Marcos Balter
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- TONIGHT! Sad to miss it (I’m in Miami), but if you’re in NYC you should check it out. #juilliard #carnegiehall
- Ooof, that one hurts. RIP, Sofia Gubaidulina. Thank you for the countless gems. youtube.com/watch?v=aZYY...
- Dream team right here. Can’t wait to spend summer at Tanglewood with these five incredibly talented composers. #tanglewood #tmc
- The leanness of Saariaho’s late scores is like sonic nouvelle cuisine. The simplest things become magically beautiful and fresh.
- I don’t quite know what to make of Hermann Nitsch’s music, which keeps making me want to revisit it. That’s… good? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- I think they meant absurd rather than absurdist.
- There are some hues I struggle with in music. Like “epic,” for instance. I can’t connect 99% of times. That oh so rare 1%, though… full body chills. Like this
- Now when I hear loud tapping, I just know it’s Hawk Hudson sitting on top of my a/c again. So beautiful, but such a noisy jerk.
- “I think sometimes genre is a code word to keep us in our place as artists.” - Beyoncé “(…) in music, genre and kinship often co-present, as predicted by its root, gen- (genetic, genotype, and even gender).” - George Lewis
- It’s official: we’re roommates now.
- “Uncanny comfort.” Pretty apt, I kinda like that.
- This is how I spent my evening, and it was sublime. If you’re in NY, go catch them.
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- Reposted by Marcos BalterThe 2025 Spring Round of the Amphion Grant Program is now open for applications! This round is for Performing Ensembles only. >> Deadline - February 27, 2025, 11:59pm ET. << Full guidelines and application: buff.ly/30cjjdx
- When I’m freaking out about life and it’s cold and gray outside, few things comfort me more than a good feijoada.
- Reposted by Marcos BalterThe Music of Julius Eastman and Arthur Russell Coming to REDCAT Source: REDCAT. The music of legendary collaborators Julius Eastman and Arthur Russell is singular and boundless. These are expansive, quintessentially queer pieces, in which every moment is full of choice. Their profound and personal…
- One of my favorite recent reads that are not about music composition but kind of are. Highly recommend it.
- Reposted by Marcos BalterHello Bluesky! Can't wait to start sharing all-things-new-music with you on here. Help us find our artist community again by giving this post a like. And stay tuned for new interviews, essays, and reviews 👁️❤️🎧
- Friends in Reykjavik: really cool concert TONIGHT by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Daniel Bjarnason, featuring my “Orun” and other contemporary works. So wish I could be there, but I know it’ll be great. ❤️
- Thoughts on adjudication season: there are SO MANY absolutely incredible young composers out there. The level is stratospheric. I wish there were more opportunities, more spots in programs. I could easily form a team of 50 whose music would make your jaw drop. Listening to their music is humbling.
- Thinking piccolo and crotales this morning, wonder why 🤔
- I guess he heard piccolo too…
- More than ever, time to show support for our trans friends. Donate. 💰
- Emilia Perez is one of the worst examples of appropriation I’ve seen in a while. The songs alone are enough to drive any native Spanish speaker mad. It’s like old-school French colonial take on Mexican culture. So bad.
- Reposted by Marcos BalterI am returning to Dijon this summer, for the International Academy of Musical Creation with New Media 2025. This is a great opportunity to have new work, especially multimedia, performed in a supportive environment. Applications are rolling (until 1 June): cagedijon.hpage.com/academie-202...
- Every snowfall, our neighbors immortalize themselves as a snow couple on the bench across the street. They got a dog this year. 🥹
- Reposted by Marcos BalterOrganist and pianist James McVinnie makes his PENTATONE debut with ’Dreamcatcher’, an intimate sequence of contemporary classical music centred around the act of imagining. RELEASED TODAY, LISTEN NOW on Apple Music, Spotify, IDAGIO, and more! 🎶 lnk.to/DreamcatcherMcVinnie
- Reposted by Marcos BalterThey’re giving all the proceeds to Sweet Relief to help musicians recover from the LA fires, so buy it on Bandcamp:
- Out today: James McVinnie’s new album, available everywhere. Works by Meredith Monk, Laurie Spiegel, @nicomuhly.bsky.social , @inticomposes.bsky.social , John Adams, Bryce Dressner, Gabriella Smith, and my “Dreamcatcher,” which is also the album’s title.
- Congratulations, Ashkan! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
