BANG ON A CAN
David Lang, Michael Gordon, Julia Wolfe. Artistic Directors of Bang on a Can.
Click on the image to be brought the Bang on a Can About Us page which includes biographies about each of the artistic directors.
Bang on a Can is dedicated to making music new. Since its first Marathon concert in 1987, Bang on a Can has been creating an international community dedicated to innovative music, wherever it is found. With adventurous programs, it commissions new composers, performs, presents, and records new work, develops new audiences, and educates the musicians of the future. Bang on a Can is building a world in which powerful new musical ideas flow freely across all genres and borders. Bang on a Can plays “a central role in fostering a new kind of audience that doesn’t concern itself with boundaries. If music is made with originality and integrity, these listeners will come.” (The New York Times)
Bang on a Can LOUD WEEKEND 2022 in collaboration with the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA):
Bang on a Can and MASS MoCA present LOUD Weekend, a fully loaded eclectic super-mix of minimal, experimental, and electronic music over three days throughout the museum’s expansive campus. A lineup of new music masters is in the works, stay tuned—subscribe to the MASS MoCA newsletter here.
The Bang on a Can All-Stars perform Julia Wolfe's "Reeling" from Field Recordings at the Tongyeong International Music Festival, 2014.
Ashley Bathgate, Cello | Robert Black, Bass | Vicky Chow, Piano | David Cossin, Drums and Percussion | Mark Stewart, Guitars | Ken Thomson, Clarinets
Sasha Waltz & Guests: a dynamic performance to Terry Riley’s classic minimalist masterwork. 12 December 2021.
Julia Wolfe is a composer who combines influences from folk, classical, and rock genres in works that are grounded in historical and legendary narratives.