Musee du Quay Branly assembles The Jazz Century Exhibition
- 11:11 PM — May 22 —
- Source: Art Knowledge News
PARIS - Jazz, along with cinema and rock music, constitutes one of the major artistic developments of the 20th century. Read More
Music Review: Bang on a Can Plays Evan Ziporyn and Others at Tully Hall
- 6:26 PM — May 1 —
- Source: The New York Times - New York NY
I didn't do it then, so I'll share my memory now: waking a little after daybreak at the collective's signature new-music marathon in 2008 to the slowly shifting drone of overtone singing. Read More
Report: Bang on a Can 25th Anniversary Concert
- 4:14 PM — May 1 —
- Source: Pitchfork Media
Bang on a Can 's 25 years have been a story of unending metastasis: from a single marathon concert to a touring ensemble to a summer festival to a commissioning fund to a record label and beyond. Read More
PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Bang on a Can Celebrates 25 Years with Triple Bill Concert at Lincoln Center
- 12:42 PM — Apr 12 —
- Source: All About Jazz
Bang on a Can takes over Alice Tully Hall presented by Lincoln Center's Great Performers series in a triple-bill birthday bash on Saturday, April 28 at 7pm featuring the Bang on a Can All-Stars, Asphalt Orchestra , and MIT's Gamelan Galak Tika. Bang on a Can is celebrating 25 years during 2012, having grown from a one-day New York-based Marathon concert (on Mother's Day in 1987 in a SoHo art gallery) to a multi-faceted performing arts organization with a broad range of year-round international activities. 25 celebration at Lincoln Center opens with MIT's Gamelan Galak Tika performing its signature piece, Bang on a Can All-Stars founding clarinetist and composer Evan Ziporyn 's Tire Fire," a blend of ancient tradition and modern technology that The New York Times describes as "an exuberant blast of metal fireworks."Read More
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