Alia Musica Pittsburgh

Alia Musica Pittsburgh Music of our time and place.

Funded in 2007 as a composer consortium, Alia Musica has made a name for itself as an actor in the new music scene in Pittsburgh and in the US at large. The producing organization behind the Pittsburgh Festival of New Music in 2014 and 2016, Alia Musica has presented and performed with artists of international stature like Cliff Colnot, Tony Arnold, Frederic Rzewski, and Ken Ueno, and ensembles li

ke Yarn/Wire, Varispeed, thingNY, and Quince. Balancing a grass-roots component with a commitment to artistic quality and to the listener’s experience, Alia Musica’s events have been listed in the Top Ten Classical Music Performances by the New York Times (2015) and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (2014). In 2016-17:

Guest recitals by Jordan Dodson (guitar) and Frederic Rzewski (piano)

A three-concert residency with Quince Contemporary Vocal Quartet, with music by Curtis Rumrill, David Lang, Kaija Saariaho, and the Pittsburgh premiere of Luciano Berio's Laborintus II.

Tomorrow! Rzewski's The People United & The Fall of the Empire -
03/04/2023

Tomorrow! Rzewski's The People United & The Fall of the Empire -

Next Sunday! The People United & The Fall of the Empire -
02/24/2023

Next Sunday! The People United & The Fall of the Empire -

March 5: Rzewski's The People United -
02/14/2023

March 5: Rzewski's The People United -

On March 5, at Chatham University, we present Emanuele Arciuli performing Frederic Rzwesky's "The People United"! The Pi...
02/10/2023

On March 5, at Chatham University, we present Emanuele Arciuli performing Frederic Rzwesky's "The People United"! The Pittsburgh stop of his US tour of the piece.

Our homage to our late friend Fred also includes "The Fall of the Empire", for speaking percussionst, written by him with and for Allen Otte, who plays the piece in the first part of an amazing double feature.

6pmThe Fall of the Empire12 pieces for speaking percussionist~ refreshments ~7:30pmVariations on The People United will Never be Defeated

This Friday, WQED's Performance in Pittsburgh will broadcast the opera The Mother of Fishes, by Roger Dannenberg and Jor...
11/05/2020

This Friday, WQED's Performance in Pittsburgh will broadcast the opera The Mother of Fishes, by Roger Dannenberg and Jorge Sastre Martínez, in Alia Musica's February 2020 performance, following a performance by pianist Tina Faigen.

7:00pm Tina Faigen (piano)
~7:50pm The Mother of Fishes, with Eugene Perry, Desiree Soteres, Bridget Ann Johnston, Raquel Winnica Young, Franklin Mosley, and Kevin Adamik, conducted by Federico Garcia-De Castro and directed by Seamus Ricci.

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08/05/2020

Congratulations to Brian Riordan for the premiere of his 000 tonight at City of Asylum's online performance series. Truly a great piece! And to the performers, Simon Cummings, Brittany Trotter, Federico Garcia-De Castro, and Ben Barson.

The event will be archived in full, in case you missed it. Link soon!

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