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Marilyn Nonken Commissions Joshua Fineberg
Marilyn Nonken has commissioned the emerging American Joshua Fineberg to write a new solo work, to be featured with his other piano works and Hugues Dufourt's massive ERLKONIG on a recording to be released by Divine Art in 2012. Fineberg, currently on faculty at Boston University, has been commissioned by the Fromm Foundation, Robert Levin, the French Ministry of Culture, l'IRCAM, Radio France, the American Pianists Association, Ensemble Court-Circuit, Ensemble l"Itinéraire, CCMIX, Dominique My, and Ensemble FA, among others. He and Marilyn Nonken last colllaborated at the 2006 Festival d'Automne. Stay tuned for news of the premiere!

Stress Position: Music of Drew Baker
Spring 2011 will see the release of Marilyn's new portrait recording on New Focus, featuring works of the provocative young American Drew Baker. Marilyn performs the solo works Grey, National Anthem, Stress Position (the latter two written for her); Asa Nisi Masa for amplified piano; and Gaeta, a gorgeous study in sonority for two pianos and water percussion. Learn more about Drew Baker, a composer influenced by both Morton Feldman and the New Complexity, at http://www.drewbakermusic.com

Morton Feldman: TRIADIC MEMORIES
Marilyn Nonken will perform Feldman's epic late work, Triadic Memories, in Philadelphia this June on Bowerbird's all-Feldman festival. The festival will feature performances as well by the FLUX quartet, JACK quartet, and legendary Joan LaBarbara. For more details, visit http://www.bowerbird.org/newsite/events/2011preview

Marilyn Nonken and Sarah Rothenberg: Kurtag/Bach
Marilyn Nonken and Sarah Rothenberg will present the Jatekok of Gyorgy Kurtag, alongside the composer's transcriptions of works by JS Bach, in Houston in January 2012. Marilyn and Sarah are currently touring with their production of Messiaen's Visions De L'Amen; their Bridge recording was named one of the 10 Best of 2010 (London Times) and one of "60 Recordings to Die For/The Best of 2010" (Stereophile Magazine).

Marilyn Nonken In Print: Messiaen, Murail, and Harvey
Marilyn Nonken's forthcoming publications include chapters featured in two books from Ashgate. Her "From Messiaen to Murail, or What Sounds Become" will be featured in Perspectives on French Piano Music (eds. Scott McCarrey and Lesley A. Wright). "Jonathan Harvey's 'Tombeau de Messiaen': A Deeper Level of Spectralism" will be included in Messiaen Perspectives 2: Techniques, Influence, and Reception (eds. Christopher Dingle and Robert Fallon).