The premiere of Federico Garcia-De Castro’s newest work, commissioned by the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council. Featuring Gretchen Van Hoesen, Nuiko Wadden, Natalie Severson, Sara Magill, Mia Venezia, and Alyssa Hensley, Surround is an immersion into the sound of the harp, and an exploration of the musical syntax of spatial movement.

The PFNM features the music of Festival Composer Marilyn Shrude, with a premiere by Alia Musica (flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion), and performances of existing works throughout the festival.

Tenth Intervention's version of Peter Maxwell Davis's epoch-making monodrama, featuring the amazing Paul Pinto's five-octave range with an entire repertoire of distorted vocalizations.

The American legendary percussionist performs music written for him by Gustavo Matamoros and Ryan McMasters.

Alessandro Baticci and Rafal Zalech are the Italian contemporary pop duo Nimikry, the Festival’s international quota. Their performance reinvents the classical instruments through the use of technology, and reveals new fields of noise pop, classical remix, and experimental electronics.

From Erlkönig through Debussy to modern vocal improvisation, Pittsburgh’s soprano Amanda Van Story Lewis and multiartist Christiane Dolores offer a 21st-century look at the tradition of the lied. With Amaury Morales (piano) and Zoltan Weslowski (bass).

The Pittsburgh-based soloists of NAT 28 perform Sequenzas in unconventional venues throughout the Festival month.

Pittsburgh’s experimental saxophone visionary performs on the Pittsburgh Soundpike as a soloist in music by Jesse Stilles, and with Ben Barson and the Pittsburgh Saxophone Quartet.

Minnesota guitar-and-voice duo perform the 2015 oratorio Feathermucker with composer Ted Moore (St. Paul), in a program shared with Pittsburgh-based ensemble Kamraton.