Mivos Quartet CD release
Oct
27
8:00 PM20:00

Mivos Quartet CD release

Mivos Quartet Album Release

Monday, October 27, 2025 - 8:00 pm

Roulette
509 Atlantic Avenue
(Corner of Third Avenue)
Brooklyn, NY 11217

The Mivos Quartet, “One of America’s most daring and ferocious new-music ensembles” (The Chicago Reader), celebrates their newest album release on Sideband Records featuring four recently commissioned works by Ambrose Akinmusire, Michaela Catranis, George Lewis, and Jeffrey Mumford. For over 15 years Mivos has championed extraordinary and diverse new music to audiences around the world; these four works are a testament to the breadth and depth of contemporary string quartet writing. Each piece was written for the quartet, and the album is the first commercially available recording of each work.

Mivos Quartet
Olivia De Prato
violin
William Overcash violin
Victor Lowrie Tafoya viola
Nathan Watts cello

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Anzû Quartet in Berlin
Sep
11
8:30 PM20:30

Anzû Quartet in Berlin

Anzû Quartet 

Sep 11 Thursday, 2025 - 8:30pm

KM28

Karl-Marx-Straße 28, Berlin  

Olivia De Prato (violin), Louise McMonagle (cello), Ken Thomson (clarinet) & Karl Larson (piano) 

Anzû Quartet perform a new program featuring works by Aftab Darvishi, Mario Diaz de Leon, and Anna Webber.

Program

Mario Diaz De Leon, Tree of Life (2024)

Aftab Darvishi, to... Serenity (2022)

Anna Webber, adjust (2022)


Formed in 2020, the Anzû Quartet pays homage to Olivier Messiaen’s Quatuor pour la fin du temps by actively commissioning and performing new works for this iconic instrumentation. Their debut album, adjust, was released on Cantaloupe Music in April 2025.  The name anzû refers to a massive, fire and water breathing bird found in Babylonian and Sumerian mythology. In these ancient texts, Anzû is linked to death and destruction as well as birth and creation, reflecting the juxtaposing themes of calamity and salvation often expressed through birdsong in Messiaen's quartet. 

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Feet Become Ears Vol. 5- Anzû Quartet & Anthony Romaniuk
Sep
10
8:00 PM20:00

Feet Become Ears Vol. 5- Anzû Quartet & Anthony Romaniuk

Feet Become Ears Vol. 5- Anzû Quartet & Anthony Romaniuk

Wednesday, 10. Sep 2025 - 20:00

Kulturnhalle Leipzig

The Anzû Quartet is a New York-based ensemble dedicated entirely to the music of today. Inspired by Olivier Messiaen's Quatuor pour la fin du temps, it commissions and performs new works for the same instrumentation as well as reinterpretations of the original. Since its foundation in 2020, Anzû has performed in Europe and the USA, working with composers such as Anna Webber and Mario Diaz de Leon. The members-Olivia De Prato, Ashley Bathgate, Ken Thomson and Karl Larson-are leading voices in the contemporary music scene, shaping formations such as Bang on a Can All-Stars, Mivos Quartet and Ensemble Signal.
Anthony Romaniuk is a genre-fluid pianist whose musical voice combines his classical training with a love of jazz, early music, improvisation and experimental sounds. Equally confident on piano, harpsichord or synthesizer, he performs worldwide as a soloist and chamber musician, collaborating with Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Vox Luminis, among others. His acclaimed solo albums on Alpha Classics explore the boundaries of the classical repertoire through bold programming and sonic diversity.
www.feetbecomeears.com

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V/O Duo (Viola Yip and Olivia De Prato)
Sep
6
8:00 PM20:00

V/O Duo (Viola Yip and Olivia De Prato)

V/O Duo (Viola Yip and Olivia De Prato)

19. OKTOBER 2025 - 20h

20:00

Das Projekt „V/O“ ist eine neue Zusammenarbeit zwischen Viola Yip und Olivia De Prato für verstärkte Violine, Feedback-Elektronik und Objekte. Das Projekt V/O erforscht spezifische musikalische Momente, die aus den materialistischen und performativen Beziehungen zwischen Körper, Instrumenten und dem umgebenden Raum entstehen und deren komplexes performatives Netzwerk durch Elektronik sichtbar machen.

Yip nutzt Elektronik, um unsichtbare Körperlichkeiten unserer Alltagsgegenstände klanglich sichtbar zu machen. Indem sie verschiedene Resonanzobjekte zwischen Mikrofon und Lautsprecher einbringt und diese Beziehungen durch ihre Aktionen stört, entstehen unterschiedliche Tonhöhen und Klangtexturen. Kontrapunktisch kreiert De Prato eine Klangpalette, die sich aus den physischen Beziehungen zwischen Bogen, Saiten, Resonanzboden und ihrem Körper ergibt, in Verbindung mit ihrem virtuosen musikalischen Gespür auf ihrer verstärkten und präparierten Violine.

 

Olivia De Prato | verstärkte Violine
Viola Yip | Feedback Elektronik, Objekte


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Cécile McLorin Salvant: Ogresse with Mivos Quartet
May
21
7:30 PM19:30

Cécile McLorin Salvant: Ogresse with Mivos Quartet

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 7:30 PM Zankel Hall

Cécile McLorin Salvant’s most daring and multifaceted creation yet, Ogresse is a musical and theatrical tour-de-force by an incomparable artist. It is a haunting, wryly humorous, and “staggeringly original” (The Wall Street Journal) work that blends jazz, chamber music, opera, art song, and many generations of storytelling traditions into a whole that feels at once ancient and cutting edge. Featuring Salvant’s original libretto, costumes of her own design, visual projections, and an ensemble led by Darcy James Argue, this is a true passion project that continues to evolve with each performance. Take advantage of the opportunity to experience it in the dynamic Zankel Hall.

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Danny Grissett Trio with Mivos Quartet
May
6
7:30 PM19:30

Danny Grissett Trio with Mivos Quartet

»Travelogue: a tale of three cities«

Dienstag 6Mai 2025

19:30 – ca. 21:30 Uhr

Mozart-Saal

KARTEN KAUFEN

BESETZUNG

Danny Grissett Trio

Danny Grissett, Klavier

Vicente Archer, Kontrabass

Francesco Ciniglio, Schlagzeug

Mivos Quartet

Olivia De Prato, Violine

Adam Woodward, Violine

Victor Lowrie Tafoya, Viola

Nathan Watts, Violoncello

Melissa Danas, Horn

Wolfgang Lindenthal, Flöte

N.N., Oboe

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Mivos Quartet - Steve Reich’s Complete Works for String Quartet
Apr
1
7:30 PM19:30

Mivos Quartet - Steve Reich’s Complete Works for String Quartet

Tuesday April 1, 2025 at 07:30 pm

General Public: $48
Museum Members: $41
34 or under: $24

Bourgie Hall presents

Considered one of the most progressive and dynamic new music ensembles, the Mivos Quartet carries on the legacy of the Kronos Quartet. After reworking Steve Reich’s music for string quartet with the composer and then recording it for Deutsche Grammophon, the Mivos Quartet will perform the entire works for this ensemble by one of the pioneers of minimalist music.

Mivos Quartet
Olivia de Prato
, violin
Adam Woodward, violin
Victor Lowrie Tafoya, viola
Nathan Watts, cello

Steve REICH
WTC 9/11
Triple Quartet
Different Trains

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Anzû Quartet at Roulette
Mar
8
8:00 PM20:00

Anzû Quartet at Roulette

Sunday, March 9, 2025

  • 8:00 PM 9:00 PM

  • Roulette Intermedium509 Atlantic AvenueBrooklynNY (map)

Formed based on Olivier Messiaen’s seminal Quartet for the End of Time, The Anzû Quartet is comprised of musicians from Bang on a Can, Mivos Quartet, Eighth Blackbird, and Bearthoven. The group is dedicated to commissioning and premiering new works of unique instrumentation.

After touring US and Europe, with Anna Webber’s Adjust, the Anzû Quartet will make an NYC premiere of works by Ryan Carter, Mario Diaz de Leon, and Anna Webber.

One of the first major pieces Webber has composed for an ensemble, Adjust tackles the meeting of the composed and improvised music worlds in a thrilling five-part work.

Diaz de Leon’s Tree of Life is an ecotheologically motivated response to the Quatuor pour la fin du temps inspired by Rev 22:1-2.

Ryan Carter’s Frictionless Objects incorporates wild extended techniques and expanded tonality in an emotive ten-minute work.

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Mivos Quartet at Frequency Festival
Feb
21
8:30 PM20:30

Mivos Quartet at Frequency Festival

February 21. 2025

Constellation, 3111 N. Western Ave, Chicago

8:30pm - $20

Mivos Quartet

The Mivos Quartet is devoted to performing works of contemporary composers and presenting diverse new music to international audiences. The quartet, founded in 2008, commissions and premieres new repertoire for string quartet, and is dedicated to creative collaborations with a wide variety of artists. Mivos maintains an active international performance schedule, with regular appearances as ensemble-in-residence at summer festivals. Mivos takes part in many educational residencies at universities and summer festivals, working with young performers and composers to develop their craft, technical skis and artistic expression. The quartet also runs two composition prizes to help discover and promote emerging composers in the US and abroad. Beyond these activities, Mivos collaborates regularly with guest artists, presents multimedia projects, and performs improvised music. www.mivosquartet.com

Olivia De Prato and Maya Bennardo, violins, Victor Lowrie Tafoya, viola, and Nathan Watts, cello

Ambrose Akinmusire: May Our Centers Hold (2023) 12’

Ingrid Laubrock,  Ashes (2022) 15’

Alex Mincek, Pendulum XI: “Strato” for electric guitar and string quartet (2021) 25′

With special guest Nadav Lev, electric guitar

Ian Antonio plays Jürg Frey

Ian Antonio is a percussionist who specializes in the creation, development, and realization of new and recent musical works. He is a co-director of the composer/performer collective Wet Ink and the percussion ensemble Talujon, and for many years was also a member of Yarn/Wire and Zs. With these ensembles and others, Ian performs around the world at venues both big and small. His playing can be heard on dozens of albums released by a wide range of record labels. Ian lives in Ypsilanti, MI and teaches percussion at the University of Michigan's School of Music, Theatre & Dance.

Program

Glafsered I (2002) by Jürg Frey

Tender Outermost Melodies (2022) by Jürg Frey (world premiere)

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Mivos at REAKTOR WIEN
Dec
7
7:30 PM19:30

Mivos at REAKTOR WIEN

MIVOS QUARTET @ REAKTOR WIEN

19:30 Uhr


Programm

Alvin Lucier: Disappearances, 1994 (9min)

Rebecca Saunders: Unbreathed, 2017 (18min)

Mark Andre: Sieben Stücke für Streichquartett, 2022 (7min)

Joel Durand: Quatuor à cordes no.3, 2023 (25min)

Eintrittskarten an der Abendkassa | € 15,- / 10,-
Abovorteil | Ö1 Club
Nur Bargeld

REAKTOR
Geblergasse 40
1170 Wien

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Ambrose Akinmusire's Honey from a Winter's Stone
Nov
9
4:00 PM16:00

Ambrose Akinmusire's Honey from a Winter's Stone

HONEY FROM A WINTER’S STONE
Ambrose Akinmusire Trompet, Kokayi Voice, Sam Harris Piano, Justin Brown Drums, Mivos Quartet

Rockit is an adventurous festival brimming with blends of genres and styles, from jazz to alternative rock. On the 9th of November 2024 the sixth edition of the festival takes place in De Oosterpoort in Groningen. On six stages, SPOT Groningen and NN North Sea Jazz present established names and rising stars from the jazzscene and related styles. What connects the artists is the adventurous, progressive way in which they incorporate different styles into their music.

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Qubit presents Mivos Quartet
Oct
28
7:30 PM19:30

Qubit presents Mivos Quartet

October 28, 2024, 7:30PM
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music
450 W 37th St, New York, NY 10018

The acclaimed Mivos Quartet will present a series of premieres at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music, featuring electro-acoustic compositions by Ambrose Akinmusire, David Bird, Michaela Catranis, and Alec Hall.

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Mivos Quartet at Alte Schmiede, Wien
Oct
22
7:00 PM19:00

Mivos Quartet at Alte Schmiede, Wien

KAMMERMUSIK

19:00

Mivos Quartet

Olivia De Prato Violine

Maya Bennardo Violine

Victor Lowrie Tafoya Viola

Nathan Watts Violoncello

Georg Vogel Claviton

Ingrid Laubrock, Georg Vogel, Annesley Black, Michaela Catranis, Alex Mincek

Gegründet 2008 in New York gehört das Mivos Quartet zu den führenden Ensembles für Neue Musik. Anliegen ist die Erweiterung des Streichquartett-Repertoires, aber auch die Zusammenarbeit mit Gastkünstler*innen, Multimedia-Projekte und Aufführungen improvisierter Musik. Der Jazz-Pianist, Komponist und Instrumentenbauer Georg Vogel befasste sich intensiv mit alternativen Stimmungen von Tasteninstrumenten und mit Naturintervallen jenseits des Quint-Terz-Systems. Sein Werk für das Mivos Quartet bezieht das selbstgebaute Claviton mit 31 Stufen pro Oktave in die Improvisation mit ein.

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Moderne Muziek Nijmegen
Oct
20
4:00 PM16:00

Moderne Muziek Nijmegen

Mivos Quartet at Moderne Muziek Nijmegen

16:00h

Programma
Alex Mincek – String Quartet No. 3. “lift-tilt-filter-split”  (2010)
Ambrose Akinmusire “May Our Centers Hold” (2023) (Mivos/ECLAT Festival commission )
Ingrid Laubrock  “Ashes” (Mivos/Kanter Prize Winner 2022)
Michaela Catranis“Luminous animal” (2020, Mivos and Fondation Royaumont commission)

De concerten vinden plaats op zondagmiddagen in Galerie Marzee. Adres: Lage Markt 3, 6511 VK Nijmegen telefoon 024 3229670 e-mail podiummarzee@modernemuziek.nl.

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gastspiel ylem
Oct
13
9:45 PM21:45

gastspiel ylem


21:45h

Wiener Musikverein, Großer Saal
Musikvereinsplatz 1, 1010 Wien

PROGRAMM

Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928 – 2007)
YLEM für 19 oder mehr Spieler (1972)

MITWIRKENDE

œnm . œsterreichisches ensemble fuer neue musik

DIRIGENT

Rupert Huber. Musikalische Einstudierung

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Novalis Festival
Oct
10
7:00 PM19:00

Novalis Festival

Novalis Festival

7th edition

October 8-10.2024

Kulturni Centar Osijek, Croatia


Guest Composers
Jessie Marino
Mladen Tarbuk
Marko Ciciliani

Guest Ensembles and Performers
Papandopulo Kvartet
Aleksandar Gabrys
Festival Quartet (Szilard Benes, Olivia De Prato, Đorđe Davidović, Victor Lowrie Tafoya)
Režić/Tudor Duo

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ENSEMBLE XXI. JAHRHUNDERT
Sep
23
7:30 PM19:30

ENSEMBLE XXI. JAHRHUNDERT

Montag, 23. September 2024, 19.30 Uhr

Wiener Konzerthaus | Berio-Saal

ENSEMBLE XXI. JAHRHUNDERT

Alexander Kaiser: Neues Werk für solo Posaune und Ensemble (2024, UA, Auftragswerk des EXXI)

Dai Fujikura: Koto-Konzert für Koto und Ensemble (2020)

Tanja Elisa Glinsner: Hawah für Ensemble (2024, UA, Auftragswerk des EXXI)

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Time Spans Festival, NYC
Aug
19
7:30 PM19:30

Time Spans Festival, NYC

Time Spans presents:

“I, A.M - Artist Motherhood Project”

Mon, Aug 19, 7:30 pm
Olivia De Prato: Baker, Di Castri, Diels, De Prato, Fernando, Masaoka, Young

Jen Baker, Fire in the Dark (2021) 
Zosha Di Castri, The Dream Feed (2021)
Olivia De Prato, Pezzettino (2024) •
Natacha Diels, automatic writing mumbles of the late hour (2022) •
Samantha Fernando, Balconies (2023) •
Miya Masaoka, Mapping a Joyful Path (2022)
Katherine Young, Mycorrhiza I (2021) 

More info HERE

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Sounds of Now, Vienna
Jul
15
to Jul 26

Sounds of Now, Vienna

Sounds of Now, Vienna

APPLY NOW HERE

Music-making in the Heart of Europe

Join us for an intense two weeks of individual lessons, presentations, and seminars with our renowned international faculty, and concerts featuring a roster of world-class resident ensembles and soloists.

Performers in residence:

Mivos Quartet, Eric Lamb, Platypus Ensemble, Trio immerse, Joel Diegert,

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Vienna Contemporary Composers Festival
Jun
17
to Jun 21

Vienna Contemporary Composers Festival

Mivos Quartet in residence

APPLY HERE !


ABOUT

VCCF is geared towards individuals who are pursuing the craft of composition and receiving professional performances of their works, attending masterclasses, and immersing themselves in the compositional world of Vienna, Austria and all that it has to offer.  Each admitted composer will receive a performance of their new work during the festival. 

A major highlight of this festival is our participants having their music performed by PHACE Ensemble, Vienna's world class contemporary music ensemble.

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Participants will take private composition lessons with Viennese and international composers and attend lectures/masterclasses on contemporary music and advanced theory topics.  

Amongst the guest faculty, prominent composers such as Anthony R. Green, Pierluigi Billone, Alexandra Karastoyanova-Hermentin, Oliver Weber, Ulrich Drechsler, Reinhard Fuchs, Clemens Gadenstätter, and other visiting guests will join the festival.

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Long Play - MIVOS QUARTET, May 4th and 5th
May
4
to May 6

Long Play - MIVOS QUARTET, May 4th and 5th

LONG PLAY FESTIVAL

FRIDAY, MAY 3 – SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2024

A SUPERCHARGED MUSICAL RIDE THROUGH RIGHT NOW

50+ CONCERTS THROUGHOUT BROOKLYN, NEW YORK

“Long Play has been around only since last year, but it is already the most important classical music festival in New York City.” [NYTimes]

Sat, May 4 6:30pm

BRIC Ballroom

Mivos Quartet will perform the complete Steve Reich string quartets including WTC 9/11; Triple Quartet; Different Trains! Mivos is invested in commissioning, premiering, and growing the repertoire of new music for string quartet, striving for rich collaborations with composers over extended periods of time.

Sun, May 5 6:00pm

BRIC Stoop

Mivos Quartet will perform music by Ingrid LaubrockGeorge Lewis and Henry Threadgill. Mivos is invested in commissioning, premiering, and growing the repertoire of new music for string quartet, striving for rich collaborations with composers over extended periods of time.

Details HERE

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