Taka Kigawa News

Miro Magloire presents his New Chamber Ballet in an evening of works by Magloire, including a world premiere, and the company's resident choreographer Constantine Baecher.    Music goes hand in hand with the dance in concerts by Magloire, who is also a composer/pianist, and the November program features ballets to music by Bach, Mozart, Richard Carrick, Friedrich Cerha, and a new score by Michel Galante.

Clarinetist and hichiriki player Thomas Piercy joined by pianists Taka Kigawa and Judith Olson, Koto player Jun Ando and Sho player Chatori Shimizu.

The April 19th 'Tokyo to New York' concert features six world premiers and six United States premiers composed for critically acclaimed clarinetist and hichiriki player Thomas Piercy by Tokyo- and NYC-based composers.

Who's throwing a Timbre Tantrum? Throughout the first week of December, Composers Concordance ('enterprising new music organization' -NYTimes) presents its 3rd annual festival, entitled 'Timbre Tantrum,' as each concert will focus on specific timbres. For example, the opening concert, 'ArtBeat,' to be held at DiMenna Center on December 1st, will feature percussion instruments only, on a program with 4-time Grammy winner Glen Velez, as well as the acclaimed Lukas Ligeti and Peter Jarvis (Moonrise Kingdom, Boardwalk Empire.) This concert will also include original sculpture-percussion by Gorazd Poposki, and a repeat of the program will be held at William Paterson University on December 2nd. Next up, the all-piano event 'Three's Keys, ' featuring Taka Kigawa ('extraordinary pianist' -NYTimes,) as well as Inna Faliks, and Carlton Holmes ('Inventive' -Jazziz,) hosted by Klavierhaus on December 4th. For this program, composers Dan Cooper, Sean Hickey, Debra Kaye, Milica Paranosic, Gene Pritsker have composed a triple-piano suite, which will performed on Klavierhaus' antique instruments, including a 19th-Century Pleyel. On December 6th, an 'E-nstallation' will be presented at the innovative Gallery MC in Hell's Kitchen. This event will feature the electronic music of Lynn Bechtold, Svjetlana Bukvich, David Morneau, and Daniel Palkowski, among others, plus contemporary fashion designs by Vicky Vale and Patrick Kavanaugh. On December 7th, the CompCord String Orchestra (CCSO,) conducted by Thomas Carlo Bo, will take the stage of West Park Presbyterian Church on Manhattan's upper west side for the program 'Legends,' featuring music by Dan Cooper, Otto Luening, Milica Paranosic, Gene Pritsker, Dave Soldi er, and Randy Woolf. Guest artists include Tongo Eisen-Martin, Keve Wilson, and Publiquartet. Hip-hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa, whose influence will be heard in Soldier's 'Bambaataa Variations,' will be honored with a Legends award, to be received by a member of Bambaataa's Zulu Nation. On Sunday, December 8th, the festival week will wrap up at Drom NYC with a 'Fretathon,' a 3-hour program featuring fretted instruments, performed by no fewer than twenty-six of NYC's cutting-edge composers. Each of the 'Timbre Tantrum' events will include a brief reception.

The Sound It Out 1st Anniversary Hot House Festival & Fundraiser for Greenwich House Music School - taking place today, July 18 through Sunday July 21, 2013 - celebrates the first year of the Sound It Out series at Greenwich House, along with raising money for the venerable music school.

The Sound It Out 1st Anniversary Hot House Festival & Fundraiser for Greenwich House Music School - taking place Thursday July 18 through Sunday July 21, 2013 - celebrates the first year of the Sound It Out series at Greenwich House, along with raising money for the venerable music school.

Make Music New York presents the world premiere of Jed Distler's Broken Record, a piece composed for 175 battery-powered Yamaha keyboards and one Yamaha acoustic grand piano on Cornelia Street in the West Village today, June 21st. There will be two performances at 11am and 12 Noon in front of the Cornelia Street Cafe.

Make Music New York presents the world premiere of Jed Distler's Broken Record, a piece composed for 175 battery-powered Yamaha keyboards and one Yamaha acoustic grand piano on Cornelia Street in the West Village on Friday, June 21st. There will be two performances at 11am and 12 Noon in front of the Cornelia Street Café.

The International Street Cannibals, the multi-genre new music ensemble of seasoned chamber musicians/composers directed by Dan Barrett and co-directed by Dan Cooper and Chala Yancy, will inaugurate its 2012-13 season with Fishy Bizness in the main performance space of St. Mark's in-the-Bowery tonight, October 14 at 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, October 16 brings one of Symphony Space's starriest presentations of the season: "Crazy for…Gershwin!," headlined by violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and pianist Anne-Marie McDermott. They're accompanied by one of New York's most dynamic young music collectives: Le Train Bleu, conducted by Ransom Wilson. It all takes place at Symphony Space's Peter Jay Sharpe Theatre.

The International Street Cannibals, the multi-genre new music ensemble of seasoned chamber musicians/composers directed by Dan Barrett and co-directed by Dan Cooper and Chala Yancy, will inaugurate its 2012-13 season with Fishy Bizness in the main performance space of St. Mark's in-the-Bowery on Sunday, October 14 at 7:30 p.m.

For the final installment of Greenwich House Music School's 26th annual North River Music Series, pianist and GHMS faculty member Taka Kigawa will perform an evening of prized John Cage works, including selections from Cage's monumental Etudes Australes, tonight, June 7th in the school's Renee Weiler Concert Hall. This occasion will also mark Mr. Kigawa's first solo concert at Greenwich House Music School.

For the final installment of Greenwich House Music School's 26th annual North River Music Series, pianist and GHMS faculty member Taka Kigawa will perform an evening of prized John Cage works, including selections from Cage's monumental Etudes Australes, on Thursday, June 7th in the school's Renee Weiler Concert Hall. This occasion will also mark Mr. Kigawa's first solo concert at Greenwich House Music School.

The Greenwich Village music venue (Le) Poisson Rouge has announced a partnership with the Cambridge, MA-based streaming company Concert Window.

Mimesis Ensemble's 2011-12 season opens with 'Young Voices,' a program bringing together three of the foremost young composers for voice.

The Greenwich Village music venue (Le) Poisson Rouge has announced a partnership with the Cambridge, MA-based streaming company Concert Window.

Japan Society presents CONCERT FOR JAPAN, 12 hours of music and special activities to benefit Japan Society's Japan Earthquake Relief Fund.

The classical music world is gearing up to celebrate Frederic Chopin's 200th birthday on March 1st, and one of the most ambitious tributes in the world will be happening for free in downtown Manhattan.

The classical music world is gearing up to celebrate Frederic Chopin's 200th birthday on March 1st, and one of the most ambitious tributes in the world will be happening for free in downtown Manhattan.