Seth Boustead speaks on how ACM's view of classical music as a living tradition informs its Thirsty Ears Festival and its new ...

It’s pretty unrecognizable,” said Seth Boustead of Access Contemporary Music. “The door dings when you walk in, like a ...

Modern and contemporary classical music, at least a good deal of it, is a problem for many listeners, to put it mildly. Some reject it outright, resistant to it before the get-go.

Seattle Modern Orchestra's "Strictly Strings" program, Jan. 28 at Cornish College of the Arts, features works by John Adams, Claude Vivier and Iannis Xenakis.

Ross also opines that since classical music is an acquired taste, enduring exposure to modern expressions will develop an appreciation for 20th- and 21st-century compositions.

By Libby Smith July 18, 2023 / 3:10 PM MDT / CBS Colorado Contemporary classic music brings modern, diverse voices into classical music world Contemporary classic music brings modern, diverse ...

Even die-hard classical music fans can find Mr Reich’s oeuvre hard to digest; younger detractors will be even harder to win over. Other contemporary classical composers face similar problems.

Collage New Music is one of contemporary classical's best friends in Boston. Provocative programs that often include Collage's own commissions are performed in the Longy School of Music's ...

Turnage picked up a classical music gong in 2021 at the Ivor Novello Awards and became a CBE for his services to music in 2015. Desert Island Discs airs at 10am on Sunday on BBC Radio 4.

Contemporary music really seems back on track; on the path to clawing out a scrap of social relevance again in that niche of classical music. Is it too soon to cry out: “It has arrived!” ...