On July 27, the Massachussetts Museum of Contemporary Art and Bang on a Can present Julia Wolfe’s mesmerizing evening-length art ballad Steel Hammer as part of the Bang on a Can Summer Festival. The work is inspired by her love for the legends and music of Appalachia, and culls from both the music and oral […]
Read MoreFrom May 9 through 13, Julia Wolfe’s Steel Hammer, her evening-length exploration of the American tale of John Henry, receives several European premieres with the Bang on a Can All-Stars and Trio Mediaeval. May 9: Belgian premiere at the Concertgebouw Brugge May 11: UK premiere at the Barbican Center in London, part of the festival […]
Read More[video:http://youtu.be/aT5B6tmNYWA width:300 height:300] It’s been a long time coming, but Shelter is finally here! The latest collaborative work by Michael Gordon, David Lang, and Julia Wolfe is a modern oratorio that reunites the Bang on a Can founders with Deborah Artman (author of the libretto for 2001’s Lost Objects). Produced by Michael Riesman, this premiere […]
Read More[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLc44Ra387k width:300 height:169]From January 29 through February 2 the Aire de Jeu festival at Les Subsistances in Lyon, France — the International Laboratory for artistic creation dedicated to theatre, dance, and contemporary circus — features four works (Dig Deep, Dark Full Ride, Lad and Stronghold) by composer Julia Wolfe choreographed by Arkadi Zaides, Maud Le […]
Read MoreOn October 11 on the Ether Festival at London’s Southbank Centre, international percussion super star, Colin Currie (with Keith Lockhart and the BBC Concert Orchestra) premieres Wolfe’s newest work for orchestra, riSE and fLY for percussion and orchestra, at the South Bank Centre’s Ether Festival in London. Using street percussion (buckets and junk percussion) and […]
Read MoreAt the Barbican Centre in London, on March 20, 2012, the Bang on a Can All-Stars premiere Field Recordings — with new works by Gordon, Lang and Wolfe. The evening-length project that is as much a mystery as a concert – a kind of ghost story. The ghosts aren’t the physical presence of people gone […]
Read MoreWolfe’s critically-acclaimed work Fuel was given its Dutch premiere by the Residentie Orkest. Click here for more.
Read MoreJulia Wolfe’s critically-acclaimed work Steel Hammer receives its Boston premiere on November 12 at MIT. Click here for more info.
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