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The Argento Performers Series


Argento New Music Project is pleased to present a new recital series to highlight our talented, virtuoso players in the intimate acoustic space of the Austrian Cultural Forum New York in midtown Manhattan.

Update: Thanks to everyone who attended and supported concerts in the Performers Series this fall! Thanks also to BrewHeister for providing amazing "premier beers" for our post-concert talks and receptions. We look forward to seeing you at one of our spring concerts, and we eagerly anticipate our next series in the fall of 2012.



Argento performs at the Moving Sounds Festival


Argento will kick off the fall season with four world premieres in two exciting concert programs at the third annual Moving Sounds Festival, a weekend dedicated to music, visual media and aesthetic dialogue, featuring emerging and pioneering artists who challenge the boundaries between acoustic and electronic, aural and visual.

Argento Wins Prestigious Record Geijutsu Academy Award in Japan


Winter Fragments CD

The leading Japanese music magazine Record Geijutsu (レコード芸術) has announced its annual Record Geijutsu Academy Award for 2010. Argento has been recognized in the Best New Music category for its debut AEON release Winter Fragments, featuring works by Tristan Murail.

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