World

A challenging and often dazzling multicultural program featured solo pieces and music for two pianos, with four guest pianists and two world premieres.

The meditative sound glows like the globe. Flowing melodies in the upper and middle voices cruise atop droning tones in the lower, like satellites passing high above the surface of the Earth.

The "Fisherman's Blues" sessions produced nearly 400 reels of multitrack tape, many of which were simply marked “untitled,” “instrumental,” “unknown,” or “jam” before being stored away...

The band continually reinvented itself, serving up hits that each seemed quite unlike the one that came before.

The Taiwan Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble and Taiwu Ballads Troupe vocal ensemble unveiled a panoply of fascinating, mostly Taiwan-rooted music that incorporated Western classical, contemporary avant-garde, and Indigenous music.

It was clear in this vibey number that the violinist and the band were feeling the spirit of the mariachi rhythms.

The maestro of the Indian sarod and the Grammy-winning classical guitarist interlocked sound and spirit of East and West in their collaborations' NYC debut.

There's a lot of pain and grief here, but it has inspired a suite of eclectic and eccentric chamber music that's almost operatic.

Taiwanese masterworks, cross-cultural collaborations, and world premieres will celebrate Taiwan's cultural heritage and Indigenous communities as well as links between East and West.

Evocative electroacoustic music from composer-percussionist José Martínez engages with the composer's Latin heritage, and with the absurd, while pushing creative boundaries.