Press Release

August 21, 2023

For Immediate Release

Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival launches its 27th season in September

Sept. 6: violinist Miranda Cuckson, and Cleveland Orchestra musicians violist Eliesha Nelson and cellist Brian Thornton play works by Bond, Mumford, Mazzoli, Velazquez, Barzegar, and Arissian

Sept. 9 (co-presented by The Village Trip):

Baritone Michael Kelly and pianist Bradley Moore perform works by Bond, Cage, Carter, Corigliano, Piazzolla and more

World and regional premieres featured on both programs

Composer Victoria Bond founded Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival to celebrate, support and promote the work of living composers. The festival launches its 27th season with two concerts in September. 

On Wednesday, September 6, 2023 at 7:30 pm, Cleveland Orchestra musicians violist Eliesha Nelson and cellist Brian Thornton with violinist Miranda Cuckson perform music by Missy Mazzoli, Ileana Perez Velazquez, Nina Barzegar, Mina Arissian, Jeffrey Mumford, and Victoria Bond, including world and regional premieres. Program details are below. The performance is at Symphony Space's Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater (2537 Broadway, Manhattan). Tickets are $20 in advance, $30 at the door; tickets at SymphonySpace.org .

Eliesha Nelson, viola

VIDEO: Victoria Bond interviews composer Nina Barzegar

Jeffrey Mumford, composer

On Saturday, September 9 at 7 pm, Cutting Edge Concerts and The Village Trip Festival co-present a program of songs by Greenwich Village composers and poets with baritone Michael Kelly and pianist Bradley Moore. Featured is the world premiere of Victoria Bond's song cycle From an Antique Land, which the pair recorded on Bond's most recent album Blue and Green Music. Also on the program, the world premiere of a song cycle by John Glover and works by John Cage, Elliott Carter, John Corigliano, David Del Tredici, John Musto and Astor Piazzolla. The performance is at the Salgamundi Club (47 Fifth Ave, Manhattan). Tickets are $30, available here.

The 2023-24 season of Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival continues on March 12, 2024 with the Cassatt String Quartet and pianist Ursula Oppens at Symphony Space.

Michael Kelly, baritone

Bradley Moore, piano

John Corgliano, composer

CUTTING EDGE CONCERTS NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL

The Road Not Taken

Wednesday, September 6, 2023, 7:30 pm

Symphony Space (2537 Broadway, Manhattan)

Miranda Cuckson, violin; Eliesha Nelson, viola;

Brian Thornton, cello

Tickets: $20 in advance (at SymphonySpace.org); $30 at the door

Victoria Bond Jasmine Flower

Eliesha Nelson, viola

Missy Mazzoli Tooth and Nail

Eliesha Nelson, viola

Jeffrey Mumford . . . becoming clear

I. Molto sonoro ed espressivo

II. Lontano ha ne

Eliesha Nelson

(NY Premiere)

Mumford fleeting cycles of layered air

Miranda Cuckson, violin

Ileana Perez Velazquez The road not taken

Miranda Cuckson, violin

(NY Premiere)

Nina Barzegar Vulnerable

Brian Thornton, cello

Mina Arissian Cello Sonata

Brian Thornton, cello

(World Premiere)

CUTTING EDGE CONCERTS NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL,

co-presented by The Village Trip

Neighbors, Lovers, and Friends

Saturday, September 9, 2023, 7:30 pm

Salmagundi Club (47 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan)

Michael Kelly, baritone

Bradley Moore, piano

Tickets: $30 available here

Music by Victoria Bond, John Cage, Elliott Carter, John Corigliano, David Del Tredici, John Glover,

John Musto, & Astor Piazzolla

Inspired by Pierre Boulez's series, "Perspective Encounters", the composer and conductor Victoria Bond founded Cutting Edge Concerts in 1998. With 26 years of concerts, Cutting Edge Concerts has presented over 300 new works by more than 200 composers. Each program highlights the music of living composers, all of whom attend the concert. Along with performances by world-class ensembles and soloists, each program features on-stage discussions between host Victoria Bond and the composers.

A major force in 21st century music, composer Victoria Bond is known for her melodic gift and dramatic flair. Her works for orchestra, chamber ensemble and opera have been lauded by The New York Times as "powerful, stylistically varied and technically demanding." Her compositions have been performed by the New York City Opera, Shanghai, Dallas and Houston Symphonies, members of the Chicago Symphony and New York Philharmonic, American Ballet Theater and the Cassatt and Audubon Quartets.  Ms. Bond is also an acclaimed conductor, and is the principal guest conductor of Chamber Opera Chicago, and has held conducting positions with Pittsburgh Symphony, New York City Opera, Roanoke Symphony, and Bel Canto and Harrisburg Operas.