NY Feldman Performance Reviewed

Source: New York Classical Review.

Morton Feldman died in 1987 at the age of 61—a loss for music but also the art world in general. Feldman—one of the most important composers of the post-WWII era—was the personification of a cultural period when modernist and avant-garde movements in music, painting, dance, poetry, had constant conversations with each other (if not collaborations)—stimulating and inspiring each other in creating the future. This was not just common 50 years ago but an essential part of New York City culture in the middle of the 20th century.

Violinist Miranda Cuckson and pianist Conor Hanick called back to this moment in time Tuesday night at the New York Studio School. They played five short Feldman pieces—three duos and one solo work each—in a concert titled “Morton Feldman Returns to Eighth Street.”