Oksana Nesterenko
@erlenadlu.bsky.social
Musicologist in New York
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I think I'm in a sweet spot between striving and enjoying. Are you?
Goals, rankings, and metrics help us thrive and work together. But how can we use them without letting them rule us? newyorkermag.visitlink.me/w0seZw
Is Life a Game?
In “The Score,” the philosopher C. Thi Nguyen argues that play is the meaning of life.
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January 14, 2026 at 3:32 PM
I think I'm in a sweet spot between striving and enjoying. Are you?
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Music theory teachers! My department at NYU created an amazing free public collection of online resources and examples, including a huge body of pop examples. They want you to use it! sites.google.com/nyu.edu/nyu-...
NYU Theory Resources
This site compiles resources used in the undergraduate music theory sequence at NYU Steinhardt. Click the icons below to naviage to each of the pages.
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January 8, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Music theory teachers! My department at NYU created an amazing free public collection of online resources and examples, including a huge body of pop examples. They want you to use it! sites.google.com/nyu.edu/nyu-...
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The New York-based DIY show listings zine GUNK published this list of local small-scale music venues that closed in 2025. It is so hard to keep a community-oriented music space open in this city. I really hope whoever leads Cultural Affairs for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social will take this seriously.
January 6, 2026 at 3:28 PM
The New York-based DIY show listings zine GUNK published this list of local small-scale music venues that closed in 2025. It is so hard to keep a community-oriented music space open in this city. I really hope whoever leads Cultural Affairs for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social will take this seriously.
It was a pleasure to share a few words about my favorite read of the year with one of my favorite podcasts, though fitting all my thoughts into 90 seconds felt like an impossible challenge. Looking forward to reading some of the books shared by others!
It's here! Listeners shared some of their favorite history reads from 2025--inclusing one book published 90 years ago! draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...
Episode 81: The Best History Books You Read This Year
Listeners call in to Drafting the Past to tell host Kate Carpenter about the best history books they read in 2025.
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January 3, 2026 at 3:00 AM
It was a pleasure to share a few words about my favorite read of the year with one of my favorite podcasts, though fitting all my thoughts into 90 seconds felt like an impossible challenge. Looking forward to reading some of the books shared by others!
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Happy New Year! Happy New Music!!!
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NYC Calendar January 2026
Highlights of the month:Prototype Festival, January 7-18Winterjazzfest, January 8-13Ches Smith residency at the Stone, January 7-17 THURSDAY, January 1The 52nd Annual New Year’s Day Poetry Ma…
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January 1, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Happy New Year! Happy New Music!!!
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A new and possibly best performance of a rare recent piece that I believe will become a classic. Zoltan Almashi's Maria's City, dedicated to the city of Mariupol. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwIC...
Almashi: Maria's city/ Kedrovskyi - Tallinn chamber orchestra
YouTube video by Antonii Kedrovskyi – conductor, violinist
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December 31, 2025 at 3:14 PM
A new and possibly best performance of a rare recent piece that I believe will become a classic. Zoltan Almashi's Maria's City, dedicated to the city of Mariupol. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwIC...
Pinya is ready for Super New Masada. After an introduction to Anthony Braxton's language music, he completed Klezpainting workshop conducted by Walter Thompson's offspring Sam Day Harmet. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrFV...
KlezPainting at Yiddish NY, 2025
YouTube video by Alex Minkin
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December 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Pinya is ready for Super New Masada. After an introduction to Anthony Braxton's language music, he completed Klezpainting workshop conducted by Walter Thompson's offspring Sam Day Harmet. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrFV...
This semester I taught an entire lecture about John Zorn. Student feedback was just as expected. One student said Zorn “should not be studied.” Another one said Zorn was her most favorite, especially the Masada. Both quoted my article about Zorn’s open works in their final essay!
December 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This semester I taught an entire lecture about John Zorn. Student feedback was just as expected. One student said Zorn “should not be studied.” Another one said Zorn was her most favorite, especially the Masada. Both quoted my article about Zorn’s open works in their final essay!
Happy Hannukah from generation Alpha! photos.google.com/share/AF1Qip...
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December 15, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Happy Hannukah from generation Alpha! photos.google.com/share/AF1Qip...
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New York in December! extendedtechniques.com/2025/12/01/n...
NYC Calendar December 2025
Highlight of the month:Ikue Mori’s Residency at the Stone, December 10-13 MONDAY, December 17:30PM and 9PM Laubrock – Kim – Seabrook – Lovato – RaineyIngrid Laubrock –…
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December 1, 2025 at 5:37 PM
New York in December! extendedtechniques.com/2025/12/01/n...
Any colleagues attending ASEEES25? See you there!
Join our Business Meeting at #ASEEES25 !
Thu, November 20, 7:30 to 8:45pm EST, Washington DC Hilton, Floor: T, Cardozo
The event will be followed by a drinks reception.
Please indicate your interest in attending the meeting and reception here: forms.gle/nbQL8HD3fCzv...
Thu, November 20, 7:30 to 8:45pm EST, Washington DC Hilton, Floor: T, Cardozo
The event will be followed by a drinks reception.
Please indicate your interest in attending the meeting and reception here: forms.gle/nbQL8HD3fCzv...
Ukraine Decolonial Studies Network Business Meeting and Reception Invitation
Dear Colleagues,
Ukraine Decolonial Studies Network is delighted to invite you to attend its Business Meeting at ASEEES (Thursday, November 20, 7:30 PM–8:45 PM. Washington Hilton, Terrace, Cardozo). E...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Any colleagues attending ASEEES25? See you there!
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From pianist Igor Levit, the opening of Frederic Rzewski's "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!" (1975)
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Igor Levit - Rzewski - The People United Will Never Be Defeated! Thema. With determination
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November 5, 2025 at 3:37 AM
From pianist Igor Levit, the opening of Frederic Rzewski's "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!" (1975)
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New York in November! extendedtechniques.com/2025/10/31/n...
November 1, 2025 at 3:03 AM
New York in November! extendedtechniques.com/2025/10/31/n...
What a delightful conversation about writing history as an art. i've been thinking about this a lot and now get a specific advice on how to do this.
New! I had great fun talking w/ @drjoannepaul.bsky.social about how she embraces creativity and artistry and how she writes vividly about Tudor history. If you've ever dreamed of writing a history that reads almost like a novel, you're going to love this episode. draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...
October 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM
What a delightful conversation about writing history as an art. i've been thinking about this a lot and now get a specific advice on how to do this.
Arvo Pärt indeed figured out how to draw audiences to new music. From young to old, hipsters to fashion ladies to real music connosieurs. His avant-garde opuses stood the test of time. The most amazing were the violinints, Midori and Hans Christian Aavik, they showed that Tabula Rasa has future.
October 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Arvo Pärt indeed figured out how to draw audiences to new music. From young to old, hipsters to fashion ladies to real music connosieurs. His avant-garde opuses stood the test of time. The most amazing were the violinints, Midori and Hans Christian Aavik, they showed that Tabula Rasa has future.
Best protest music ever!
I'll leave you from Portland with one last video of the @unpresidentedbrass.bsky.social, the unofficial house band of #NoKings
October 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Best protest music ever!
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October in New York! extendedtechniques.com/2025/10/01/n...
NYC Calendar October 2025
WEDNESDAY, October 16:30 pm Friends of Klangforum ViennaProgram:Misato Mochizuki (1969) Pas à pas Georg Friedrich Haas (1953) Nach-Ruf… ent-gleitendPerformers: Klangforum WienVENUE: Austrian Cultur…
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October 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
October in New York! extendedtechniques.com/2025/10/01/n...
The best way to celebrate a composer’s birthday is to listen to their music the way they intended it. Pauline Oliveros’s 80th, Terry Riley’s 90th, and Valentyn Sylvestrov’s 88th (yesterday). It's impossible to find a point of comparison. One thing I can say for sure, at the latter I cried the most.
October 1, 2025 at 8:10 AM
The best way to celebrate a composer’s birthday is to listen to their music the way they intended it. Pauline Oliveros’s 80th, Terry Riley’s 90th, and Valentyn Sylvestrov’s 88th (yesterday). It's impossible to find a point of comparison. One thing I can say for sure, at the latter I cried the most.
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Join us tomorrow for a book talk by our Executive Board member, Svitlana Biedarieva! Organized by the Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program at the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute as part of the Decolonizing Ukrainian Studies event series. www.huri.harvard.edu/event/svitla...
September 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Join us tomorrow for a book talk by our Executive Board member, Svitlana Biedarieva! Organized by the Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program at the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute as part of the Decolonizing Ukrainian Studies event series. www.huri.harvard.edu/event/svitla...
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Okkyung Lee ~ just like any other day (어느날): background music for your mundane activities
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Okkyung Lee ~ just like any other day (어느날): background music for your mundane activities
There’s a German word for everything, and today’s example is Gebrauchsmusik – meaning ‘utility music’. This is music that exists not only for its own sake, but was composed for some specific, ident…
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September 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Okkyung Lee ~ just like any other day (어느날): background music for your mundane activities
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What you need today: Arvo Pärt is 90 Years Old, the latest at KillYrIdols open.substack.com/pub/killyrid...
September 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
What you need today: Arvo Pärt is 90 Years Old, the latest at KillYrIdols open.substack.com/pub/killyrid...
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Today is the birthday of Theodor W. Adorno, Arvo Pärt, and Victoria Poleva. Since most here are familiar with the men, I will be posting some of Poleva's music! www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBfL...
Victoria Poleva. White Interment for Oboe and Strings
YouTube video by Roman Mints
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September 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Today is the birthday of Theodor W. Adorno, Arvo Pärt, and Victoria Poleva. Since most here are familiar with the men, I will be posting some of Poleva's music! www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBfL...
It was a delight to run into a mention of Victoria Poleva's Ode to Joy in this essay on Beethoven by Maria Popova. Referencing the concert commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, she concludes:
(a thread)
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Ода к радости
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September 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
It was a delight to run into a mention of Victoria Poleva's Ode to Joy in this essay on Beethoven by Maria Popova. Referencing the concert commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, she concludes:
(a thread)
soundcloud.com/victoria-pol...
(a thread)
soundcloud.com/victoria-pol...
With a new teaching load and other projects, I finished the calendar only on September 3rd! Luckily, there were no events before today, so this can count as the official start of the month for new music listeners!
September in NYC - gets hotter and hotter! extendedtechniques.com/2025/09/03/n...
NYC Calendar September 2025
THURSDAY, September 48:30 pm Eric AlabasterEric Alabaster, percussionSalamat Ali, vocalistRoy Nathanson, saxophoneAndrew Green, guitarMyles Sloniker, double bassVENUE: Zürcher GalleryADMISSION: $20…
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September 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
With a new teaching load and other projects, I finished the calendar only on September 3rd! Luckily, there were no events before today, so this can count as the official start of the month for new music listeners!