Avant Music News

Although it was just released, the Ahvak album on Cuneiform is garnering a remarkable amount of praise. Reviews from an Israeli site and All Music.

Anthony Braxton will be performing two times in late April at Wesleyan in Middletown Ct. More details here.

Friday Jan. 23, the Tonic in New York will feature a tribute to Paul Haines with an all-star lineup:

A TRIBUTE TO THE LATE JAZZ-POET, MUSIC COLLOQUIALIST,

107 Norfolk St.
btw Delancey and Rivington
NYC
8pm
$12
212-358-7504

Another move towards the obsolescence of physical media, Warp Records now offers a number of electronica releases on line in high quality MP3 format, for under $10. This includes out of print and hard to find albums and EPs.

Scott’s latest schedule:

Games:
Art Hirahara-piano
Todd Sickafoose-acoustic bass
Scott Amendola-drums

Saturday, January 24-Palm’s Playhouse, Winters CA
8pm
all ages
$15
530-795-1825
13 Main St.
Winters, CA
http://www.palmsplayhouse.com

Bard College is presenting a Shostakovich Opera and related performances this summer:

July 30, Friday, through August 22, Sunday
Bard SummerScape
Bard’s SummerScape 2004 season will focus on the musical world of Russian composer Dmitrii Shostakovich. Events include the first professional East Coast production of Shostakovich’s comic opera The Nose, directed by the internationally celebrated Francesca Zambello, with set design by renowned architect Rafael Viñoly. The production features an international cast of Russian and American singers with Leon Botstein leading the American Symphony Orchestra. [Preview performance of The Nose on Wednesday, July 28, at 8:00 p.m. Premiere on Friday, July 30, at 8:00 p.m. Additional performances are Sunday, August 1, at 3:00 p.m.; Friday, August 6, at 8:00 p.m.; and Saturday, August 7, at 8:00 p.m.] Other highlights of SummerScape include Shostakovich’s Cheryemushki, a musical in two acts; Nikolai Gogol’s The Inspector General; a production of Guest from the Future, a new musical by Mel Marvin; the 15th annual Bard Music Festival: Shostakovich and His World; a Shostakovich film festival; and
other events throughout the summer. Admission charged. The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts. For further details and a complete program listing, call the Fisher Center box office at 845-758-7900 or visit the Center’s website at www.bard.edu/fishercenter.

August 13, Friday, through August 15, Sunday, and August 20, Friday, through August 22, Sunday
Fifteenth Annual Bard Music Festival
“Shostakovich and His World.” Orchestral and chamber concerts, preconcert talks, panel discussions, symposiums, and special events. Leon Botstein, Christopher H. Gibbs, and Robert Martin, artistic directors. For information, call 845-758-7410 or e-mail bmf@bard.edu. For tickets, call 845-758-7900.

An older interview with Teo Macero covers topics such as electronic music, Miles Davis, his relationship with Edgard Varese, and much more.

Ensemble Modern has finally released a CD of Zappa music entitiled Greggery Peccary and Other Persuasions.

The Rova Saxophone Quartet has announced a short tour for late January and early February.

The BBC has a Xenakis performance available to listen to…for a short time.