Yuan-Chen Li first arrived on the contemporary music scene in Taiwan with her very personal use of instrumentation and style in her chamber music piece Zang (the funeral) in 2000. In 2003, the expression and orchestration of her [...]
It’s a new month, and our artists have been busy creating new music that is finally ready to be heard. From orchestral to chamber, piano to electronics, this month has it all. Discover who’s making new [...]
After finishing his studies in piano, church organ, and choral conducting in Utrecht, Hans Bakker began teaching piano at music schools in two places in the Netherlands. Apart from his teaching practice, he conducted two choirs [...]
It's a new month, and our artists have been busy creating new music that is finally ready to be heard. From orchestral to chamber, vocal to instrumental, this month has it all. Discover who's making new [...]
Each month, PARMA has the pleasure of not only releasing powerful works by our artists, but also seeing the positive impact that these works have on listeners. Read on for a selection of what the press [...]
We recently had the opportunity to catch up with Dr. Mike Fansler, Professor of Music and Director of Bands at Western Illinois University. Under Mike's leadership, the Western Illinois Wind Ensemble maintains a demanding performance schedule, [...]
Jan Järvlepp was born in Ottawa, Canada of Estonian and Finnish parents in 1953. He began playing pop guitar at the age of 12 and took up cello in high school at the age of 14. [...]
Hailed by the New York Times as “An interesting composer” and “attractive and tonal” with music described as “a passionate duet” and “a sprightly songfest,” prolific contemporary composer Mira J. Spektor’s career spans decades, languages, and disciplines. With [...]
It's getting colder, Halloween is right around the corner, but we're feeling anything but dark and dreary with new music on the rise. Enjoy the mid-autumn feeling with rousing jazz, history-transcending piano duets, thought-provoking ambient and [...]
Ergon Ensemble is an Athens-based contemporary music ensemble created in 2008 for performing works by living composers as well as masterpieces of 20th and 21st-century avant-garde music. Noted for its exciting interpretations and meticulous preparation, it [...]
