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. Adrienne Truscott Genre-straddling performance artist
As part of MIT Sounding, Haitian rapper, poet and singer BIC performs his work in collaboration with Jean Appolon Expressions, a Cambridge-based Haitian contemporary dance company. Photo by Caroline Alden. BIC Bringing Kreyòl music and digital poetry to MIT