Join us as we launch the 2025 Composers Now Festival with an electrifying evening hosted by Tania León, the visionary Founder and Artistic Director of Composers Now. This event kicks off a month-long celebration spotlighting the voices of living composers across the nation.

Highlights of the evening Include:
2025 Visionary Awards
First Commission - World Premiere
Live Performances

January 29, 2025 7:30pm
National Sawdust

More information coming soon

March 6, 2025
National Sawdust

March 12th, 2025
Kåfjord, Norway

Final Program to be announced February 8

March 15, 2025
Föreningen Littfest
Umeå, Sweden

More information coming soon

March 18, 2025
Stockholm, Sweden

Program Details:

Chen Yi: Sprout
Zhou Long: Chinese Folk Songs
Chen Yi: Sound of the Five

March 23, 2025 2pm
Snug Harbor Cultural Center - Newhouse Center Of Contemporary Art

Program Details:

Chen Yi: Sprout
Zhou Long: Chinese Folk Songs
Chen Yi: Sound of the Five

March 27, 2025 7pm
Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture
450 Grand Concourse
Bronx County, NY 10451

Program Details:

Chen Yi: Sprout
Zhou Long: Chinese Folk Songs
Chen Yi: Sound of the Five

March 27, 2025 6pm
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY 10023

Program Details:

Chen Yi: Sprout
Zhou Long: Chinese Folk Songs
Chen Yi: Sound of the Five

March 28, 2025 7pm
The Brooklyn Public Library - Central Branch
10 Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn, NY11238

Program Details:

Chen Yi: Sprout
Zhou Long: Chinese Folk Songs
Chen Yi: Sound of the Five

March 29, 2025 2pm
Flushing Town Hall
137-35 Northern Blvd
Queens County, NY 11354

Program Overview:
Maurice Ravel: Alborada del gracioso
Andy Akiho: Cello Concerto (SC Phil Co-Commission)
Hector Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, op. 14

April 26, 2025 7:30pm
Koger Center for the Arts

Morihiko Nakahara, Conductor

More information coming soon

May 3, 2025
National Sawdust