The New Yorker calls Miller Theatre "a hot bed of musical exploration" covering the "classical spectrum"
"Miller Theatre, a hotbed of musical exploration, at Columbia University, has both ends of the classical spectrum pretty well covered. For its acclaimed “Composer Portraits” series, which seeks out creators of new and unusual sounds, the International Contemporary Ensemble taps into the scrambled kineticism of the German composer Carola Bauckholt’s work (Feb. 8). On the early-music side, Gesualdo Six, an exquisite vocal ensemble specializing in Renaissance polyphony, samples from its haunting and consoling album “Lux Aeterna” (Feb. 17). Miller’s “Pop-Up Concerts” invite audiences to be radically present: at free, hourlong programs, listeners are seated onstage for intimate encounters with such music as Beethoven’s cello sonatas, played by the adventuresome Conrad Tao and Jay Campbell (Feb. 13)." —Oussama Zahr (Miller Theatre; select dates Feb. 8-17.)