I once saw Steven Mackey and Jennifer Koh perform Mackey's double concerto Four Iconoclastic Episodes with the LA Phil (John Adams conducting). They were in the middle of a particularly aggressive section when the bridge on Jennifer Koh's violin snapped in half. They stopped the show and she traded violins with one of the violinists in the back row and jumped right back in. It was one of the most bad-ass things I've seen happen in a concert hall.

The time an audience member stormed out yelling "this is a piece of s**t!" at Lukas Foss, who was conducting.

Opening up for Kraftwerk with Steve Reich and Bang On A Can. <3 :)

One of my favorite memories is when Mark Stewart and David Cossin had a recital at the Bang on a Can Festival last summer. The atmosphere they created made the space so magical! Also, this website is sooo awesome, I love it!!!

Getting turned inside out by Tanya Tagaq.

Robert Ashley's Now Eleonor's Idea at Avignon Festival 1994

Last night I came home from the hospital. As I walked down Broadway around 7:00, the nightly celebration for front-line workers – medical professionals, first responders, transit workers, and others – happened all around me. All of New York hanging out the window, hitting saucepans, striking pie tins, clapping, screaming, banging on cans. I wept and wept.

Philip Glass' Koyaanitqatsi played Live syncronised with the Godfrey Reggio's film by PG Ensemble in Albacete, Spain, about year 1990!

A crazy concert from a rapper named Residente, 35,000 people, no seats, just pure energy.

Mahler's 5th with the Chicago Symphony in Carnegie Hall. Solti. I think it was my first major "big deal" concert and the live music - and the almost riotous reception by the audience - has stayed with me for my entire life.