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Alone Together: Jennifer Koh on new commissions and creative spaces for artists to tell their stories

Jennifer Koh
© Jürgen Frank
Jennifer Koh
© Jürgen Frank
Jennifer Koh
© Jürgen Frank
Jennifer Koh performing at Sun Valley's Winter Festival
© Nils Ribi
By Kurt Gottschalk, 21 March 2022
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“it’s about building a new creative space where people of color are the tellers of their own stories”
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Kurt Gottschalk
Kurt Gottschalk

Kurt Gottschalk is a journalist and author based in New York City. His writings on contemporary and classical music, jazz and improvisation have been published in outlets throughout Europe and America and he has two volumes of short fiction to his name. He produced and hosted the Miniature Minotaurs radio programme on WFMU and currently hosts Afternoon New Music on WKCR.