Upcoming Concerts
Vicki Ray – Frozen Improvisations
Vicki Ray contemplates realizations of Stravinsky’s statement “All composition is frozen improvisation.”
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Takashi Harada – The Ondes Martenot
Mr. Harada is one of the few masters of this unique instrument in the world. Featuring …
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Frederic Rzewski: An Appreciation
The iconic composer-pianist Frederic Rzewski was to have given a Piano Spheres recital this coming February …
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Piano Spheres 2021-22 Performing Artists
Here are the artists for our 2021-22 concert season at Zipper Hall in DTLA
Olivier Messiaen’s Catalogue d’oiseaux
Piano Spheres opens our season with a special fundraising event: a rare complete performance of Olivier Messiaen’s Catalogue d’Oiseaux in the beautiful outdoor setting of the Audubon Center at Debs Park. Featuring a different pianist for each of the thirteen movements, this monumental work marks our return to live performance and is a joint fundraising event for Piano Spheres and the Audubon Center.
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2021-22 Emerging Artists
Piano Spheres presents pianists Paul Cornish Oct. 5th, and Andreas Folvos Apostolou October 19th in concert at Thayer Hall at the Colburn School. Both will hold workshops in October at Pasadena Conservatory of Music on dates to be announced soon! This program is funded in part by a grant from the NEA.
Vicki Ray
Vicki Ray contemplates vastly different realizations of Stravinsky’s paradoxical statement “All composition is frozen improvisation” in works by Bartok, Cecil Taylor, Schnittke, Wadada Leo Smith, Kagel, Harold Budd, Ligeti, Nicholas Deyoe, and Poulenc.
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Frederic Rzewski: An Appreciation
The iconic composer-pianist Frederic Rzewski was to have given a Piano Spheres recital this coming February in a rare US appearance. With his unfortunate passing June 26, 2021, he left a huge legacy of his music. Now rescheduled to April 16, 2022 Piano Spheres core artists will be joined by two of Rzewski’s closest musical collaborators, Ursula Oppens and Lisa Moore, as well as numerous Piano Spheres artists from the last 20 years.
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Takashi Harada
Mr. Harada is the best known Ondist in Japan, and one of the few masters of this unique instrument in the world. Robson and Harada are longtime friends, having met as students at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris. Mr. Umezaki has long been a proponent of Japanese traditional and contemporary music for the shakuhachi, and is well known as a founding member of The Silk Road Ensemble.
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HOCKET
HOCKET is a cutting edge piano duo based in Los Angeles. Lauded as “brilliant” by Mark Swed in the Los Angeles Times and as an “adventurous young ensemble” by The New Yorker. Members Sarah Gibson and Thomas Kotcheff are both pianist-composers dedicated to commissioning and performing contemporary music.
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David Kaplan
David Kaplan, pianist, has been called “excellent and adventurous” by The New York Times, and praised by the Boston Globe for “grace and fire” at the keyboard. He has appeared as soloist with numerous orchestras, including the Britten Sinfonia and Das Sinfonie Orchester Berlin, and has performed recitals at the Ravinia Festival, Sarasota Opera House, Washington’s National Gallery, Music on Main in Vancouver, and Strathmore.
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Piano Spheres Summer Jazz Series
Our 2021 Summer Jazz Series took place July 17 to Aug. 14, and featured pianists Joshua White, Gerald Clayton and Roger Kellaway. Stay tuned for our 2022 series artists to be announced.
