Bang on a Can All-Stars are recognized worldwide for their dynamic live performances and recordings of today's most innovative music. Freely crossing the boundaries between classical, jazz, rock, world, and experimental music, this six-member amplified ensemble has consistently forged a distinct, category-defying identity, taking music into uncharted territories. Performing each year throughout the U.S. and internationally, the All-Stars have shattered the definition of what concert music is today.
Together, the All-Stars have worked in unprecedented close collaboration with some of the most important and inspiring musicians of our time, including Steve Reich, Ornette Coleman, Burmese circle drum master Kyaw Kyaw Naing, Tan Dun, DJ Spooky, and many more.
Heralded as "the country's most important vehicle for contemporary music" by the San Francisco Chronicle the Bang on a Can All-Stars have amassed a massive repertoire of works written specifically for the sextet's distinctive instrumentation and style of performance, the All-Stars have become a genre in their own right.
Bang on a Can All-Stars are recognized worldwide for their dynamic live performances and recordings of today's most innovative music. Freely crossing the boundaries between classical, jazz, rock, world, and experimental music, this six-member amplified ensemble has consistently forged a distinct, category-defying identity, taking music into uncharted territories. Performing each year throughout the U.S. and internationally, the All-Stars have shattered the definition of what concert music is today.
Together, the All-Stars have worked in unprecedented close collaboration with some of the most important and inspiring musicians of our time, including Steve Reich, Ornette Coleman, Burmese circle drum master Kyaw Kyaw Naing, Tan Dun, DJ Spooky, and many more.
Heralded as "the country's most important vehicle for contemporary music" by the San Francisco Chronicle the Bang on a Can All-Stars have amassed a massive repertoire of works written specifically for the sextet's distinctive instrumentation and style of performance, the All-Stars have become a genre in their own right.
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