Nadia Sirota appears in the following:
Listen Live: Nadia Sirota Premieres Dennehy’s ‘Tessellatum’
Thursday, March 03, 2016
Hear violist Nadia Sirota give the premiere of Donnacha Dennehy's "Tessellatum" - a 40-minute work with solo viola and viol consort.
Download: 'Viola Concerto: Part II' by Nico Muhly
Monday, December 28, 2015
I'm so excited to share today's Meet the Composer bonus track with you. It's Part II of Nico Muhly's viola concerto, that I traveled to Detroit this past October to premiere.
Nico Muhly: Community Theater
Friday, December 11, 2015
Composer Nico Muhly is a rabid communicator whose personality factors massively in his work. Nico lives his life out loud, and his music is stunning, hilarious, touching, and brilliant.
Nico Muhly: III. "u"
Friday, December 11, 2015
Nico's community is a massive factor in his life. He is very much "in touch," sending emails from the profane to the profound to literally hundreds of people a day.
Nico Muhly: I. Trial By Fire
Friday, December 11, 2015
Nico grew up in Providence, but spent odd corridors of his youth abroad, acquiring languages quickly and setting the tone for his current, punishing travel schedule.
Nico Muhly: II. Working Together
Friday, December 11, 2015
Nico has worked with film directors, librettists, clarinet players and choreographers, and has written arrangements for an impressive roster of bands and songwriters.
Download: Anna Thorvaldsdottir's 'Scape' Performed by Pianist Cory Smythe
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
This week’s Meet the Composer Bonus Track is a world premiere recording of Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s "Scape," performed by pianist Cory Smythe of the International Contemporary Ensemble.
Meet The Composer: Anna Thorvaldsdottir's Landscapes
Monday, November 09, 2015
Anna Thorvaldsdottir is an Icelandic composer whose work conjures entire environments of sound, surrounding the listener in a dark and forbidding landscape. Listen to the complete show.
Anna Thorvaldsdottir: I. Small Town Living
Monday, November 09, 2015
Anna grew up in a tiny town surrounded by incredible beauty — mountains, ocean — studying music under the guidance of her music-teacher mother and aunt.
Anna Thorvaldsdottir: III. Heima er Best (Home Sweet Home)
Monday, November 09, 2015
For all that Icelanders yearn to see the world, there is some deep tug that brings them home, time after time. No matter where Anna is on the planet, she feels tied to Iceland.
Anna Thorvaldsdottir: II. Composing a Space
Monday, November 09, 2015
Icelandic is a language of whispers and sub-audible subtlety. It is a sort of an ancient thing, it feels like it wasn’t workshopped as extensively as other European languages.
Download: The Lost Movement of Ingram Marshall's String Quartet
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Today's MTC bonus track is a world premiere! Or, apropos of its October release, we might call it a movement brought back from the dead, thanks to the fantastic Parker Quartet.
Ingram Marshall: I. Sine Waves and Tape Loops
Monday, October 05, 2015
Ingram Marshall found composition late, only beginning to write in grad school, and almost immediately found electronic music. Listen to the first act of our Ingram Marshall episode.
Ingram Marshall: II. Gamelan, Sacred Harp and Other Lovely Things
Monday, October 05, 2015
After grad school and a few years of nomadic existence, Ingram found a new tribe in the students of the newly-formed California Institute of the Arts. Listen to our second act.
Ingram Marshall: III. Finding a Path, Finding Morels
Monday, October 05, 2015
Nowadays, Ingram is a teacher, among other things, and is the type of pedagogue that inspires almost spiritual reverence from his students. Listen to the final act.
Ingram Marshall: A Connecticut Hippie In California
Monday, October 05, 2015
Ingram Marshall is often called a California Minimalist, a title which, while not exactly accurate, allies him with a loose cadre of artists writing ambient, visceral scores.
Listen: Star-Studded Opening of Williamsburg's National Sawdust
Thursday, October 01, 2015
On Oct. 1, Q2 Music presented a live audio webcast of the much-anticipated opening of National Sawdust - a new concert space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Listen now on demand.
Download: LPR Live Preview and 'Memory Pieces' by David Lang
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
I’m thrilled this week to give you a sneak peek of a new podcast called LPR Live coming out this Fall. It’s hosted by friend and colleague Conor Hanick and you should check it out!
Nadia Sirota Takes Us Inside the Minds of Today's Greatest Composers
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Violist Nadia Sirota tells us about her podcast Meet The Composer, about the lives, inspiration, and music of composers.
Download: Kaija Saariaho's 'Light and Matter' from the Library of Congress
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Kaija Saariaho composed her piano trio "Light and Matter" in 2014. Enjoy this performance featuring violinist Jennifer Koh as recorded live at the Library of Congress this past May.
