Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival – Past Concerts
Inspired by Pierre Boulez "Perspective Encounters" series, composer and conductor Victoria Bond founded Cutting Edge Concerts in 1998. With 26 years of concerts, Cutting Edge Concerts has presented over 300 new works by more than 200 composers. Each program highlights the music of living composers, all of whom attend the concert. Along with performances by world-class ensembles and soloists, each program features on-stage discussions between host Victoria Bond and the composers.
Cutting Edge Concerts: Four Strings Around the World & 'Mrs. President'
Wednesday, October 9, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre at Symphony Space, New York, NY, United States
Jerod Impichcha̲achaaha' Tate
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Selected works
Reza Vali — Selected works
Violeta Dinescu — Selected works
Shirish Korde — Selected works
Victoria Bond — Mrs. President (selected arias)
Reza Vali — Selected works
Violeta Dinescu — Selected works
Shirish Korde — Selected works
Victoria Bond — Mrs. President (selected arias)
$25 advance, $30 at the door
Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival presents the Cassatt String Quartet & Pianist Ursula Oppens
Tuesday, March 12, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre at Symphony Space, New York, NY, United States
Victoria Bond
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Blue and Green Music
Tania León — Ethos
Wang Jie — Song for Mahler in the Absence of Words
Joan Tower — Dumbarton Quintet
Tania León — Ethos
Wang Jie — Song for Mahler in the Absence of Words
Joan Tower — Dumbarton Quintet
$30
Cutting Edge Concerts & The Village Trip present Michael Kelly, baritone & Bradley Moore, piano
Saturday, September 9, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
Salmagundi Club, New York, NY, United States of America
Program includes works by
Victoria Bond,
John Cage,
Elliott Carter,
John Corigliano,
David Del Tredici,
John Glover,
John Musto, and
Astor Piazzolla.
$30
Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival: Miranda Cuckson, violin; Eliesha Nelson, viola; Brian Thornton, cello
Wednesday, September 6, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
Symphony Space, New York, NY, United States
Victoria Bond
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Selected works
Missy Mazzoli — Selected works
Jeffrey Mumford — Selected works (NYC premiere)
Ileana Perez Velazquez — Selected works (NYC premiere)
Nina Barzegar — Selected works
Mina Arissian — Cello Sonata (world premiere)
Missy Mazzoli — Selected works
Jeffrey Mumford — Selected works (NYC premiere)
Ileana Perez Velazquez — Selected works (NYC premiere)
Nina Barzegar — Selected works
Mina Arissian — Cello Sonata (world premiere)
$25 advance, $30 at the door
Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival: The Way of the Mountains & Desert
Wednesday, May 24, 2023 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (EDT)
The Kosciuszko Foundation, New York, NY, United States
James Nyoraku Schlefer
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Sidewalk Dances
Ron Warren — Lunas y Agua No. 5 (James Nyoraku Schlefer, shakuhachi & Warren, native flute)
Philip Glass — Piano Concerto No. 2 "After Lewis and Clark"
Victoria Bond — Rashomon
Ron Warren — Love Song for This Earth
Ron Warren — The Way of Mountains and Desert (NY premiere)
Ron Warren — Beads
Ron Warren — Lunas y Agua No. 5 (James Nyoraku Schlefer, shakuhachi & Warren, native flute)
Philip Glass — Piano Concerto No. 2 "After Lewis and Clark"
Victoria Bond — Rashomon
Ron Warren — Love Song for This Earth
Ron Warren — The Way of Mountains and Desert (NY premiere)
Ron Warren — Beads
$25
Cutting Edge Concerts 25th Anniversary Season Finale
Saturday, October 22, 2022 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (EDT)
Tenri Cultural Institute of New York, New York, NY, United States
Victoria Bond
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Selected works
(songs)
Victoria Bond — Good-Bye My Fancy (world premiere)
Victoria Bond — Illuminations on Three Byzantine Chants
David Del Tredici — Gay Life (selections)
Robert Helps — Recollections
Dalit Warshaw — Different Loves
Victoria Bond — Good-Bye My Fancy (world premiere)
Victoria Bond — Illuminations on Three Byzantine Chants
David Del Tredici — Gay Life (selections)
Robert Helps — Recollections
Dalit Warshaw — Different Loves
$25
Kings, Giants, & Robots – Vocal Music of Paterson, Bond, & Garfein
Friday, May 13, 2022 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture, New York, NY, United States
Victoria Bond
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How Gulliver Returned Home in a Manner that was Very Not Direct
(puppet operetta; libretto by Stephen Greco)
Herschel Garfein — King of the River (text by Stanley Kunitz)
Robert Paterson — The Companion (libretto by David Cote)
Herschel Garfein — King of the River (text by Stanley Kunitz)
Robert Paterson — The Companion (libretto by David Cote)
$32
Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival: Immigrant Dreams [LIVE]
Monday, April 19, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (EDT)
Online event
Ron Warren – Distances Between 2 (NY Premiere)
Ron Warren – Beads 1, 2, 3, 4
Philip Glass, arr. Paul Barnes – Piano Quintet No. 1 “Annunciation” (NY premiere)
David von Kampen – Trisagion (NY premiere)
Victoria Bond – Potirion Sotiriu, Simeron Kremate, Enite ton Kyrion (world premiere)
Ron Warren – Beads 1, 2, 3, 4
Philip Glass, arr. Paul Barnes – Piano Quintet No. 1 “Annunciation” (NY premiere)
David von Kampen – Trisagion (NY premiere)
Victoria Bond – Potirion Sotiriu, Simeron Kremate, Enite ton Kyrion (world premiere)
Free (Free)