Showcasing highlights from last week’s music conference in Rotterdam, pianist Guy Livingston brings us music by Gabriela Ortiz, Caroline Shaw, Georgina Derbz; performed by the Edge Ensemble, The Piano and Erhu Project, the Q-Arte Cuartetto, Brouwer Trio, Roomful of Teeth, and many others. All from last week’s conference and festival at De Doelen concert hall, “Classical:Next”. Enjoy these new discoveries!

American Highways #111: “Classical:Next”

Theme Music

American Highways Jingle

Sounds About Right

Caroline Shaw

Allemande

Roomful of Teeth Ensemble

Bandcamp October 2012

Collective improvisation

Edge Ensemble: Brendan Faegre, drums/director ; James Hewitt, baroque violin ; Christof May, bass clarinet ; Vasilis Stefanopoulos, doublebass ; Oscar Jan Hoogland, piano ; Marie Guilleray, vocals

Unreleased

Judd Greenstein

AEIOU

Roomful of Teeth

Bandcamp October 2012

Gabriela Ortiz

Altar de Muertos

Cuarteto Q-Arte: Juan Carlos Higuita and Liz García on violin, Sandra Arango on viola and Diego García on cello

unreleased

Aaron Gervais

Who made the Inch of Grass

PEP (Piano and Erhu Project) Nicole Ge Li, erhu; Corey Hamm, piano

unreleased

Maurice Ravel, arr.

Vein

5 o’clock Foxtrot

unreleased

Georgina Derbz

De Ser Intangible

Brouwer Trio: Carlos Apellániz, piano ; Elena Solanes, violoncello ; Jenny Guerra, violin ; Miguel Ángel Berbis, electronics

Unreleased (live at Classical:Next)

Closing tune:

David King

Super America

The Bad Plus

E1 Records: EOM-CD-2112