Susan Botti

Burning down the house

by James Leonard

posted 4/1/2003

The great press notices from the New York Times ("one of the fresher and more imaginative voices on the New York new-music scene") and Opera News ("striking emotional music") are imposing. The great composition teachers — Gubaidulina, Crumb, Kurtág, Cage, and Partch — are impressive. The great commissions — from the

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