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December 8, 2024 - St. Paul's Chapel at Columbia University presents Tombeau (New York, NY)
loadbang will be presenting a program titled Tombeau, featuring a world premieres of works by Michael Hersch and Eva-Maria Houben as well as pieces by Raven Chacon and Eli Greenhoe. loadbang will be joined by Miranda Cuckson (violin) and Will Yager (bass) for Michael Hersch's new work.
8pm

December 21, 2024 - IntAct Festival (Bangkok, Thailand)
loadbang will be performing music by George Lewis, Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Daniel Sabzghabaei, Raven Chacon, Chaya Czernowin, and Piyawat Louilarpprasert.
Did you miss loadbang Presents: Premieres Vol. 24?  You can hear the premieres by Jonah Haven (winner of the 2023 International Commission Competition) and Felipe Lara (made possible with funding from the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation)!
Adam Mirza's Partial Knowledge is now out on New Focus Recordings.  You can hear us on the first track, and the whole album is just great!
loadbang's Power Chats are back, and you can hear our live conversation with Felipe Lara on November 8, 2024 at the YouTube Link below.  
Our 2025 International Composition Competition is now open and we're looking forward to hearing so many great pieces!  Head over here to complete the free application by March 1. 
A new documentary about our collaboration with The Qualcomm Institute and Lei Liang is now available!
loadbang's 24/25 Season has been announced! Head over to our Events page to see where we're headed and we hope to play for you this year!
​loadbang recently released La Vida Que Vendrá, music of Orlando Jacinto García on New Focus Recordings.  In addition to a piece for the quartet, the album will also feature electro-acoustic solo works for all four members.

2024 International Commission competition announcement!
We’re so excited to announce the winners of our 2024 International Commission Competition -  Golnaz Shariatzadeh and  Gabriel Bolaños! Our judging system allows for ties, but it hasn’t ever happened…..until now!

These decisions are always so difficult and the quality of the works submitted were so wonderful that we decided to also name two runners-up, Arda Bayram and Peter Kramer.

Stay tuned for the premiere dates of these new works and a huge thanks to all that applied!
If you missed our 23/24 NYC shows, we've got you covered!  Hear much more over at our YouTube Channel, and subscribe while you're there!