Oksana Nesterenko
@erlenadlu.bsky.social
Musicologist in New York
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From pianist Igor Levit, the opening of Frederic Rzewski's "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!" (1975)
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Igor Levit - Rzewski - The People United Will Never Be Defeated! Thema. With determination
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November 5, 2025 at 3:37 AM
From pianist Igor Levit, the opening of Frederic Rzewski's "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!" (1975)
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New York in November! extendedtechniques.com/2025/10/31/n...
November 1, 2025 at 3:03 AM
New York in November! extendedtechniques.com/2025/10/31/n...
What a delightful conversation about writing history as an art. i've been thinking about this a lot and now get a specific advice on how to do this.
New! I had great fun talking w/ @drjoannepaul.bsky.social about how she embraces creativity and artistry and how she writes vividly about Tudor history. If you've ever dreamed of writing a history that reads almost like a novel, you're going to love this episode. draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...
October 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM
What a delightful conversation about writing history as an art. i've been thinking about this a lot and now get a specific advice on how to do this.
Arvo Pärt indeed figured out how to draw audiences to new music. From young to old, hipsters to fashion ladies to real music connosieurs. His avant-garde opuses stood the test of time. The most amazing were the violinints, Midori and Hans Christian Aavik, they showed that Tabula Rasa has future.
October 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Arvo Pärt indeed figured out how to draw audiences to new music. From young to old, hipsters to fashion ladies to real music connosieurs. His avant-garde opuses stood the test of time. The most amazing were the violinints, Midori and Hans Christian Aavik, they showed that Tabula Rasa has future.
Best protest music ever!
I'll leave you from Portland with one last video of the @unpresidentedbrass.bsky.social, the unofficial house band of #NoKings
October 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Best protest music ever!
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October in New York! extendedtechniques.com/2025/10/01/n...
NYC Calendar October 2025
WEDNESDAY, October 16:30 pm Friends of Klangforum ViennaProgram:Misato Mochizuki (1969) Pas à pas Georg Friedrich Haas (1953) Nach-Ruf… ent-gleitendPerformers: Klangforum WienVENUE: Austrian Cultur…
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October 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
October in New York! extendedtechniques.com/2025/10/01/n...
The best way to celebrate a composer’s birthday is to listen to their music the way they intended it. Pauline Oliveros’s 80th, Terry Riley’s 90th, and Valentyn Sylvestrov’s 88th (yesterday). It's impossible to find a point of comparison. One thing I can say for sure, at the latter I cried the most.
October 1, 2025 at 8:10 AM
The best way to celebrate a composer’s birthday is to listen to their music the way they intended it. Pauline Oliveros’s 80th, Terry Riley’s 90th, and Valentyn Sylvestrov’s 88th (yesterday). It's impossible to find a point of comparison. One thing I can say for sure, at the latter I cried the most.
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Join us tomorrow for a book talk by our Executive Board member, Svitlana Biedarieva! Organized by the Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program at the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute as part of the Decolonizing Ukrainian Studies event series. www.huri.harvard.edu/event/svitla...
September 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Join us tomorrow for a book talk by our Executive Board member, Svitlana Biedarieva! Organized by the Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program at the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute as part of the Decolonizing Ukrainian Studies event series. www.huri.harvard.edu/event/svitla...
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Okkyung Lee ~ just like any other day (어느날): background music for your mundane activities
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Okkyung Lee ~ just like any other day (어느날): background music for your mundane activities
There’s a German word for everything, and today’s example is Gebrauchsmusik – meaning ‘utility music’. This is music that exists not only for its own sake, but was composed for some specific, ident…
https://acloserlisten.com/2025/09/13/okkyung-lee-just-like-any-other-day-어느날-background-music-for-your-mundane-activities/
September 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Okkyung Lee ~ just like any other day (어느날): background music for your mundane activities
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What you need today: Arvo Pärt is 90 Years Old, the latest at KillYrIdols open.substack.com/pub/killyrid...
September 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
What you need today: Arvo Pärt is 90 Years Old, the latest at KillYrIdols open.substack.com/pub/killyrid...
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Today is the birthday of Theodor W. Adorno, Arvo Pärt, and Victoria Poleva. Since most here are familiar with the men, I will be posting some of Poleva's music! www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBfL...
Victoria Poleva. White Interment for Oboe and Strings
YouTube video by Roman Mints
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September 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Today is the birthday of Theodor W. Adorno, Arvo Pärt, and Victoria Poleva. Since most here are familiar with the men, I will be posting some of Poleva's music! www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBfL...
It was a delight to run into a mention of Victoria Poleva's Ode to Joy in this essay on Beethoven by Maria Popova. Referencing the concert commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, she concludes:
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Ода к радости
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September 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
It was a delight to run into a mention of Victoria Poleva's Ode to Joy in this essay on Beethoven by Maria Popova. Referencing the concert commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, she concludes:
(a thread)
soundcloud.com/victoria-pol...
(a thread)
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With a new teaching load and other projects, I finished the calendar only on September 3rd! Luckily, there were no events before today, so this can count as the official start of the month for new music listeners!
September in NYC - gets hotter and hotter! extendedtechniques.com/2025/09/03/n...
NYC Calendar September 2025
THURSDAY, September 48:30 pm Eric AlabasterEric Alabaster, percussionSalamat Ali, vocalistRoy Nathanson, saxophoneAndrew Green, guitarMyles Sloniker, double bassVENUE: Zürcher GalleryADMISSION: $20…
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September 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
With a new teaching load and other projects, I finished the calendar only on September 3rd! Luckily, there were no events before today, so this can count as the official start of the month for new music listeners!
Keep running into wonderfully strange ensembles in Estonia!
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Peeter Volkonski: rockimehed on hirmus tõsised, jazzis on huumorit
1. novembril astub festivali IDeeJazz raames Tartu Uue Teatri lavale kollektiiv, mis üle 30-ne aasta tagasi Tartu Levimuusikapäevadel laineid lõi – ansambel E=mc2.
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August 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Keep running into wonderfully strange ensembles in Estonia!
kultuur.err.ee/302508/peete...
kultuur.err.ee/302508/peete...
The key word here is "attempts." Indeed an enjoyable book, basically proving that really loving the art makes it almost impossible to hate its creator. (My observation of Tchaikovsky's admirers supports this claim.)
August 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The key word here is "attempts." Indeed an enjoyable book, basically proving that really loving the art makes it almost impossible to hate its creator. (My observation of Tchaikovsky's admirers supports this claim.)
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Yoko Ono is best known for her marriage to John Lennon. But she was one of the first artists to make conceptual art, and the creator of one of the movement’s masterpieces.
Yoko Ono’s Art of Defiance
Before she met John Lennon, she was a significant figure in avant-garde circles and had created a masterpiece of conceptual art. Did celebrity deprive her of her due as an artist?
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August 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Yoko Ono is best known for her marriage to John Lennon. But she was one of the first artists to make conceptual art, and the creator of one of the movement’s masterpieces.
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August used to be a boring month for a new music listener in NYC. Then, one after another, arts organizations decided to take advantage of lack of events and plan a festival, a music series, a residency... Now August is a busy month, just like any other month. extendedtechniques.com/2025/08/01/n...
NYC Calendar August 2025
Highlights of the month:TIME:SPANS festival, August 9 – 23John Zorn’s residency at the Stone, August 13-16 FRIDAY, August 1 – THURSDAY, August 7Monk In PiecesMonk in Pieces, a doc…
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August 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
August used to be a boring month for a new music listener in NYC. Then, one after another, arts organizations decided to take advantage of lack of events and plan a festival, a music series, a residency... Now August is a busy month, just like any other month. extendedtechniques.com/2025/08/01/n...
Looking forward to this documentary!
Congratulations to Parker Watt for being awarded a 2025-2026 Baumanis Grant for Creative Projects in Baltic Studies!
Parker will use the Grant to support his documentary film on Ukrainian artists in Estonia: https://aabs-balticstudies.org/2025/06/01/parker-watt-awarded-2025-2026-baumanis-grant/
Parker will use the Grant to support his documentary film on Ukrainian artists in Estonia: https://aabs-balticstudies.org/2025/06/01/parker-watt-awarded-2025-2026-baumanis-grant/
July 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Looking forward to this documentary!
"Where is the Original?" - A story for a possible article about stealing/borrowing practice in Soviet art.
July 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"Where is the Original?" - A story for a possible article about stealing/borrowing practice in Soviet art.
I feel like this timeline needs baby pictures. I don't have a baby anymore, but looking at these makes me happy!
July 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I feel like this timeline needs baby pictures. I don't have a baby anymore, but looking at these makes me happy!
It looks like there are a lot of hipsters even in the financial district! They don't mind giving up 2% of their millions.
July 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
It looks like there are a lot of hipsters even in the financial district! They don't mind giving up 2% of their millions.
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July in New York - it never gets cooler extendedtechniques.com/2025/06/30/n...
NYC Calendar July 2025
TUESDAY, July 19:30 pm In-Store Concerts SeriesBen Goldberg – ClarinetMichael Coleman – SynthLuke Bergman – Pedal SteelMair Atwal – DrumsVENUE: DMGADMISSION: free July 1 – O…
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July 1, 2025 at 2:54 AM
July in New York - it never gets cooler extendedtechniques.com/2025/06/30/n...
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Mamdani would be the first mayor of New York City who was a former rapper and honestly I think that’s enormous
June 25, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Mamdani would be the first mayor of New York City who was a former rapper and honestly I think that’s enormous
a very important article for Jewish friends who still have doubts www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/o...
Opinion | The Attacks on Zohran Mamdani Show That We Need a New Understanding of Antisemitism
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June 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
a very important article for Jewish friends who still have doubts www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/o...