Songs from Extrasolar Spaces featuring Boston's Lorelei Ensemble, 2019.
Music
CAST Visiting Artist Billy Novick performs in The Great Clarinet Summit. Credit: Sham Sthankiya/MIT.
Billy Novick
"Sincerity... elegance... a lovely celebration of tunefulness" — Downbeat
David Bowie's Blackstar performed by Maya Beiser with the Ambient Orchestra, 2017.
2018-19 MIT Sounding
Contemporary music with a global cast
The 2018–19 season of the innovative annual performance series MIT Sounding continues to blur musical boundaries. Curated by Evan Ziporyn, faculty director of the MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST), this season of MIT Sounding presents unique artists who push the envelope of their respective genres, creating new evolving music for the 21st century.
Anat Cohen. Credit Shervin Lainez.
Anat Cohen
A virtuoso widely recognized as one of the most vital clarinetists working today
Luciana Souza. Credit Kim Fox.
Luciana Souza
Brazilian-born vocalist and Grammy winner "organically crosses genre borders"
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
Gustavo Dudamel conducts.
Gustavo Dudamel
Acclaimed worldwide as one of the most exciting and compelling conductors of our time, Gustavo Dudamel’s infectious energy and exceptional artistry have made him one of the most sought-after conductors by orchestras and opera companies around the world.
2010
Terry Riley, Terry Riley's 80th Birthday Concert, 2015. Photo: L. Barry Hetherington.
Terry Riley
Minimalist legend
April 18, 2015
Eric Singer. Credit: Elizabeth Keating.
Eric Singer
A leading expert in the use of sensors and robotics in multimedia systems
Victor Gama. Credit: Najib Nafib.
Victor Gama
Victor Gama’s work addresses the relationship between instrument building and music composition, while using new technologies and the creative practices of Africa and the Diaspora.
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
Trimpin, Image from the film Trimpin: The Sound of Invention, 2009. Credit: Peter Esmonde.
Trimpin
In his creative experiments, Trimpin engages the visual, spatial, and kinetic properties of sound to “play instruments in such a way that no matter how complex the composition of the timing, it can be pushed over the limits.”
Roomful of Teeth. Courtesy of the Artists.
Roomful of Teeth
The expressive potential of the most basic instrument: the human voice
Julia Ogryzidiak, Okeanos, 2012. Credit: RJ Muna
Julia Ogrydziak
Creating experiential art works and performances that draw from architecture, art, electronic music, science, nature, and more
Andy Cavatorta. Image courtesy of the artist.