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Marilyn Nonken
@marilynnonken.bsky.social
Professor & Chair, Department of Music & Performing Arts Professions, NYU. Pianist, musicologist, wife, mother, cat lady.
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An endorsement from the largest local union of professional musicians in the world sounds a little different than the others but the meaning is the same: solidarity forever. Thank you Local 802 AFM!
July 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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July 4, 2025 at 10:30 AM
‘We Have Won,’ Mamdani Says, as Cuomo Concedes N.Y.C. Mayoral Primary
www.nytimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:36 AM
June 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Five things to remember about war:
June 22, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Very excited to be wrapping up my chapter for "In Search of Morton Feldman: A Portrait of the Composer at 100" (Brepols) & planning events at @nyu.edu to commemorate the Feldman centenary in Spring 2026.
June 20, 2025 at 1:02 AM
There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. (Elie Wiesel) #NoKings
June 14, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Fun to be featured on the Piano Tech Radio Hour!
Marilyn Nonken on Piano Tech Radio Hour
YouTube video by Piano Technicians Masterclasses
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May 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
As another academic year ends, I'm grateful for fabulous students & inspiring colleagues at @NYU Steinhardt Music and Performing Arts Professions & looking forward to my second term as chair. “The future cannot be predicted, but futures can be invented."
May 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Need a refresher on why (DEIA) is worth fighting for? Read _The Diversity Bonus_ by Scott Page. He summarizes research-backed evidence that diverse teams tend to be more innovative & creative.
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It’s not a short book, but this isn’t going to be a short fight.
The Diversity Bonus
How businesses and other organizations can improve their performance by tapping the power of differences in how people think
press.princeton.edu
January 29, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Tonight in Greenwich Village.
April 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I’m performing at the Zürcher Gallery NYC this Saturday, 8pm: Murail, Dufourt, Levinas—Tix at the door. #soectralpiano
April 22, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Performing music of my NYU colleagues Elizabeth Hoffman & Louis Karchin Friday at the Tenri Cultural Institute.
Washington Square Contemporary Music Society (WSCMS): Music New to New York
For WSCMS 47th season, the Washington Square Ensemble will showcase fascinating new music here in NYC! Celebrate with us!
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April 14, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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DOGE has terminated all four of the NEH grants for the American Musicological Society. Our executive director writes:

“As the chief operating officer for the American Musicological Society, a 91-year-old knowledge society committed to the study of music, history, and culture, I am resolved.” 1/2
April 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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"We cannot overstate what has just happened. It took just 71 days for Donald Trump to wreck the American economy, mortally wound NATO, and destroy the American-led world order"
from @jvl.bsky.social
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The American Age Is Over
Emergency Triad: The United States commits imperial suicide.
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April 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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The @financialtimes.com is not mincing words

"America’s astonishing act of self-harm"
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April 4, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Remembering the brilliant composer Scott Joplin, who died here in New York this day in 1917. @first-inversion.com #scottjoplin #arthurmarshall #scotthayden #louischauvin #josephlamb
April 1, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Our Carmy #Caturday
March 29, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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Opening tomorrow, March 28, at Vienna’s @leopoldmuseum.bsky.social, Egon Schiele: Last Years: "The erotics of the body shade into an erotics of the spirit." More here:

www.georgehunka.com/vienna/last-...
Last years - George Hunka
A new Egon Schiele exhibition opens at the Leopold Museum on March 28, 2025.
www.georgehunka.com
March 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Shostakovich: LEGACY (4/1, 10:30AM!) at #SteinwayHall NYC. Works written for two pianos with Irina Kataeva. RSVP rdavidoff@steinway.com
March 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Call for Proposals:

Collaborative Piano Practices in France, 1875-2025
Thursday 16 October 2025
School of Music, Bangor

Deadline: 16 May 2025
March 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Thrilled to play Murail, Dufourt & Levinas at Zürcher Gallery next month. @first-inversion.com
April 24 - 26, 2025: Fortissssimo Bis — Zürcher Gallery
www.galeriezurcher.com
March 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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More magic from Tristan Murail for yesterday's birthday boy: 'Cloches d'adieu, et un sourire...' (1991, written in memoriam Olivier Messiaen) with @marilynnonken.bsky.social, recorded live in 2022 at St. John's in the Village, NYC

#Murail78
TVT 22 M. Nonken does Tristan Murail's Cloches d’adieu et une sourire
YouTube video by Marsyas Productions
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March 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM