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A political composer? John Adams revisits Nixon in China

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Alternative future sonic worlds: Ultima Oslo

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Composition as learning: Cassandra Miller

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The river knows itself: the music of Liza Lim

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Eclectic programming of a restless spirit: Conrad Tao

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Magical realism in miniature: Caroline Shaw

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The multiple personalities of Josephine Stephenson

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Hannah Kendall on the eternal plantation

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On a voyage of self-discovery: Judit Varga

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Eight women composers to watch in 2023

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The Dawn Has Risen: a playlist of Ukrainian music

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Six contemporary women composers in Estonia

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Kimmel Center, Perelman Theater

Tue 9 Dec at 19:30

Stravinsky, Khachaturian, Armstrong, Menotti, Coleman

Mhoon, McGill, Goosby

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Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ: Main Hall

Tue 9 Dec at 20:15

Britten, Poulenc, Dove, Howells

Justin Doyle, RIAS Kammerchor Berlin

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Auditorio de Tenerife: Sala de Cámara

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Tue 9 Dec at 19:30

Mompou, Albéniz, Granados, Kapustin, Gershwin

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Modern mayhem from Thomas Adès and the Czech Philharmonic

By Frank Kuznik

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An empty glitter bomb: Aschenbrödels Traum at the Volksoper Wien

By Chanda VanderHart

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Matthew Aucoin’s Song of the Reappeared: high intensity from Chicago Symphony Orchestra

By Graham Meyer

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