Marcus Thompson's Faculty Recital, 2018. Credit: L Barry Hetherington/MIT.
All Performances
Joe Lovano. Photo: Jimmy Katz.
Joe Lovano
“One of the greatest musicians in jazz history”—New York Times
Kaynak Pipers Band. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.
Kaynak Pipers Band
Traditional kaba gaida folk music of Bulgaria
Simon Smith plays Stockhausen. Photos: Simon Smith (left), Credit: Delphian Records. Karlheinz Stockhausen (right), ©Getty Images, Credit: Erich Auerbach.
Simon Smith
Masterful and intrepid Stockhausen concert
Nik Bärtsch's Mobile. All rights reserved
© 2015 by Christian Senti and Ronin Rhythm Productions
Nik Bärtsch’s MOBILE
Rigorously conceptual zen-funk
duoJalal. Courtesy of the artists.
duoJalal
"Fearless seekers and synthesizers of disparate instruments and cultures” —Toronto Star
Guillermo Klein. Credit Andrea Bocallini.
Guillermo Klein
A stellar collision of vocal jazz, Latin music, and poetry
Johnny Gandelsman performs in MIT Kresge Auditorium, February 2020. Credit: Leon Yim.
Johnny Gandelsman
Violinist Gandelsman "plays with a balletic lightness of touch and a sense of whimsy and imagination" —Boston Globe
Small Instruments, visiting artist Pawel Romanczuk
Pawel Romanczuk, Small Instruments
Complex sounds from small instruments
2014
Terry Riley, Terry Riley's 80th Birthday Concert, 2015. Photo: L. Barry Hetherington.
Terry Riley
Minimalist legend
April 18, 2015
Portrait of the artists. Photo by Christine Southworth.
EVIYAN
World roots, post-minimalism and jazz in a singular, earthy and intense sound
Arnold Dreyblatt
Arnold Dreyblatt
Media artist and composer explores audio visual perception and memory
EVENING PERFORMANCE
September 27, 2014
7:00 pm
Media Lab, E14-674
Roomful of Teeth. Courtesy of the Artists.
Roomful of Teeth
The expressive potential of the most basic instrument: the human voice
Either/Or Ensemble
Expanding the gray area between composition and installation, composer and performer, music and sonic environment
Don Byron at MIT. Credit: L. Barry Hetherington.
Don Byron
Legendary clarinetist and composer forging what he calls "a sound above genre"
2012, 2013
Boston Camerata. Image courtesy of the artists.
The Boston Camerata
Anne Azéma, Artistic Director
February 28, 2015
Alvin Lucier. Credit: Michael Schroeater.
Alvin Lucier
A legendary composer blurs the lines between experiment, composition, and art installation
SOUNDING
September 27, 2014
9:30 am - 1:00 pm
Media Lab, Building E14-674
Flux Quartet. Photo: Courtesy of the artists.
FLUX Quartet
"One of the most fearless and important new-music ensembles" —San Francisco Chronicle
Pamela Z, Ars Electronica, 2008. Photo: Rubra.
Pamela Z
Transforming elegant physical gestures into complex aural and visual landscapes
Sumie Kaneko. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.
Sumie Kaneko
Traditional Japanese music with a jazz inflection
Fradreck Mujuru and Erica Azim. Courtesy of the artists.
Fradreck Mujuru and Erica Azim
Celebrating the Shona mbira tradition
NERVOUS SYSTEM by Andrew Schneider. Alicia ayo Ohs and Andrew Schneider.
Andrew Schneider
Interactive media artist
Maya Beiser at the 2017 CAST Symposium. Credit: L. Barry Hetherington.
Maya Beiser
Maya Beiser is a “cello goddess” -- The New Yorker
Adrienne Truscott. Credit: Allison Michael Orenstein. © 2018 Adrienne Truscott.