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Listening Room: Nico Muhly

02.01.2026 {Listening Room}

Listening Room: Nico Muhly

“No hyperbole: Liszt fully and rightfully stands among the very greatest masters in the pantheon of composers.”

– Alan Gilbert

24.11.2025 {Favorites}

Favorites: Alan Gilbert

"I try and make one statement during a performance and that's not so easy because there’ll always be different things in the piece you’d like to highlight, but if I can make one very clear statement that’s more likely to stay with an audience."

– Inmo Yang

25.11.2025 {Origins}

Origins: Inmo Yang

Listening Room: Timothy Ridout

02.01.2026 {Listening Room}

Listening Room: Timothy Ridout

"This instrument came to me at the moment I was rethinking my sound. I wanted to be freer, exploring sounds that are not just beautiful but with more possibilities for ugliness..."

– Inmo Yang

04.11.2025 {Stories}

Stories: Inmo Yang

"In a more abstract way, I do feel like every instrument is its own sonic world. I have very vivid associations with colors. I’m not synesthetic, but I do color code my sessions when I’m composing."

– Angélica Negrón

04.11.2025 {Origins}

Origins: Angélica Negrón

Listening Room: Anna Clyne

15.05.2025 {Listening Room}

Listening Room: Anna Clyne

“For me, I like that dissonance between what you expect and what you get, it’s so provocative."

– Jacquelyn Stucker

28.11.2025 {Favorites}

Favorites: Jacquelyn Stucker

"At a certain point in the symphony, during a rehearsal, a question comes from the first music stand of the second violins: ‘No ritenuto here? Nothing?’ I reply, with the arrogant confidence dictated by inexperience: ‘Of course not!’ I was wrong, of course.”

15.05.2025 {Stories}

Stories: Fabio Luisi

"There is something about The Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End that just gives me energy every time I hear it, which is daily. "

– Anna Lapwood

04.11.2025 {Favorites}

Favorites: Anna Lapwood

"As a 10-year-old, knowing what it takes to be great at something is a very, very valuable lesson, even though it came at a pretty high cost."

– Teddy Abrams

10.09.2025 {Origins}

M u s i c i a n s ' J o u r n a l

Listening Room: Nico Muhly

Listening Room: Nico Muhly

“No hyperbole: Liszt fully and rightfully stands among the very greatest masters in the pantheon of composers.”

– Alan Gilbert

Favorites: Alan Gilbert

"I try and make one statement during a performance and that's not so easy because there’ll always be different things in the piece you’d like to highlight, but if I can make one very clear statement that’s more likely to stay with an audience."

– Inmo Yang

Origins: Inmo Yang

Listening Room: Timothy Ridout

Listening Room: Timothy Ridout

"This instrument came to me at the moment I was rethinking my sound. I wanted to be freer, exploring sounds that are not just beautiful but with more possibilities for ugliness..."

– Inmo Yang

Stories: Inmo Yang

"In a more abstract way, I do feel like every instrument is its own sonic world. I have very vivid associations with colors. I’m not synesthetic, but I do color code my sessions when I’m composing."

– Angélica Negrón

Origins: Angélica Negrón

Listening Room: Anna Clyne

Listening Room: Anna Clyne

“For me, I like that dissonance between what you expect and what you get, it’s so provocative."

– Jacquelyn Stucker

Favorites: Jacquelyn Stucker

"At a certain point in the symphony, during a rehearsal, a question comes from the first music stand of the second violins: ‘No ritenuto here? Nothing?’ I reply, with the arrogant confidence dictated by inexperience: ‘Of course not!’ I was wrong, of course.”

Stories: Fabio Luisi

"There is something about The Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End that just gives me energy every time I hear it, which is daily. "

– Anna Lapwood

Favorites: Anna Lapwood

"As a 10-year-old, knowing what it takes to be great at something is a very, very valuable lesson, even though it came at a pretty high cost."

– Teddy Abrams

Origins: Teddy Abrams

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M u s i c i a n s ' J o u r n a l

Listening Room: Nico Muhly

Listening Room: Nico Muhly

“No hyperbole: Liszt fully and rightfully stands among the very greatest masters in the pantheon of composers.”

– Alan Gilbert

Favorites: Alan Gilbert

"I try and make one statement during a performance and that's not so easy because there’ll always be different things in the piece you’d like to highlight, but if I can make one very clear statement that’s more likely to stay with an audience."

– Inmo Yang

Origins: Inmo Yang

Listening Room: Timothy Ridout

Listening Room: Timothy Ridout

"This instrument came to me at the moment I was rethinking my sound. I wanted to be freer, exploring sounds that are not just beautiful but with more possibilities for ugliness..."

– Inmo Yang

Stories: Inmo Yang

"In a more abstract way, I do feel like every instrument is its own sonic world. I have very vivid associations with colors. I’m not synesthetic, but I do color code my sessions when I’m composing."

– Angélica Negrón

Origins: Angélica Negrón

Listening Room: Anna Clyne

Listening Room: Anna Clyne

“For me, I like that dissonance between what you expect and what you get, it’s so provocative."

– Jacquelyn Stucker

Favorites: Jacquelyn Stucker

"At a certain point in the symphony, during a rehearsal, a question comes from the first music stand of the second violins: ‘No ritenuto here? Nothing?’ I reply, with the arrogant confidence dictated by inexperience: ‘Of course not!’ I was wrong, of course.”

Stories: Fabio Luisi

"There is something about The Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End that just gives me energy every time I hear it, which is daily. "

– Anna Lapwood

Favorites: Anna Lapwood

"As a 10-year-old, knowing what it takes to be great at something is a very, very valuable lesson, even though it came at a pretty high cost."

– Teddy Abrams

Origins: Teddy Abrams

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