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Valentin Silvestrov: Musical dedication to Arvo Pärt e.a. Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov returns to the limelight with a new album on ECM records. “Bagatellen und Serenaden” comes as ...

15 Questions to Morton Subotnick Morton Subotnick, to make it short, is an icon of electronic music. Subotnick's "Silver Apples of the Moon" was commissioned ...

15 Questions to John Morton "It was something that I was totally uninterested in." John Morton told American Mavericks in 2003 when asked about his ...

CD Feature/ Kenneth Kirschner: "Three Compositions" There's no end to the piano's possibilities: Kirschner’s motives are syllables sliced from a long word.

Interview with Pawel Grabowski This interview was conducted at the end of last year at a time when Pawel was working on many projects ...

CD Feature/ Chloe Hanslip: "John Adams - Violin Concerto" An “English girl in New York”: Hanslip virtually becomes a member of the ensemble again.

CD Feature/ Barbara Maria Willi: "Deconstruction" Ligeti and Bach: An exciting and eclectic analysis of construction and disintegration.

CD Feature/ Claudio Parodi: "Horizontal Mover (Homage to Alvin Lucier" The talk of the town: Parodi regards processes in themselves as an object of consideration.

CD Feature/ Anthony Pateras: "Chasms" Stresses the performance aspect: We’d like to hear more of this particular prepared piano.

Interview with Graham Bowers More than a year has passed since we last spoke to Graham Bowers and on the face of it, not ...

CD Feature/ Richard Lainhart: "Ten Thousand Shades of Blue" Sound as an archetype: A double CD to start your journey into Lainhart’s vita.

CD Feature/ Peter Maxwell Davies: "Naxos Quartets Nos. 7 and 8" Stone-made allegories and a musical humanism: Emulates the impact of architecture with music.

15 Questions to Bernhard Gal You can, of course, listen to Bernhard Gal's CDs on their own and see his work in purely musical terms. ...

CD Feature/ Ellen Fullman + Sean Meehan: "s/t" Emanations of a single new instrument: A few brush-strokes are enough to create intense images.

CD Feature/ V.A.: "Electronic Music Vol.III - Música Viva Competition Prize Winners 2004/2005/2006" Writing for a public again: Musica Viva is a quality brand for the fostering of young talent.