DUO Stephanie and Saar’s annual one-day mini-festival — with help from regular collaborators Portland Percussion Group, students from PSU’s Portland Summer Percussion Academy, and pianists from Portland’s new music scene… Incessant pulsations: Makrokosmos XII
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