White Light Festival 2011, October 20–November 16. Sponsored by Time Warner Foundation.

Thank you for being part of the 2011 White Light Festival, the second iteration of our annual exploration of the transcendent power of music and art.

We look forward to sharing our plans for next year’s festival. In the meantime, please consider becoming a part of what we do by making a tax-deductible contribution to Lincoln Center.
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In the Media

"Transcendence Anchored in Bach" Review of Gidon Kremer

The New York Times, October 25, 2011

Heart to Heart: White Light Festival review

New Yorker, November 14, 2011

Desdemona preview: "Traore's presence is magnetic."

Nonesuch Journal, October 26, 2011

An interview with conductor Gianadrea Noseda

Classical TV, October, 2011

"The performance will be a high-class export" 

Review of LSO's War Requiem, The Guardian,  October 11, 2011

"The primary experience is one of wonder."

Review of Duality of Light, Sydney Morning Herald, February 28, 2009

"Wallworth's projects merge sophisticated technology with simple human gesture."

Review of Duality of Light, The Australian, February 27, 2009

White Light Festival preview, with video of Adrian Utley discussing Joan of Arc film

Brooklyn Vegan, October 6, 2011

Desdemona: European interviews with Peter Sellars

Agenda, Kronen Zeitung, Observer, Die Presse, WienWeb, Kurier, dradio, May 12 - 19, 2011

Discussion with Peter Sellars about Desdemona and his collaboration with Toni Morrison

By author Lenore Kitts

A Preview of Desdemona

De Morgen, May 19, 2011 (in Flemish)

A Preview of Desdemona

De Standaard, May 25, 2011 (in Flemish)

Synesthesia, Scriabin, and Seeing Music

WQXR, October 22, 2010, Spectral Scriabin world premiere preview

Sublime Scriabin

New York Press, October 18, 2010, world premiere preview

Pianist Andjaparidze pays tribute with light and color to Alexander Scriabin

Classical TV, world premiere preview, October 4, 2010

Electric Lights Orchestrate Extrasensory Sound - Spectral Scriabin

Wall Street Journal, October 23, 2010 preview