Composers Concordance Art Of The Art Song Featuring Ljiljana Winkler at Westbeth

"Writing songs is really the most difficult...to pour into a small form a big content."

–Gustav Mahler


For Immediate Release - New York, NY - On Saturday, September 6th at 8pm, Composers Concordance presents at Westbeth a concert program propelling an age-old compositional form into the 21st Century. 'The Art of the Art Song' features soprano Ljiljana Winkler, together with pianist

Markus Kaitila as she continues to interpret songs from a bevy of today's most dynamic composers, writing under the influence of numerous contemporary styles and texts....

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"Writing songs is really the most difficult...to pour into a small form a big content."

–Gustav Mahler


For Immediate Release - New York, NY - On Saturday, September 6th at 8pm, Composers Concordance presents at Westbeth a concert program propelling an age-old compositional form into the 21st Century. 'The Art of the Art Song' features soprano Ljiljana Winkler, together with pianist

Markus Kaitila as she continues to interpret songs from a bevy of today's most dynamic composers, writing under the influence of numerous contemporary styles and texts.


This year's program also features composer-performers James Nyoraku Schlefer - shakuhachi, Audrey Morse - violin, Gene Pritsker - electric guitar, Natasha Bogojevich - piano and poet Imelda O'Rellly - recitation, plus music by Debra Kaye, Denise Koncelik, Eugene W. McBride, David Saperstein, and Robert Voisey.

Featured compostions include Gene Pritsker's 'Three Poems of Imelda O'Rellly' with the poet reciting her poems, 'The Dream is a Wish Fulfilled' by Audrey Morse with words by Sigmund Freud and 'Kyrie' by Natasha Bogojevic.


The concert will be live-streamed on Composers Concordance's Facebook Page.

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