MATA Festival
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| MATA Festival | |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Music festival |
| Frequency | Annually |
| Inaugurated | 1996 |
| Website | matafestival |
The MATA Festival is a New York–based annual contemporary classical music festival devoted to championing the works of young composers.[1] It was founded in 1996 by Philip Glass, Lisa Bielawa and Eleonor Sandresky[2] and is currently under the leadership of executive director Pauline Kim Harris.[3]
Bielawa and Sandresky were part of Glass's touring ensemble in the early 1990s; during road tours, the three conceived of concerts that would serve as an outlet for unaffiliated composers. These concerts would later form the basis of the MATA festival.[1] MATA's concerts were originally presented at the Anthology Film Archives, leading to its name: the acronym stands for "Music at the Anthology".[4] Since then, the festival has been presented at various venues, such as Le Poisson Rouge,[5] Roulette,[6] and The Kitchen.[7]
Past directors and employees of MATA include Yotam Haber. David T. Little,[8] Missy Mazzoli, James Matheson, Christopher McIntyre, Todd Tarantino, Alex Weiser,[9] Loren Loiacono, and founders Glass, Bielawa and Sandresky.[3]
Commissioned composers
- 2023 festival: Golnaz Shariatzadeh, Shara Lunon, Jane Boxall
- 2021–2022 festival: Elijah J. Thomas, Meaghan Burke, George Tsz-Kwan Lam, Flannery Cunningham
- 2018 festival: Daniel Silliman, Erin Rogers, Jenna Lyle, Annie Gosfield, Jennifer Higdon, David T. Little, Nico Muhly, and Ken Ueno
- 2017 festival: Eric Wubbels, Kristina Wolfe, Siraseth Pantura-umporn
- 2016 festival: Weijun Chen, Helen Papaioannou, Matthew Welch, Yair Klartag
- 2015 festival: Ann Cleare, Adam de la Cour, Wang Lu
- 2014 festival: Hikari Kiyama, Edward Hamel, Carolyn Chen
- 2013 festival: Evan Antonellis,[10] Bryan Jacobs,[11] Jobina Tinnemans[12]
- 2012 festival: Francesco Filidei,[8] Qin Yi, Huck Hodge[13]
- 2011 festival: Ryan Carter, Christopher Mayo, Angélica Negrón[14]
- Interval 4.1 (2010): Timo Andres, Brett Banducci, Yotam Haber, Joseph Hallman, Ted Hearne, Andrew Norman, Paola Prestini, Chris Thile, Shara Worden[15]
- 2010 festival: Julian Day, Matthew Wright[16]
- 2009 festival: Andrew Hamilton, Nicole Lizee, Mike Vernusky[5]
- 2008 festival: Sean Griffin,[17] Žibuoklė Martinaitytė,[18] Micah Silver[19]
- 2007 festival: Yotam Haber, K-Kalna, Ned McGowan, Christopher Tignor[20]
- Monster Composer Rally II (2005): Brian Heller, K-Kalna, Doug Opel, Charles Waters[21]
- Monster Composer Rally I (2005): Randall Bauer, Alex Mincek, Vache Sharafyan[22]