Bang on a Can

Bang on a Can turned 25! Thank you to all who shared your memories with us at www.bangonacan25.org as we celebrated this milestone with the latest All-Stars CD Big Beautiful Dark and Scary. We were thrilled to hear from more than 5000 of you in stories from the sweet to the surreal, from the hysterical to the sublime. And most of all, we were honored to celebrate 25 years of wild and innovative music making- here's to 25 more!

If you missed the download window don't fear: Big Beautiful Dark a

On January 17+18 the Bang on a Can All-Stars united with Steve Reich, Steve Schick, and California's red fish blue fish in two all-Reich programs celebrating the composer's 75th Birthday! January 17 the ensembles played LA's Disney Hall, giving the West Coast premiere of 2x5 as well as performances of Clapping Music, Piano Phase/ Video Phase, and Music for 18 Musicians. (Read the LA Times review here!) On January 18, the groups headed to the University of San Diego in a program of Music for

On November 5 the Bang on a Can All-Stars took the stage at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall in their first New York performance of Bang on a Can @ 25 Years!

At the centerpiece of the program was the New York premiere of Life by the revolutionary Louis Andriessen, with film by Marijke Van Warmerdam. Also on the program was the quiet and poignant for Madeleine by Bang on a Can co-founder Michael Gordon; the hard-driving sunray by Bang on a Can co-founder David Lang; the poly-rhythmic Glamour Girl

On June 19 Bang on a Can presented its annual super-mix Marathon of ear-bending music featuring hundreds of performers and composers from around the globe. Read the New York Times review by Vivien Schweitzer in the attached PDF.

On April 30, the Bang on a Can All-Stars joined forces with eighth blackbird, Kronos Quartet, and SO Percussion in a celebration concert of Steve Reich's 75th birthday. Read the NY Times review by Allan Kozinn in the attached PDF.

"Banglewood" turned 10! From July 13-30 Bang on a Can and MASS MoCA celebrated all that is experimental in the music & art world during the Bang on a Can Summer Festival at MASS MoCA 10th Anniversary Season. This year's highlights included a day long tribute to the pioneering composer John Adams, the Composer Premiere concert featuring world premieres by our international composition fellows, our ear-bending Marathon and MUCH MORE!

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On February 10 the Bang on a Can All-Stars premiered three brand new pieces by indie guitar virtuoso Bryce Dessner (widely known for his band The National), tabla master-soundtrack artist Karsh Kale, and electro-soundsmith Nick Brooke at Merkin Hall as a part of the Ecstatic Music Festival. Read the New York Times review in the attached PDF.

Allan Kozinn reviewed Julia Wolfe's tremendous "Steel Hammer," performed by Bang on a Can All-Stars and Trio Mediaeval. See attached PDF for the complete review!