The Daily Beast
Ted Gioia
The 40 Most Intriguing Musicians of 2016
Maybe they’re not the richest or the most famous, but each one of these performers ought to be on your radar screen in the months to come.
Evan Ziporyn
Cross-Cultural Composition and Clarinet Music
Evan Ziporyn is a clarinetist, composer and faculty director of MIT’s Center for Art, Science & Technology, an organization that takes an expansive view of musical culture in the 21st century. Ziporyn exemplifies that bridge-building in his own projects, which break down the divide between West and East, classical and vernacular, academic and grassroots. Yo-Yo Ma recently debuted Ziporyn’s piece “Tom and Huck” for cello and tabla.
