the concept of virtuosity and the film that inspired her "Kinski Paganini."
Listen: Anthony Cheung Talks Alternate Tunings on 'Shared Madness'
Thursday, June 08, 2017
Composer Anthony Cheung uses multiple voices and an alternate tuning of the strings for his work "Characters Studies" for violinist Jennifer Koh's Shared Madness series. Listen now.
Peter Sellars on Tyshawn Sorey's 'Josephine Baker' at Ojai Music Festival
Thursday, June 08, 2017
The final installment in our series of highlights from the 2016 Ojai Music Festival features Tyshawn Sorey's "Josephine Baker" performed by Julia Bullock, ICE and Sorey himself.
Listen: Chicago Symphony Orchestra's Samuel Carl Adams on 'Shared Madness'
Wednesday, June 07, 2017
The son of celebrated composer John Adams, Samuel Carl Adams has rapidly come into his own as a composer and conductor, writing for Spektral Quartet and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Watch: Sigur Rós Performs Live with the L.A. Philharmonic
Wednesday, June 07, 2017
In April, Icelandic art rockers Sigur Rós enlisted composers Nico Muhly, Dan Deacon, Missy Mazzoli and more for a trio of performances with the LA Philharmonic. Watch the first evening.
Peter Sellars Hosts Music of Kaija Saariaho from Ojai Music Festival
Wednesday, June 07, 2017
The third in our four-part series of highlights from the 2016 Ojai Music Festival features music of celebrated Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho performed by Calder Quartet and ICE.
Peter Sellars Shares Music of Leila Adu, Caroline Shaw and Du Yun
Tuesday, June 06, 2017
We continue our four-part series of highlights from the 2016 Ojai Music Festival with music of remembrance from Roomful of Teeth, ICE, Calder Quartet, Bridget Kibbey and Claire Chase.
Listen: The National's Bryce Dessner on Cells and Kinetic Energy
Tuesday, June 06, 2017
Bryce Dessner is a composer and collaborator on the upcoming album "Planetarium" with Nico Muhly and Sufjan Stevens. He joins Jennifer Koh to talk about his Shared Madness piece, "Gift."
Peter Sellars Hosts First in Four-Part Series from Ojai Music Festival
Monday, June 05, 2017
Listen to the first in a four-part series of music live from the 2016 Ojai Music Festival, hosted by Peter Sellars with performances from Roomful of Teeth and ICE.
Listen: Violinist Jennifer Koh and Matthew Aucoin Talk 21st-Century Virtuosity
Monday, June 05, 2017
Composer-conductor Matthew Aucoin joins violinist Jennifer Koh to talk about finding resolution in dissonance in this first episode of Koh's 30-part web series, Shared Madness.
Radiohead's Thom Yorke To Score Remake of Dario Argento's 'Suspiria'
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Earlier this month, it was announced that Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke would score director Luca Guadgnino's remake of the 1977 horror movie 'Suspiria.'
The Far-Reaching Influence of Cult Hero Arthur Russell
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
The composer, songwriter and cellist Arthur Russell would have celebrated his 66th birthday this week. His influence reached everyone from Philip Glass to Allen Ginsberg to David Byrne.
Listen: Meet the Composer Unravels Classical Music's Most Heated Brawl
Monday, May 15, 2017
It was composer pitted against composer: MTC unravels one of the most brutal fights in classical music's history.
