This summer Dan will be collaborating with composers Orianna Webb, Peter Gilbert, and Ryan Streber on new solo pieces for classical and electric guitar. The works will be the product of an experiment in co-composition with Dan, with each of them reflecting varying degrees of shared duties in the composing process. They will be premiered on a September 25 New York recital funded by a grant from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Check the calendar for details.

Abandoned Time, a new recording of chamber music with guitar performed by ICE and featuring Dan, will be released the first week of September on New Focus Recordings. The CD includes pieces by Magnus Lindberg, Dai Fujikura, Mario Davidovsky, Kaija Saariaho, and Du Yun. Lots of great musicians have been in on every aspect of this project. Come celebrate at The Stone on September 14 for a two set cd release event. Check out this NY Times Sunday Arts section profile on ICE. More details on the calendar page.

click here for more info

The new performing arts center in Troy, N.Y. ,EMPAC, will be featuring ICE and Dan in a fascinating piece by Gyorgy Kurtag for thirty players and guitar soloist entitled Grabstein fur Stephan on October 3rd and 4th. The performance is part of a gala event celebrating the arts center's long anticipated opening. The work involves musicians spread throughout the hall, filling out notes in ominously thick, resonant chords.

Flexible Music will be featured in an October 24 concert at the Mid-American Center for New Music Festival at Bowling Green State University, in Ohio. The annual festival draws composers and performs from around the world, and highlights BGSU's long standing as a center for new music in the midwest. FM will also be playing concerts at Syracuse University, and in Philadelphia and Baltimore this fall.

Get Daniel Lippel's recordings

click here