Core Artists
Gloria Cheng – Root Progressions
Gloria Cheng presents Root Progressions featuring premieres of six solo piano commissions from six acclaimed jazz composers: Linda May Han Oh, Jon Jang, Arturo O’Farrill, Anthony Davis, James Newton and Gernot Wolfgang, all celebrated trailblazers representing various streams of global contemporary classical composition and forward-looking jazz. This program is a co-production with the Angel City Jazz Festival, and will feature solo sets by pianist Cheng, as well as duo sets led by composer/guest performers Linda May Han Oh and Jon Jang. Concert at Zipper Hall
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Vicki Ray – Nacht und Traume
Pianist Vicki Ray presents Nacht und Träume – an evening that explores liminal states of consciousness through the music of Cage, Schubert, Rzewski and Berg alongside new works by Rachel Beetz, Andrew McIntosh, Noah Meites and Bill Alves. Using four different keyboards, Ray – with guest soprano Elissa Johnston – will probe the territories of night and dreams using prepared piano, synthesizer, retuned piano with video and an acoustic instrument.
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Aron Kallay – The Blur of Time and Memory
Alternate Tunings. Past. Future. Perfect. Imperfect. Equal temperament broke the world. This concert will fix it. Including works by Alexander Elliott Miller, Isaac Schankler, and Ben Johnston. with a new work for solo synthesizer by Matthew Brown and a new chamber concerto for retuned piano and American Gamelan by Akshaya Avril Tucker. Featuring guest ensemble Gamelan Light Streams.
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HOCKET – Photoplay Music: New works for the Silent Film Era
New works for the Silent Film Era HOCKET revives the silent film era with their new project Photoplay Music: New works for the Silent Film Era, a cinematic concert experience. Featuring icons of French Surrealist Silent Film, Photoplay Music features newly commissioned works for three classic films by some of today’s most innovative composers Ian Dicke, José Martínez, and Gemma Peacocke. Harkening back to the early days of Hollywood when a pianist accompanied every silent film screening, HOCKET will use two pianos and a myriad of other instruments including toy pianos, melodicas, electronics and more to highlight these new film scores.
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