Bang on a Can – Past Concerts
Bang on a Can at the Noguchi: Issei Herr + Matt Evans
Sunday, August 27, 2023 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (EDT)
The Noguchi Museum, Queens, NY, United States
Issei Herr
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Selected works
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Julia Wolfe: Anthracite Fields
Thursday, May 19, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
Carnegie Hall (Zankel Hall), New York, NY, United States
$45-$60
LONG PLAY Festival 2022
Sunday, May 1, 2022 @ 2:00pm – 11:30pm (EDT)
Various locations in Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Bang on a Can announces the launch of LONG PLAY, a new destination music festival bringing 60+ performances at 8 venues over 3 days to Down…
$95 single day pass, $195 3-day pass, $350 VIP pass
LONG PLAY Festival 2022
Saturday, April 30, 2022 @ 2:00pm – 11:30pm (EDT)
Various locations in Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Bang on a Can announces the launch of LONG PLAY, a new destination music festival bringing 60+ performances at 8 venues over 3 days to Down…
$95 single day pass, $195 3-day pass, $350 VIP pass
LONG PLAY Festival 2022
Friday, April 29, 2022 @ 2:00pm – 11:30pm (EDT)
Various locations in Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Bang on a Can announces the launch of LONG PLAY, a new destination music festival bringing 60+ performances at 8 venues over 3 days to Down…
$95 single day pass, $195 3-day pass, $350 VIP pass
Kaufman Music Center – Ecstatic Music: Bang on a Can People’s Commissioning Fund Concert
Thursday, January 20, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EST)
Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center, New York, NY, United States
Program includes works by
Jeffrey Brooks,
Nick Dunston,
Fred Frith,
Soo Yeon Lyuh,
Tomeka Reid,
Aeryn Santillan,
Ken Thomson, and
Trevor Weston.
$25
Steve Reich & Amy Sillman – a live conversation with performances by Bang on a Can All-Stars
Thursday, May 13, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (EDT)
Online event
Live conversation with composer Steve Reich & painter Amy Sillman, plus performances of 2 Reich classics: Piano Phase/Video Phase & Electric Counterpoint, by David Cossin (percussion) & Mark Stewart (electric guitar).
Free (Free)
Cal Performances At Home: Bang on a Can – Julia Wolfe’s 'Steel Hammer' (broadcast on-demand until 8/4/2021)
Thursday, May 6, 2021 @ 10:00pm – 12:00am (EDT)
Online event
Premiere of Steel Hammer, a new film featuring the acclaimed oratorio – a meditation on over 200 versions of the "John Henry" folk ballad – by Bang on a Can co-founder/Pulitzer Prize-winner Julia Wolfe.
$15-$225 ($5 UCB student)
Bang on a Can Marathon – All Commissions, All World Premieres [LIVE]
Sunday, April 18, 2021 @ 1:00pm – 5:00pm (EDT)
Online event
World premiere performances of newly commissioned works by Matana Roberts, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Jonathan Bailey Holland, & many more. Streamed from musicians' homes around the country & across the world.
Free
Bang on a Can Marathon – MaerzMusik Edition [LIVE]
Sunday, March 21, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 7:00pm (EDT)
Online event
4 hours of live performances from both sides of the Atlantic in this special event for Berlin's MaerzMusik Festival for Time Issues. Performances by Vicky Chow, Claire Chase, Robert Black, & more.
Free (Free (registration required))
First Fridays with Robert Black [LIVE]
Friday, March 5, 2021 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (EST)
Online event
Series of virtual mini-concerts featuring new music for solo double bass. In this installment: James Tenney's Beast, Stuart Saunders Smith's Tunnels, & Rifat Komachkov's Sonata.
Free (Free)
Bang on a Can Marathon – All Commissions, All World Premieres [LIVE]
Sunday, February 21, 2021 @ 1:00pm – 5:00pm (EST)
Online event
16 brand new works by 16 pioneering composers in 4 hours. Featured artists include Alvin Lucier, Bora Yoon, Eve Beglarian, Gabriel Kahane, Molly Barth, Robert Black, Vicky Chow, & many more.
Free (Free (donations encouraged))
Laraaji & L’Rain presented by Bang on a Can, BOMB Magazine, & the Jewish Museum [LIVE]
Thursday, February 4, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (EST)
Online event
Live concert performance by piano/zither/mbira specialist Laraaji from his home studio in New York City. Also, Laraaji & experimental musician L'Rain join Bang on a Can & BOMB Magazine in conversation.
Free (Donations accepted)
OneBeat Marathon [LIVE]
Bang on a Can and
OneBeat
Sunday, November 15, 2020 @ 12:00pm – 4:00pm (EST)
Online event
OneBeat & Bang on a Can celebrate 10 years of building bridges with music across geographies, nationalities, & cultures with this 4-hour live marathon concert.
Free (Free)
Bang on a Can & The Noguchi Museum Present Meredith Monk & John Hollenbeck – Duet Behavior 2020
Wednesday, October 28, 2020 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
Online event
Long-time friends & colleagues Meredith Monk (voice) & John Hollenbeck (percussion) expand & improvise on pieces from Monk’s 50+ year catalogue, generating new arrangements of her iconic compositions.
Free (Free)
Bang on a Can Marathon Live Online [LIVE]
Sunday, October 18, 2020 @ 3:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
Online event
Special birthday tribute to George Crumb; solo sonic adventure featuring guitarist-composer Bill Frisell; 9 world premieres; & performances by Hauschka, Nathalie Joachim, Du Yun, & many more.
Free (Pay what you can)
Bang on a Can: Michael Gordon’s House Music
Wednesday, September 23, 2020 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
Online event
Cellist Ashley Bathgate performs Michael Gordon’s House Music, an hour-long concert of virtuosic cello songs written to be performed only in intimate spaces – in this case, her home & yours.
$25
Bang on a Can Marathon 3
Sunday, August 16, 2020 @ 3:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
Online event
11 world premieres & performances from 40+ artists, including Missy Mazzoli, Tyondai Braxton, Jeremy Denk, Kaki King, & many more.
Free
Bang on a Can Marathon 2
Sunday, June 14, 2020 @ 3:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
Online event
6 hours of adventurous new music, featuring works and performances by Rhiannon Giddens, Terry Riley, Nico Muhly, Conrad Tao, Pamela Z, and many more.
Free
Bang on a Can Marathon
Sunday, May 3, 2020 @ 3:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
Online event
6 hours of adventurous new music, featuring works and performances by Meredith Monk, Philip Glass, Vijay Iyer, Nathalie Joachim, and many more.
Free
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