Francesca Verunelli

Francesca Verunelli

Another Ircam product receives a portrait at Miller, this time an Italian composer who counts Susanna Malkki among her advocates. 

Iancu Dumitrescu

Iancu Dumitrescu

Born in 1944 in Romania, the composer Iancu Dumitrescu has been a leading figure in Eastern European contemporary music, long associated with the spectral style of composition. 

Ashley Fure

Ashley Fure

This young composer is better known in the European experimental scene than here, but that should change with this Composer Portrait, the first of the season. 

John Luther Adams

John Luther Adams

The composer John Luther Adams’s shimmering sonic landscapes are inspired by nature, including the beautiful panoramas of Alaska, where he lived for decades before moving to … 

Matt Haimovitz

Matt Haimovitz

This adventurous cellist, a musical pioneer who has brought classical music into alternate spaces for over a decade, offers spontaneous performances of the Bach suites at different… 

League of Composers

League of Composers

The League of Composers, the oldest American organization devoted to contemporary music, founded in 1923, presented its orchestra in the final concert of the season at Columbia Uni… 

American Contemporary Music Ensemble

American Contemporary Music Ensemble

As part of the Pop Up Concerts series at the Miller Theater, the adventurous American Contemporary Music Ensemble offers a program of works by the pianist and composer Timo Andres,… 

Bach, Revisited

Bach, Revisited

Miller Theater’s final concert of the year looks enticing, probing the close relationship between Sofia Gubaidulina and Johann Sebastian Bach. 

Composer Portrait: Anna Clyne

Composer Portrait: Anna Clyne

Miller Theater’s last composer portrait of the season sketches the work of the London-born Anna Clyne, who is just completing her tenure as composer in residence at the Chica… 

Les Délices

Les Délices

This Cleveland-based early-music ensemble brings a fascinating program, entitled “Myths & Allegories,” to Miller Theater. 

Composer Portrait: Augusta Read Thomas

Composer Portrait: Augusta Read Thomas

Of the four works on August Read Thomas’s program in the Miller Theater’s wonderful series, two are world premieres. 

Composer Portrait: Stefano Gervasoni

Composer Portrait: Stefano Gervasoni

Next up in the Miller Theater’s endlessly important series, which  looks at single contemporary composers, is this professor at the Paris Conservatoire. 

Composer Portrait: Missy Mazzoli

Composer Portrait: Missy Mazzoli

Seven of Ms. 

Miller Theater

Miller Theater

Keeril Makan is the latest focus of the exceptional “Composer Portraits” series at Columbia University’s Miller Theater. 

Composer Portraits: Bernard Rands

Composer Portraits: Bernard Rands

The next to be highlighted in this Miller Theater series is Bernard Rands, a student of Luigi Nono, Luciano Berio and others. 

Composer Portraits: Chaya Czernowin

Composer Portraits: Chaya Czernowin

This Israeli composer is the latest focus of Miller Theater’s innovative Composer Portraits series. 

Composer Portrait: Chou Wen-chung

Composer Portrait: Chou Wen-chung

To many, the 91-year-old composer Chou Wen-chung is revered as the trailblazer who paved the way for and mentored a generation of successful Chinese-born composers, and as Varè… 

Heart & Breath

Heart & Breath

The adventurous Miller Theater at Columbia University opens its season with the intriguing program “Heart & Breath: Colombine’s Paradise Theater,” featuring t… 

Orchestra of the League of Composers

Orchestra of the League of Composers

This ensemble, devoted to modern music, offers a stimulating mixture for its season finale, including works by David Froom, Suzanne Farrin, David Lang and Philip Glass (a scene fro… 

Ensemble Signal

Ensemble Signal

The Miller Theater at Columbia University continues its tripartite series of concerts pairing works by Bach with music by contemporary composers inspired by or reacting to them. 

Barnard/Columbia Dances

Barnard/Columbia Dances

Twyla Tharp graduated from Barnard in 1963, and she’s still showing love for her alma mater. 

Bach Revisited

Bach Revisited

The composer Joan Tower welcomes the Curtis 20/21 Ensemble for an evening of conversation between performance of her music and works by Bach. 

Miller Composer Portrait: Liza Lim

Miller Composer Portrait: Liza Lim

This season’s final installation of this series explores the work of the Australian composer Liza Lim, whose works reflect her interest in aboriginal culture.