The annual concert series upends convention and, this time around, encourages audience participation. WILLAMETTE WEEK | By Nathan Carson | June 23, 2026 5:40PM PDT Makrokosmos 2024 (Courtesy of Makrokosmos Project) Traditional… Classical Music Finds Strange Harmony at Makrokosmos
By Charles Rose | August 4, 2025 For this year’s one-day microfestival, a cadre of pianists led by DUO Stephanie and Saar paired Bach’s “Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I” with the complete… The sensuous incarnation: Makrokosmos 11
The one-day modernist music festival continues to justify the words of George Crumb, performing music that “depends for its very existence on a type of pioneer performer” by Juri Seo,… Aufführungspraxis: Makrokosmos Project turns X
The ninth annual day-long new music festival at PICA featured music by Crumb and Takemitsu alongside a clutch of Pacific Northwest composers that included Adams, Bunch, Johanson, Miksch, Svoboda, and… Our life, our breath, our hopes and dreams: Makrokosmos IX
The annual mini-festival of contemporary music celebrated its eighth year with five hours of music at PICA, featuring compositions from across Latin America. AUGUST 16, 2022 | CHARLES ROSEMUSIC In… Unusual and often terrifying: Makrokosmos 8
Updated: Jun. 21, 2022, 6:32 a.m. | Published: Jun. 21, 2022, 6:30 a.m. Stephanie Ho and Saar Ahuvia, who perform together as DUO Stephanie & Saar, are the organizers of the… Makrokosmos 8 Festival celebrates contemporary classical music by Latino composers
Piano-centric new music shindig returns to live performance at Portland Piano Company and Japanese Gardens AUGUST 19, 2021 // MUSIC // CHARLES ROSE The Makrokosmos Project, now in its seventh year, has become a… Music by uncommon women: Makrokosmos 7
Fifth annual festival of 20th and 21st century music creates and relies on community JUNE 24, 2019 // MUSIC // BRETT CAMPBELL When Portland native Stephanie Ho first heard Makrokosmos, the massive, four-volume cycle of… Makrokosmos Project: expansive vision
Updated Jun 19, 2019; Posted Jun 19, 2019 By Brett Campbell | For The Oregonian/Oregon Live When Stephanie Ho first heard “Makrokosmos,” the four-volume cycle of amplified piano and percussion music… At this classical music festival, you can come and go as you please, amid wine and cheese
Portland summer modern music marathon’s ‘Dadapalooza’ mixes Cage, Zappa, Crumb, piano, percussion, even cactus into a meditative musical experience AUGUST 27, 2018 by MATTHEW ANDREWS Photography by Masataka Suemitsu Summer… Makrokosmos IV review: screwy, spiritual music for a summer evening