Either/Or's Phenomenal Philip Guston

By Rebecca Lentjes, 01 July 2014

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“musicianship - and endurance - at its finest, and composition at its most enduring and extraordinary”

Reviewed at Issue Project Room, New York City on 29 June 2014

Feldman, For Philip Guston

Richard Carrick, Piano

Margaret Lancaster, Flute

David Shively, Percussion

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Rebecca Lentjes

Rebecca graduated from New York University in 2012, where she studied Music and Romance Languages. She now works as an assistant editor at RILM (Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale) and as manager of contemporary music collective ensemble mise-en.

Either/Or plays For Philip Guston at Issue Project Room