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New York Philharmonic's Very Young Composers 2026

WQXR is partnering with the New York Philharmonic again to showcase music written by fourteen extraordinary composers between the ages of nine and seventeen and all participants in the New York Philharmonic's Very Young Composers program. The compositions are performed by the Ivalas Quartet: Reuben Kebede, violin; Tiani Butts, violin; Marcus Stevenson, viola; and Pedro Sánchez, cello. The Ivalas Quartet has been changing the face of classical music since its inception in 2017 with a mission to enrich the classical music world by spotlighting past and present BIPOC composers alongside the…

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