Philip Glass
Opening (Glassworks, 1981)
The Aaron Siegel Ensemble and Percussion performing the first movement of Preparing the Past (2009), a three-movement work for two pianists, two glockenspiels and two vibraphones, at Issue Project Room, Brooklyn on June 3 2010. Live Video: Christy Edwards, Conductor: Aaron Siegel
"But the biggest distinguishing mark of the indie-classical scene is its lack of distinguishing marks. This is music that does not have to argue for its very right to exist, which means it's free to drift into dreamy cul-de-sacs, to explore drift and texture, to smear the borders of form."
-Jayson Greene (Pitchfork)
Indie-classical, new music, alt-classical, DIY indie--call it what you will.
yMusic, Clogs, Steve Reich, Son Lux, Nico Muhly, Sarah Kirkland Snider, My Brightest Diamond, David Lang, Philip Glass, Owen Pallett, Bryce Dessner, Aaron Dessner, Jonny Greenwood, Judd Greenstein, Kronos Quartet, eighth blackbird, Sufjan Stevens, and many more.
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