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Jaga Jazzist is an eight-piece Norwegian instrumental ensemble that draws inspiration from jazz, vintage funk, Krautrock and shoegaze. But it adds up to something different: a mesmerizing, exploratory and overwhelmingly energetic sound. Led by composer Lars Horntveth, the band first came together in 1994, and to date has released seven full-length …

Bruce Brubaker and Francesco Tristano are two virtuoso pianists from very different musical backgrounds. Brubaker is known for his performances of music by John Adams and Meredith Monk whereas Tristano alternates classical performances with beat-driven electronic dance music. On “The Glass Piano Versions” the two mix their influences with Philip Gl…

The music of GABI is hard to pin down. Chopped vocal fragments float and cluster among classical orchestration, found sounds and abstract electronic textures. Taking cues from Meredith Monk and Björk, her music uses the power of the human voice to create strange, densely-textured soundscapes. --- About the podcast: LPR Live brings the excitement of…

For composer Daniel Wohl, the distinction between a physical performer and an electronic sound is inconsequential. While he builds on the traditions of heady electronic pioneers like Morton Subotnick and Paul Lansky, he also draws inspiration from pulse-driven dance beats and minimalist chamber music. On this episode, Wohl discusses the art, appeal…

Eartheater is the solo project of Queens-based singer, songwriter and guitarist Alexandra Drewchin. Her music exists in an alien world all its own, often incorporating looped textures and pitch-shifted vocals alongside elements of mystical folk and ambient music. On this episode, she discusses her process, the singular and nomadic lifestyle of the …

Composer Dan Trueman is the inventor of a new instrument: the prepared digital piano. Last October, we joined Trueman and So Percussion's Adam Sliwinski for conversation and a performance demonstrating the interactive instrument's capabilities, which utilize old-fashioned composition techniques while looking toward the future of music performance. …

Port St. Willow, the project of Brooklyn-based Nicholas Principe, performed its second improvisational, atmospheric album Syncope at Le Poisson Rouge this past November. Join Principe, multi-instrumentalist Andrew Dunn and drummer Tommy Crane backstage to discuss the art of performing ambient music live and bringing new life to recorded music in a …

Join the ambitious chamber group Ensemble LPR for a performance by American composer Andrew Norman. His 'Grand Turismo' for eight virtuoso violinists, draws its inspiration from the racing-car video game of the same name. --- About the podcast: LPR Live brings the excitement of the live-concert experience back to life with recordings from Greenwich…

Bing & Ruth – an ensemble of classically trained musicians – blends the colors of ambient electronic music with contemporary classical and jazz. Join us for backstage conversation with band-members and an exclusive performance. --- About the podcast: LPR Live brings the excitement of the live-concert experience back to life with recordings from Gre…

The second season of LPR Live launches with composer and Arcade Fire violinist Sarah Neufeld. Her new album "The Ridge" melds elements of classical, folk and pop. --- About the podcast: LPR Live brings the excitement of the live-concert experience back to life with recordings from Greenwich Village’s pioneering Le Poisson Rouge in New York City. Dr…

Despite being one of relatively few chamber music pieces in his catalog, John Adams’s 2008 String Quartet stands among the composer’s most compelling works and has been solidly adopted into the chamber-music canon. This episode features a live performance of the titanic two-movement piece, performed live at Le Poisson Rouge by the Attacca Quartet. …

If you're a composer and you at least partially acknowledge the musical history that came before you, you're left in a tough position. How can you even put pen to paper when so much profound music already exists? Do you disregard it? Build upon it? Scrawl graffiti on its pages or bow in reverence? In this episode we hear music that does a little bi…

David Lang's music hangs beautifully in the balance between head and heart. Despite the intricate mathematical undercurrents of his musical language and the rigorous construction of his forms, Lang's music is always primarily concerned with expression. This episode of LPR Live features two movements from Lang's Memory Pieces for piano, one of the c…

Simply put, the vast majority of classical music performance features the work of dead composers. Performers don't have the chance to ask a work's creator for advice; can't inquire about phrasing, articulation, or dynamics; and almost never were these pieces written specifically for them. For this episode of LPR Live, however, quite the opposite is…

One of America’s most revered experimentalists, Terry Riley turned 80 years old in 2015. Somehow, he remains eternally youthful and effortlessly hip, continuing to compose and perform at an invigorated pace. For decades now Riley has furthered the musical traditions he helped start in the '60s while serving as an inspiration to newer and younger ge…

Christopher Cerrone is one of those “on-the-brink” artists. The Brooklyn-based composer, riding an impressive wave of accolade and acclaim for his opera Invisible Cities, can seemingly not be heard enough, accumulating important commissions and performances across the country. This episode of LPR Live offers a bird’s eye view of his work for string…

On paper John Cage and Domenico Scarlatti—the experimental American composer and the late-Baroque keyboard maverick—make for an odd juxtaposition. But where some might hear contrast in the sonatas of this unlikely couple, pianist David Greilsammer hears complement. This episode of LPR Live features the Israeli virtuoso live in performance of four s…

LPR Live, a new podcast from WQXR's Q2 Music showcasing music recorded live at Greenwich Village's Le Poisson Rouge, launches with a throwback to Steve Reich's seminal 1988 Different Trains for string quartet and tape, performed by the American Contemporary Music Ensemble (ACME). Steve Reich undoubtedly stands as one of America’s most influential c…