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June 26th and 27th, 2026: Other Minds Presents Mavericks 250: David Tudor Centennial

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Posted May 22, 2026

In Composers, Events, OM Archive, Other Minds News, Press

By rachel Schonfeld

June 26th and 27th, 2026: Other Minds Presents Mavericks 250: David Tudor Centennial

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July 20, 2026: Other Minds Presents Mavericks 250: Alexander Reinagle

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Posted May 21, 2026

In Composers, Events, OM Archive, Other Minds News, Press

By rachel Schonfeld

July 20, 2026: Other Minds Presents Mavericks 250: Alexander Reinagle

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Day 4 of Other Minds Festival 30! Note early start

Day 4 of Other Minds Festival 30! Note early start time—Panel at 3:00 pm, Concert at 4:00 pm.

The final concert of OM 30 includes @odetogravity's Sonatina for Four Bass Drums, sound poetry by @blonkjaap, and @charlemagnepalestine, sovereign of embodied minimalism, who will grace us with a performance for solo piano.

More info and tickets still available in the link in our bio.

Tonight! Night 3 of Other Minds Festival 30! @nor

Tonight! Night 3 of Other Minds Festival 30!

@nordervalk , @john_diaz_charles and @zacharyjameswatkins are Foreign/Domestic, and @kingbritt

Kristin Norderval – We Demand Justice (2026), world premiere; Volutions (2026), world premiere; Kristin Norderval; voice and live electronics with the EVII; Elizabeth Gaver, hardingfele, medieval fiddle, and rebec
Foreign/Domestic – Improvised Set; Zachary James Watkins, guitar and electronics and John Diaz, drums
King Britt – Moksha Black, King Britt, electronics and Alingo Loh, visuals

Kristin Norderval’s appearance is made possible through generous support from the @norwayhousefoundation and@scanhouse .

This project is supported in part by @creativewestrao which receives support in part from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

Tickets will still available at the door or you can click the link in our bio to purchase in advance.

Tonight! Night 2 of Other Minds Festival 30! @m

Tonight! Night 2 of Other Minds Festival 30!

@mahsa_vahdat @mahsa_vahdat @composerjuri

Sylvie Courvoisier – Improvised Set, with selections from the album To Be Other-Wise; Sylvie Courvoisier, solo piano

Mahsa Vahdat – My Voice is My Home; Mahsa Vahdat, voice; Atabak Elyasi, setar

Juri Seo – Just Intonation Etudes (2023); Wildflowers (2025), West Coast premiere; and Bad Decision (2026), world premiere; Friction Quartet; Shawn Myers, drums; Michael Minor, double bass

Sylvie Courvoisier’s appearance is made possible in part through generous support from the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia @prohelvetia and Fondation Suisa @fondation.suisa

This project is supported in part by Creative West @creativewestrao which receives support in part from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

Tickets will still available at the door or you can click the link in our bio to purchase in advance.

Night One of OM Festival 30 is Tonight! Tickets ar

Night One of OM Festival 30 is Tonight! Tickets are still available at walk up for the world premiere of Joseph Bohigian's I Am He Whose Life and Soul Are Torment. 7pm panel discussion · 8pm concert @bravatheater in San Francisco's Mission District.

Featuring: @dudukwhisperer and @ensembledecipher, with direction by @tarabagss and costume design by @rogue_states

With funding provided by: @themapfund, @zellerbachfamilyfoundation, @arisc_us, @creativearmenia, @agbuarts, and @newmusicusa.

Tickets still available at the link in our bio.

Other Minds Festival 30 starts tomorrow! Tickets

Other Minds Festival 30 starts tomorrow!

Tickets and more info in the link in our bio.

@cher_exmachina Elize Manoukian writes about Other

@cher_exmachina Elize Manoukian writes about Other Minds on KQED!

"On Oct. 8–11 at the Brava Theater in the Mission District, the festival will celebrate its 30th anniversary. It’s also the 81-year-old Amirkhanian’s last year as executive and artistic director before he retires in January.

Musician and fellow composer Joseph Bohigian, currently Other Minds’ associate director, will take over as artistic director next year. A separate search for the organization’s next executive director is underway."

Read the entire article here and Tickets are still on sale for Other Minds Festival 30 in the link in our bio.

Other Minds Festival 30 is this week! Tickets and

Other Minds Festival 30 is this week!

Tickets and more info in the link in our bio.

San Francisco Pronounces October 2, 2026 as Other

San Francisco Pronounces October 2, 2026 as Other Minds Day!

WHEREAS, Other Minds was founded in San Francisco in 1992 and has spent three decades dedicated to the encouragement and propagation of contemporary music in all its forms; and

WHEREAS, Other Minds brings together artists and audiences of diverse traditions, generations, and cultural backgrounds through its annual festival, concerts, recordings, broadcasts, and public discussions; and

WHEREAS, Other Minds has fostered cross-cultural exchange and creative dialogue while exploring areas of new music seldom touched upon by mainstream institutions; and

WHEREAS, the organization's archives of over 10,000 hours of recorded performances preserve and share this musical legacy with students, scholars, and the public; and

WHEREAS, in 2026 Other Minds celebrates the 30th anniversary of its New Music Festival, a milestone reflecting its enduring contribution to San Francisco's cultural life; now

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that I, Daniel Lurie, Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco declare October 2, 2026, as Other Minds Day, in celebration of the occasion of its 30th Festival and its longstanding contributions to the Bay Area's contemporary music community; and

BE IT, FURTHER RESOLVED, that October 2, 2026, is hereby declared as:

Other Minds Day

in San Francisco!

Next Sunday, October 11 at 4pm at the Brava Theate

Next Sunday, October 11 at 4pm at the Brava Theater in San Francisco's Mission District: Charlemagne Palestine.

More info and tickets available in the link in our bio.

Other Minds Podcast Episode 52: @kingbritt, Blackt

Other Minds Podcast Episode 52: @kingbritt, Blacktronika: Afrofuturism in Electronic Music

King Britt is a composer, producer, and performer who integrates contemporary electronic music practices with an industry-informed perspective. Britt has performed around the world at SummerStage, Berghain, and Big Ears Festival and collaborated with artists including De La Soul, Madlib, John Legend, and Tyshawn Sorey. As a Professor in Computer Music at UC San Diego, Britt developed and teaches the popular course Blacktronika: Afrofuturism in Electronic Music, honoring the artists within the African diaspora who pioneered groundbreaking genres within electronic music. In the interview, Joseph Bohigian and Rachel Schonfeld talk with Britt about the early influence of Sun Ra, Britt’s interest in science fiction and Afrofuturism, and his recent Blacktronika festival in Philadelphia.

Listen and subscribe in the link in our bio.

@nordervalk Kristin Norderval in the @bayarearepor

@nordervalk Kristin Norderval in the @bayareareporter

"Social engagement and activism have been constant in Norderval’s catalog. Her 2016 opera, “The Trials of Patricia Isasa,” with a libretto by Naomi Wallace, follows the Argentine architect who was abducted and tortured at 16 under the junta and who later prosecuted her torturers. It won Quebec’s Opus Prize for both best contemporary music and best production. Her film project “m/y much desired one...” sets text by the lesbian feminist writer Monique Wittig, whose split pronoun supplies the title’s spelling."

Read more and purchase tickets for OM Festival 30 in the link in our bio.

Other Minds Festival 30 is a week and a half away!

Other Minds Festival 30 is a week and a half away!

Tickets and more info in the link in our bio.

Archive find! Panaiotis (Peter Ward), singing whi

Archive find!

Panaiotis (Peter Ward), singing while sitting on the floor with a crystal singing bowl and an effects pedal. Taken during a performance with Pauline Oliveros at the Speaking of Music series at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, CA. Undated, but likely taken n the mid-late 1980s.

Tune into @kalxradio 90.7 FM Berkeley at 11:00 AM

Tune into @kalxradio 90.7 FM Berkeley at 11:00 AM today, September 24 to hear Associate Director Joseph Bohigian speak with DJ Sparkle Motion about this year's OM Festival 30.

Link to learn more and buy tickets for OM Festival 30 in our bio.

From the OM Archives: this gem by Anthony Gnazzo.

From the OM Archives: this gem by Anthony Gnazzo.

Episode 51 of the Other Minds Podcast: @mahsa_vahd

Episode 51 of the Other Minds Podcast: @mahsa_vahdat, My Voice is My Home

Mahsa Vahdat is an internationally acclaimed Iranian singer and composer. She is an iconic figure in the struggle of Iranian women for artistic freedom in the complex socio-political landscape after the Islamic Revolution. Deeply rooted in the rich tradition of Persian classical music, her work blends classical and regional Iranian music, poetic lyricism, and contemporary idioms. Now based in the San Francisco Bay Area, she has engaged in musical partnerships that span a wide range of genres and cultures, including projects with Kronos Quartet, Tord Gustavsen, Mighty Sam McClain, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, and Pacific Symphony. In the interview Associate Director Joseph Bohigian talks with her about early musical influences in Iran, her defiance of government restrictions on female singers, and her intercultural musical collaborations.

Link in our bio to listen and subscribe.

Photo by Tahmineh Monzavi.

@chicomello.composer performing a selection of son

@chicomello.composer performing a selection of songs while accompanying himself on the guitar during the third concert of the 14th Other Minds Festival on March 7, 2009, at the Jewish Community Center in San Francisco.

Don't miss this year's Other Minds Festival 30, October 8–11 at the Brava Theater in San Francisco's Mission District. Tickets and more information available in the link in our bio.

Artist John White at Klamath River in August of 19

Artist John White at Klamath River in August of 1981.

Episode 50 of the Other Minds Podcast features Jos

Episode 50 of the Other Minds Podcast features Joseph Bohigian and @dudukwhisperer Khatchadour Khatchadourian!

Joseph Bohigian is a composer and performer of acoustic and electronic music. His work focuses on issues of memory, cultural reunification, and diaspora. With a strong interest in reestablishing a relationship with lost elements of our past to better envision our future, he makes use of archival materials in his music, such as sound recordings, interviews, and written texts, synthesizing fragments of song lyrics and reviving ancient musical notations.

Khatchadour Khatchadourian is a Lebanese-Armenian vocalist and duduk player based in the Bay Area. Growing up within the Armenian diaspora in Lebanon and Aleppo, Syria, Khatchadour’s voice pays homage to the vocal landscapes of the South Caucasus, Levant, and Anatolia. Khatchadour’s passion for the duduk, an Armenian double reed woodwind, began in 2007, and has since taken him on musical journeys across Armenia and Southern France.

On the opening night of this year’s Other Minds Festival, October 8, Khatchadourian will be performing with @ensembledecipher in the world premiere of Bohigian’s I Am He Whose Life and Soul Are Torment, a symbolic biography of the Armenian filmmaker Sergei Parajanov told through the multilingual poetry of Sayat-Nova. On this episode, guest host Devin King interviews Khatchadouian and Bohigian about the project.

Link to listen and subscribe and to purchase tickets to OM 30 in our bio.

This performance of I Am He Whose Life and Soul Are Torment is made possible through generous support from @themapfund, @arisc_us, @creativearmenia, @agbuarts, and @newmusicusa Creator Fund 2025–26.

Carl Rakosi in the OM Archives! What can be compa

Carl Rakosi in the OM Archives!

What can be compared to
the living eye?
Its East
is flowering
honeysuckle
and its North
dogwood bushes.

From "Associations with a View from the House"

Poet Carl Rakosi seated and reading from a book, framed by two mics in a KPFA studio in 1971. It is likely that this was taken during a reading that Rakosi recorded at KPFA on May 13, 1971 and which was then broadcast on May 22.

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