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2008 April 2–5 Bang on a Can Bill Frisell Grizzly Bear The Dirty Projectors, Ben Verdery Andrew Bird Glenn Kotche Bryce Dessner |
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When artist Karl Jensen constructed the set for the first Music Now festival in 2006 his studio was unavailable to work in. So he designed and built it in his Williamsburg, Brooklyn kitchen. “Things got a little hairy,” recalls Jensen, “it took weeks. I had three assistants working there. Stuff was […]
Pianist Awadagin Pratt, a renowned performer of the classical repertoire, has recorded and performed internationally. He currently serves on the faculty of the College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati.
Learn more about Awadagin and the Pratt Music Foundation.
Erik Friedlander “can do things with a cello that should have a reasonable listener fearing for his or her life,” says PitchforkMedia.com, “Rostropovich one second and Rottweiler the next.” A virtuosic veteran of New York City’s downtown scene, Friedlander has backed John Zorn, Laurie Anderson and Courtney Love. Erik Friedlander is a unique cellist whose […]
Kyaw Kyaw Naing is a Burmese master musician with command of all of
the drums, tuned drum sets, xylophones, tuned gong sets, and other percussion instruments. He learned these traditions from his late father, Chein Tit Tee, one of the most famous masters of his generation.
Kyaw Kyaw performs mostly on the pat waing, the Burmese Drum […]
Jacques Ammon, native of Santiago de Chile, hails as one of the most sought-after pianists of his home country. Invited as artistic advisor for 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic Jacques helped produce their Grammy nominated CD production (EMI) of Latin-American music. Jacques Ammon began his studies with Margarita Herrera in Santiago and […]
Nick Zammuto and Paul de Jong are The Books. They have released three records and toured extensively, including a tour of the UK with Clogs.
After completing college studies in chemistry and the visual arts, Nick worked as an art-conservator before moving to New York City for a year to pursue his creative work. Foregoing […]
David Cossin made his debut at the festival in 2006 with Glenn Kotche, who is the drummer/percussionist for the rock band Wilco. Beyond Wilco, Kotche is a member of the experimental rock trio, Loose Fur, along with Jeff Tweedy and postclassical composer/producer Jim O’Rourke. Kotche is also a member of the jazz experimental […]
Bell Orchestre are a five-piece instrumental band from Montreal, Canada. In late 2003, they recorded their first album, at the same time and in the same studio that Arcade Fire recorded Funeral. However, Arcade Fire’s popularity was just beginning to break when they asked Bell Orchestre to tour with them in the fall of 2005, […]
An American songwriter with a penchant for storytelling, Sufjan Stevens mixes autobiography, religious fantasy, and regional history to create folk songs of epic proportions. His grand proposal to make a record for each of the 50 states has thus far transpired two albums, Michigan and Illinois.
A preoccupation with epic concepts has motivated other projects, […]
In more than fifteen years of their joint activity, Czech artists Irena Havlová and Vojtěch Havel have passed through several distinctive stages of development. They started to work together in the mid-80s, at the experimental Capella Antiqua e Moderna ensemble which […]
About
The MusicNOW festival began in 2006 to present musicians and music that takes risks and doesn’t fit neatly into any category.
The festival is curated by Bryce Dessner, who performs with Clogs and the National.
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Tickets are available for purchase online. All tickets are sold as WILL-CALL to be available for pickup at the shows.
Accolades
“Perhaps the single most important aspect of MusicNOW is its singularity. No other festival is colliding these musical worlds in quite the same way as Bryce Dessner's brainchild. It's a point that Worden drives home enthusiastically.”
– CityBeat
24 November 2005
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