Our 2008 Festival brings you exciting new music by young composers from around the globe including world premieres by Argentinian composer Alejandro Rutty, Lithuanian-born Zibuokle Martinaityte, L.A.-based Sean Griffin, and sound artist Micah Silver. Opening night features the kick-off of the Sound Installation and the third installment of MATA"s new sesires Interval, curated by Mario Diaz de Leon. On Tuesday, April 1, The critically-acclaimed Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) will present the New York premiere of Lisa Bielawa's Double Violin Concerto, as well as a new work for orchestra and throat-singer by Ken Ueno. The exhilarating young chamber orchestra The Knights return to MATA with a concert of World and New York premieres (April 2), and local ensembles Newspeak and Either/Or make their festival debut with full sets of music, then members of each come together to premiere Sean Griffin's newly commissioned work (April 4). On April 3, critic and philosopher Christoph Cox presents a lecture discussing his groundbreaking book Audio Culture. The 2008 Festival marks MATA's first collaboration with Diapason Gallery, the leading presenter of sound art in the US. Throughout the festival, a 12-channel speaker system will be installed in the Caf Room at the Lyceum. 18 different works will be heard, including the premiere of a commissioned work by Micah Silver, along with those from the amazing Diapason Archive.

All performances will take place at the Brooklyn Lyceum (4th Ave & President St, Brooklyn - gmap), a converted bathhouse at the heart of the burgeoning arts scene in the Park Slope/Gowanus neighborhoods.

This year's MATA Festival features a special collaboration with artists Eve Biddle and Bowie Zunino. Eve and Bowie have created chalk drawings specifically for the performance space in the Brooklyn Lyceum, depicting original windows of the building that were removed in 1937. Special thanks to Eve and Bowie for creating these unique works of art for the MATA Festival!

Eve and Bowie create collaborative work focusing on points of personal contact and drawing on history, social context, and compulsion. Please visit their websites for samples of their work and contact information.