Press Quotes
“Long Play has been around only since last year, but it is already the most important classical music festival in New York City.” – The New York Times
“Perhaps the most radical notion that has taken root thanks to Bang on a Can is that of success through generosity, with composers attending each other’s concerts, playing each other’s music and founding record labels that foster new voices.” – The New York Times
“Bang on a Can has grown over the decades into one of the contemporary music world’s primary centers of gravity — though gravity might not be the right word. Evident and animate throughout the group’s own musical output, as well as its commissioning initiatives, residency programs, and not one but two annual festivals is an abiding belief in the creation of music as “a utopian act.” – The Washington Post
“Thus, the goal of LOUD Weekend is to imagine the world that’s yet to exist — one where composers and musicians work on equal footing, where programming is collaborative and challenging, where creation builds community, where audiences appreciate risk (and don’t mind a measure of surrender).” – The Washington Post
“And if there’s one thing to celebrate about Bang on a Can (other than the fabulous music), it is the warm sense of community: the vibe was something like a family reunion, with the house filled by students, founders, Bang on a Can Summer Festival alumni, composers and performers, and of course enthusiasts and supporters.” – I Care If You Listen
Articles
Bang on a Can LOUD Weekend Ends with Woman-Led Sets United by Honesty and Ferocity
Whither the avant-garde? Making a racket in the Berkshires.
Notes from Bang on a Can’s 2024 Long Play Festival
Long Play festival hits high with sensational performance of Steve Reich masterpiece — review
Bang On A Can Cap Long Play Fest With Steve Reich’s ’18 Musicians’
Long Play Rises to the Top of New York Classical Music Festivals
Prophets of Possibility: Bang on a Can Is Building a Musical Cadre of American Experimentalists
Composers Give New Shape to Ornette Coleman’s Jazz
As Bang on a Can Returns, a New Generation Rises
How a Scrappy Arts Group Survived the ’90s
How Bang on a Can helped remake the world of new music
David Lang’s ‘the loser’ brought to brilliant life through the hypnotic Rod Gilfry
With Protest and Fire, an Oratorio Mourns a Tragedy
Bang on a Can: The 2018 People’s Commissioning Fund Concert
Bang on a Can at 30
A Dazzling Chinese Singer’s Riveting Song Cycle
At 30, Bang on a Can Still Seethes With Energy
‘Steel Hammer’ bangs out a spectacularly inventive social message at UCLA’s Royce Hall
Bang on a Can Marathon Stays as Eclectic and Playful as Ever
This Woman just won the Pulitzer Prize for Music
