Alex Ambrose

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Composer Arvo Pärt in a recording session

A World Apärt: 24-Hour Arvo Pärt Marathon

Tuesday, September 01, 2015

Celebrate the 80th birthday of Arvo Pärt today with an encore stream of A World Apärt: a 24-hour survey of one of the most revolutionary voices of the 21st century.

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'Einstein on the Beach' at the Brooklyn Academy of Music

Sportswear Company Makes its Pitch With Glass's 'Einstein on the Beach'

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

By Alex Ambrose : Senior Producer

The opening music of Philip Glass and director Robert Wilson's 1976 opera "Einstein on the Beach" is at the center of a new ad campaign celebrating athletic precision and endurance. 

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Latvia's Festival of Light, 'Staro Rīga,' at Latvian Parliament

24 Hours of Latvian New Music with 'Jaunā Mūzika: Latvija'

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Saturday August 29, Q2 Music presents an encore presentation of "Jaunā Mūzika: Latvija" (New Music: Latvia) – a 24-hour marathon of dynamic new music from the heart of the Baltics.

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Meredith Monk On Q2's 'Spaces'

Monday, November 17, 2014

By Kim Nowacki : Senior Social Media Lead / Alex Ambrose : Senior Producer

For more than 40 years, one sprawling, light-drenched, fifth-floor loft in Tribeca has played home to the life and white-hot creative energies of composer, choreographer, dancer and joyfully pioneering singer Meredith Monk.

In this episode of Q2 Spaces, we tour the living quarters, urban fairy-tale rehearsal space and ...

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Meredith Monk in her Tribeca loft.

Video: In Meredith Monk's Loft, Tortoise Dreams and Folk Music from Another Planet

Monday, November 17, 2014

By Alex Ambrose : Senior Producer / Kim Nowacki : Senior Social Media Lead

Tour the sprawling, fifth-floor Tribeca loft that has played home for over 40 years to the joyfully pioneering performer Meredith Monk.

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Celebrating Finnish Composers Einojuhani Rautavaara and Kaija Saariaho

Finn-to-Finn: 24-Hour Marathons of Einojuhani Rautavaara and Kaija Saariaho

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

All day today, we celebrate the upcoming birthday of influential Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho with a 24-hour survey of her music, hosted by Phil Kline.

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A Musical Tribute to Edgar Varèse, April 17, 1981

Tuesday, September 09, 2014

By Marcos Sueiro Bal / Alex Ambrose : Senior Producer

How a Frank Zappa-hosted concert of music by Varèse was resurrected
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Musical Mavericks Edgard Varèse and Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa Referees Tribute to Edgard Varèse

Tuesday, September 09, 2014

Q2 Music is thrilled to present an archival recording of the famous Frank Zappa-hosted concert of the music of Edgard Varèse, recorded April 17, 1981 at the now-defunct Palladium in NYC.

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Hmm... Can you repeat the question?

How to Talk to a Female Composer

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

By Alex Ambrose : Senior Producer

Interviewing a composer can be a daunting proposition, especially when confronted with the bodily reality of one who is non-male. Here's a how-to guide for beginners. 

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Her Music: Q2 Music's 24-Hour Celebration of Emerging Female Composers

Encore: 24-Hour Stream of Emerging Women Composers

Monday, August 25, 2014

Her Music, Q2 Music's 24-hour celebration of emerging female composers, features 134 composers, and it's streaming now until 11:59 pm.

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Young Woman Writing Music and Playing Piano

Her Music: Today's Emerging Female Composer

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

By Alex Ambrose : Senior Producer

Even as women have achieved growing parity in the ranks of professional musicians, their numbers are noticeably small in one key area: the composers whose works are performed.

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Kronos Quartet At 40: Songs We Love

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

By Alex Ambrose : Senior Producer / Anastasia Tsioulcas

Most every Kronos Quartet fan who has followed the group through its four-decade career has a favorite Kronos moment. Mine is from around 1990 in El Paso, Texas, when a performance of Istvan Marta's powerfully evocative Doom. A Sigh caused me to hyperventilate right there in the theater. ...

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Kronos Quartet

Kronos at 40: 24-Hour Marathon Anniversary Stream

Monday, March 24, 2014

On March 29, Q2 Music streamed an encore of KRONOS AT 40 – a marathon of 24 distinct hours surveying the Kronos Quartet's colossal contributions to 20th and 21st century music.

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Composer-Pianist Timo Andres in his Bed-Sty Apartment

Video: Timo Andres's Shy and Mighty Bed-Stuy Apartment

Monday, March 17, 2014

For this opening episode of Season Two of Q2 Spaces, composer-pianist Timo Andres takes us on a tour of his sharply decorated apartment in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. Watch the full episode now.

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Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen with composer Witold Lutosławski

Lutosławski 101 with Esa-Pekka Salonen

Thursday, November 07, 2013

Host Nadia Sirota explores three critical works in Lutosławski's catalog, Musique funèbre, Concerto for Orchestra and Les Espaces du sommeil, while offering insights and anecdotes fro...

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Zakopane, Poland

Lutosławski at 100: VII. Last Thoughts

Monday, November 04, 2013

By Steven Stucky

On Tuesday, Nov. 12, Q2 Music presents Lutosławski at 100 – a seven-part series hosted by Nadia Sirota celebrating the centenary of Polish icon Witold Lutosławski. Part Seven explores his last thoughts. 

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Gdańsk, Poland

Lutosławski at 100: VI. The Late Style

Monday, November 04, 2013

By Steven Stucky

On Tuesday, Nov. 12, Q2 Music presents Lutosławski at 100 – a seven-part series hosted by Nadia Sirota celebrating the centenary of Polish icon Witold Lutosławski. Part Six explores his late style. 

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Castle Square in Warsaw, Poland

Lutosławski at 100: V. Heroism and Dissent

Monday, November 04, 2013

By Steven Stucky

On Tuesday, Nov. 12, Q2 Music presents Lutosławski at 100 – a seven-part series hosted by Nadia Sirota celebrating the centenary of Polish icon Witold Lutosławski. Part Five explores heroism and dissent. 

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Gdańsk, Poland

Lutosławski at 100: IV. Consolidating the Mature Style

Monday, November 04, 2013

By Steven Stucky

On Tuesday, Nov. 12, Q2 Music presents Lutosławski at 100 – a seven-part series hosted by Nadia Sirota celebrating the centenary of Polish icon Witold Lutosławski. Part Four explores ...

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Old Town Market in Warsaw, Poland

Lutosławski at 100: III. Breakthrough to Modernism

Monday, November 04, 2013

By Steven Stucky

On Tuesday, Nov. 12, Q2 Music presents Lutosławski at 100 – a seven-part series hosted by Nadia Sirota celebrating the centenary of Polish icon Witold Lutosławski. Part Three explores...

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