"Bristling with exhilarating musical ideas and a powerfully crafted lyricism."
—Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Vivid...a cheerful and colorful assault on the senses."
—The New York Times

"Wily sonic entertainment...seasoned with improvisatory elements and finished with attitude."
—Minneapolis Star-Tribune

"Visconti knows how to bend the idioms of traditional music to such a degree that they sound refreshing rather than stale."
—Der Tagesspiegel (Berlin)

February 5 , 2010
The Jupiter Quartet premieres Ramshackle Songs at Adelphi University (7:30 PM, AU Performing Arts Center).

February 16 , 2010
The Eppes Quartet performs Black Bend at Florida State University (8:00 PM, Lindsay Hall).

February 26 , 2010
The Kronos Quartet performs Love Bleeds Radiant at San Francisco's Z Space (8:00 PM).

March 2 , 2010
The Jupiter Quartet performs Ramshackle Songs at Concerts International in Memphis, TN (7:30 PM).

March 17 , 2010
The Jupiter Quartet performs Ramshackle Songs at Chamber Music in Napa Valley (7:30 PM, Napa Valley Opera House).

March 19 , 2010
The Jupiter Quartet performs Ramshackle Songs at Santa Rosa Junior College Chamber Concerts (8:00 PM, Newman Auditorium).

April 25 , 2010
The Jupiter Quartet performs Ramshackle Songs at Brown University (3:00 PM, John Carter Brown Library).

April 28 , 2010
The Jupiter Quartet performs Ramshackle Songs at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center's International String Quartet Series (7:30 PM, Alice Tully Hall).

May 9 , 2010
Ensemble-in-residence at the Kaufman Center Face the Music performs Love Bleeds Radiant at Brooklyn's Look and Listen Festival (3:00 PM, gallery TBA).

June 10 , 2010
Cellist Joshua Roman and and pianist Helen Huang premiere Americana at Town Hall Seattle (7:30 PM; tickets available here).

July 22 , 2010
The Jupiter Quartet performs Ramshackle Songs at the Caramoor International Music Festival (time and venue TBA).

January 22-24 , 2010
The Sybarite5 perform Black Bend as part of their Cell Theatre residency (8:00 PM each night).

December 10 , 2009
The Sybarite5 perform Black Bend on a special preview concert at New York's Cell Theatre, Chelsea (8:30 PM, 328 West 23rd Street).

November 4 , 2009
The Berlin Philharmonic Scharoun Ensemble and guest Annette Dasch perform Fractured Jams and Remembrances as well as music by Bernstein, Schreker, and Haydn at the American Academy in Berlin (7:00 PM).

October 2 , 2009
The Sybarite Chamber Players perform Black Bend at a concert presented by Parsons The New School for Design and the Nouveau Classical Project (8:00 PM, Tishman Auditorium).

September 26, 2009
The Sybarite Chamber Players perform Black Bend at Kindred Spirits Concert Series in Millford, PA (3:00 PM).

August 7 , 2009
The Sybarite Chamber Players perform Black Bend at Bethlehem, PA's Musikfest (7:30 PM; tickets available from festival website).

July 23 , 2009
The orchestras of North Carolina's Governor's School perform Black Bend along with works by Ligeti, Bright Sheng, and Tan Dun (8:00 PM, Hanes Auditorium).

July 21 , 2009
The Sybarite Chamber Players perform Black Bend at the Aspen Music Festival (12:30 PM, Music Hall).

May 16, 2009
The Scharoun Ensemble performs a concert of Dan's compositions, inlcuding the premiere of a new work commissioned for the ensemble (8:00 PM, Radialsystem).

May 10, 2009
The Cleveland Chamber Symphony performs Nine Poems at the Cleveland Music School Settlement (3:00 PM, Glick Recital Hall).

May 2-4 , 2009
New interview with Dan airs on NPR Berlin, 104.1 FM, featuring preview clips of a new work (May 2: 1:00 PM Eastern, May 3, 3:00 PM Eastern, May 4, 2:00 PM Eastern; on May 4 the interview will also broadcast simultaneously on NPR worldwide).

May 2, 2009
The Sybarite Chmaber Players perform Black Bend on their Sarasota gala concert (7:30 PM, Holley Hall, Friedman Symphony Center).

March 21 , 2009
The Scharoun Ensemble performs Fractured Jams and Remembrances at the American Academy in Rome (9:00 PM; Villa Aurelia L.go di Porta di S. Pancrazio, 1).

March 6, 2009
The Albany Symphony premieres Low Country Haze (8:00 PM, Massry Center for the Arts).

March 3, 2009
The Scharoun Ensemble performs Fractured Jams and Remembrances at the Berliner Kabarett Anstalt-Theater (BKA), Kreuzberg district (8:30 PM).

December 10 , 2008
Violist Melia Watras plays Hard-Knock Stomp at the Seattle Public Library on a recital sponsored by the Ladies Musical Club (12:00, Microsoft Auditorium).

November 30, 2008
The Sybarite Chamber Players perform Black Bend at their Lincoln Center debut (2:30 PM, Bruno Walter Auditorium).

November 8, 2008
Violinist Lina Bahn performs Lawless Airs at the Third Practice Festival (12:00 PM at the University of Richmond).

November 4, 2008
The Minnesota Orchestra premieres Overdrive, commissioned for six young people's concerts November 4-6; click here for concert details and tickets.

October 25, 2008
The South Carolina Philharmonic performs Black Bend in Columbia, SC (7:30 PM, Koger Center for the Arts; tickets available here).

August 24, 2008
The Corigliano Quartet plays the East Coast premiere of Ballads and Broken Rhymes at the Canandaigua Lake Chamber Music Festival (7:30 PM, pre-concert talk at 7:15).

August 13, 2008
The Janaki String Trio performs Lawless Airs in a recital at the Asociacion Nacional de Conciertos in Panama (8:00 PM; tickets available here).

July 19, 2008
The Sybarite Chamber Players perform Black Bend at the Salida Aspen Concerts in Buena Vista, CO (7:30 PM; tickets available here).

July 3, 2008
The Sybarite Chamber Players perform Black Bend at the Aspen Music Festival's chamber series (4:00 PM, Aspen Chapel; free admission).

June 29, 2008
Violist Melia Watras performs Hard-Knock Stomp at the Music Institute of Chicago (7:00 PM).

June 26, 2008
Black Bend will be performed at the Cleveland Arts Prize award ceremony by a resident string quartet TBA (7:00 PM, Cleveland Playhouse Theatre; tickets available here).

June 24, 2008
Interview with Dan on Cleveland's WCPN 90.3 FM; the broadcast begins at noon and will feature several recent recordings from 2007-2008.

June 18, 2008
The Sybarite Chamber Players perform Black Bend at the Aspen Music Festival (Wheeler Opera House, 9:00 PM).

June 9, 2008
Pianist Evelyne Luest and cellist Joshua Roman premiere Remembrances at NYC's Symphony Space as part of the "New Music Champions" series (7:30 PM, Leonard Nimoy Theater; click here for tickets).

June 6, 2008
Vox Novus features various electronic works at the Stimultania Art Gallery in Strasbourg, France (7:00 PM; tickets available at the door).

May 22, 2008
The Corigliano Quartet premieres Ballads and Broken Rhymes at the University of Washington, Seattle (8:00 PM, Meany Hall; click here for tickets).

May 15, 2008
The Janaki Trio premieres Lawless Airs at NYC's Symphony Space (7:30 PM, Thalia Theater; click here for tickets).

May 11 , 2008
Joshua Roman performs Sitting On Top of the World at Seattle's Town Hall concert series (7:00 PM; click here for tickets).

May 11, 2008
The Sybarite Chamber Players perform Black Bend at NYC's Donnell Library (2:30 PM).

May 10, 2008
The Sybarite Chamber Players perform Black Bend at NYC's Dive Bar (6:00 PM; $20 + all you can drink!)

May 9, 2008
The Sybarite Chamber Players perform Black Bend at NYC's Caffe Vivaldi (7:30 PM).

March 8 , 2008
Violist Melia Watras performs Hard-Knock Stomp at the Canyon Wren concert series in Leavenworth, WA (7:30 PM; tickets available here).

January 29, 2008
The Sybarite Chamber Players perform Black Bend at NYC's Cutting Room, on the "Ten O'Clock Classics" series hosted by HBO's Andre Royo.

January 10, 2008
Fractured Jams performed at Seattle's Town Hall concert series along with works by Messiaen and Radiohead (7:30 PM).

January 7, 2008
The Sybarite Chamber Players perform Black Bend at New York's Museum of Sex, 7:00 PM.

November 9 & 10, 2007
The Annapolis Symphony premieres The Breadth of Breaking Waves as part of the city's three-hundredth year charter celebration (8:00 PM both nights, Maryland Hall of Creative Arts).

October 30, 2007
Violist Melia Watras performs Hard-Knock Stomp at the University of Washington (7:30 PM, Meany Theatre, tickets available at the box office).

October 6, 2007
Melia Watras performs Hard-Knock Stomp at Seattle's Frye Museum (2:00 PM; free admission).

October 5, 2007
The Spokane Symphony performs Black Bend on its "Symphony on the Edge" series (7:30 PM).

September 23, 2007
Washington DC's Contemporary Music Forum (ensemble-in-residence at the Corcoran Gallery of Art) performs Fractured Jams (4:30 PM).

September 22, 2007
Black Bend opens the inaugural event of the Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival (7:30 PM, Chism Recital Hall, tickets for purchase at the box office).

August 17, 2007
The Corigliano Quartet performs Black Bend on Rochester NPR's "Backstage Pass" show (1:00 PM).

August 16, 2007
The Corigliano Quartet performs Black Bend at Rochester's Strong National Museum (11:00 AM).

August 12 & 15, 2007
The Sybarite Chamber Players will perform Black Bend at the LIVASPENART gallery (Aspen, CO). And make sure to catch their performance of the piece on the CBS Early Show this week! (Thursday August 16th at 7-9 AM EST,  broadcast live from Aspen's Wagner Park).

July 26, 2007
The Corigliano Quartet performs Black Bend at the Marrowstone Summer Music Festival.

July 14, 2007
Osmo Vänskä and The Minnesota Orchestra mount a repeat performance of Black Bend (8:00 PM, Orchestra Hall).

July 1, 2007
The Corigliano Quartet performs Black Bend at the Chicago Suzuki Institute.

May 27, 2007
Some Day the Sun Won't Shine will open Paul Haas's final appearance with the New York Youth Symphony in Carnegie Hall (2:00 PM, Stern Auditorium). The piece also commemorates the Carnegie debut of Symphony Singers.

May 13, 2007
Some Day the Sun Won't Shine at the Colden Center, Queens (2:00 PM).

May 3, 2007
The Corigliano Quartet performs Black Bend on the Music in Midtown series at CUNY graduate center. Concert at 1:00 PM, followed by a master class with composer John Corigliano.

March 16, 2007
The Sybarite Chamber Players' recording of Black Bend will be featured  on  a radio interview on Aspen's NPR station KAJX (downloadable from NPR).

February 3, 2007
Interview with Dan featuring new recordings on Cleveland's WCLV.

January-February, 2007
Upcoming concerts: The Kronos Quartet plays Love Bleeds Radiant in Rochester NY, Westport CT, and Portland OR; Brave New Works play Black Bend in Tacoma and Bellingham WA as well as Williams College (MA).

 

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