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Music Top 5: May 2025

by Todd Hieggelke | April 29, 2025

by Todd Hieggelke
April 29, 2025April 28, 2025Filed under:
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Warehouse dance party in black and white

Speedy J at Movement Detroit/Photo: Anthony Rassam

1
Yuval Sharon: Anarchy at the Opera
(Logan Center for the Arts)
The opera futurist hosts a series of lectures on the state of the art that culminates with a performance of John Cage’s “Europera 5.”
May 6, 13 & 20

2
Movement Detroit
(Hart Plaza)
Every Memorial Day weekend, Movement makes the birthplace of techno the place to be.
May 24-26

3
Max Richter
(Symphony Center)
The composer brings his blend of classical composition and electronic textures to the Symphony Center, with a program that includes his landmark “The Blue Notebook” as well as his recent release, “In a Landscape.”
May 6

4
Lettuce + GZA’s Liquid Swords
(Ramova Theatre)
The Wu-Tang legend and funk collective team up for a double-header spectacular.
May 16

5
Eli Winter with Feller and Zander Raymond
(The Hideout)
A trio of notable local acts, celebrating virtuosic guitar composer Eli Winter’s new album, “A Trick of the Light.”
May 31

Tagged:
  • Eli Winter
  • Feller
  • GZA
  • lettuce
  • Logan Center
  • Max Richter
  • Movement Detroit
  • Ramova Theatre
  • Symphony Center
  • The Hideout
  • Yuval Sharon
  • Zander Raymond

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