MusicNOW Festival
musicnow contemporary music art festival founded cincinnati ohio chamber music cincinnati president audrey luna guitarist composer bryce dessner curated inaugural season originally held contemporary art center later moved memorial hall small historic theater located city historic overtherhine district festival performer included contemporary music advocate bang allstars kronos quartet well indie rock group grizzly bear dirty projector national two annual element festival inclusion visual art including installation karl jensen new music commission musicnow became part cincinnati symphony orchestra annual subscription season inclusion ceased musicnow expanded held association homecoming new music festival curated headlined national essentially merging two festival expansive citywide event though two festival ticketed separately twoyear break – musicnow return take place may saw festival get cancelled caused covid pandemic musicnow glenn kotche david cossin collaboration musicnow four selection enjoy rabbit sufjan stevens commissioned string quartet musicnow premiere new work nico muhly sufjan stevens musicnow new work kronos quartet richard reed parry tyondai braxton musicnow new work ymusic annie clark recording artist st vincent new piece nadia sirota evan ziporyn musicnow new music richard reed parry musicnow new music eighth blackbird nico muhly musicnow premiere lo caroline shaw new commission daniel bjarnason cincinnati symphony orchestra festival held contemporary art center april – featured awadagin pratt celloproject bell orchestre glenn kotche clog book david cossin kyaw kyaw naing erik friedlander bell orchestre festival took place april featured amiina brightest diamond pedro soler clog david cossin amiina irena vojtech havel sufjan stevens andrew bird fresh recording shared many song recent release first evening festival featured world premiere doveman aaron dessner nico muhly sufjan stevens additional performance bang allstars bill frisell grizzly bear dirty projector ben verdery glenn kotche kronos quartet residence acclaimed kora player toumani diabate performed solo concert cincinnati zoo book made return appearance previewing material release festival commission included two piece kronos quartet one richard reed parry one tyondai braxton fifth annual event featured three night music march april including performance robin pecknold joanna newsom ymusic st vincent colin stetson justin vernon sixth year musicnow festival featured performance national sharon van etten little scream owen pallett tim hecker shara worden richard reed parry ymusic megafaun sound south collaboration megafaun fight big bull seventh year musicnow festival featured performance sandro perri eighth blackbird philip glass sam amidon pedro soler gaspar claus james mcvinnie workshop presentation planetarium song cycle nico muhly sufjan stevens richard reed parry kit bryce dessner eighth year musicnow festival featured performance glen hansard tinariwen steve reich among others also featured artwork cincinnatiborn artist nathlie provosty jessie henson ninth year musicnow festival featured performance eighth blackbird bryce aaron dessner olga bell louis langree bonnie prince billy featured musical composition bryce aaron dessner nico muhly scriabin krzysztof penderecki jonny greenwood david lang prokofiev musicnow celebrated decennial five night music spread throughout three venue performer included lone bellow perfume genius mina tindle national butler year also celebrated release tenyear compilation album featuring decade music performed festival eleventh year musicnow festival featured punch brother sam amidon luluc chris thile well performance kronos quartet musical america artist year jenny koh composerinresidence pulitzer prize winner julia wolfe weekend also included special world premiere full orchestra version bryce dessners aheym performed cso kronos quartet well u premiere dessners réponse lutoslawski performed cso twelfth year musicnow festival featured bob weir campfire band lisa hannigan lnzndrf collaboration cincinnati symphony orchestra festival presented acclaimed play grawemeyer award winning composer andrew norman well pulitzer shortlisted banister chronicle performed composed timo andres finnish violinist pekka kuusisto performed györgy ligetis violin concerto well two pre show concert orchestra conducted matthias pintscher also performed aerialty composed anna þorvaldsdóttir idyl pintscher accompanied lisa hannigan new orchestration written timo andres bryce dessner andréderidder supposed return two year following last black life matter protest coupled pandemic caused th festival defer official website musicnow festival retrospective headliner nonesuch record local preview soapbox