The “Sounds of America” section of the 2018 Awards Issue of Gramophone Magazine has a fantastic look at the new Asia / America New Music Institute (
“The compelling repertoire that the Asia/America New Music Institute presents on its new disc, ‘Transcendent’, speaks volumes for the high level of creativity flourishing in the 21st century. Each of the composers brings individual and mystical qualities to the scores at hand, many of them influenced by Asian sources, to which the institute is devoted.…The
Donald Rosenberg, Gramophone MagazineAANMI Los Angeles Ensemble, led by Yuga Cohler, are expert at illuminating the adventuresome scores and teaming vibrantly with the intrepid, expressive violinist Ryu Goto and the eloquent bass-baritone Davóne Tines, who also collaborates in the Whitman songs with composer-pianist Aucoin.”
Read the full review on Gramophone.co.uk
