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House on Fire: Carbon Copy

February 10 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Date:
February 10
Time:
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Venue

House on Fire, a trio consisting of Andrew Anderson, Wells Leng, and Richard An, was formed around their common interest in new music and is centered around their shared focus as pianists. When performing or commissioning repertoire for three pianists, we frequently encounter the matter of homogeneity: How do you write for three people who ostensibly do the same thing? The pieces on this program each contend with the “three pianist” conundrum in different ways. Some put the performers on keyboards of distinct timbres to encourage a multiplicity of sounds. Others play into the “sameness” and employ the implicit uniformity of the keyboard to create a selfsame texture.

PROGRAM:

Tristan Perich – qsqsqsqsqqqqqqqqq
Erin Rogers – Cold Countries (premiere, Piano Spheres commission)
Matthias Kranebitter – Pitch Study No. 2 / The 88 Piano Keys
Yifeng Yvonne Yuan – I wrote you a letter. (A letter is what I wrote to you.)
Erich Barganier – Interstate Glitches VII – Salton City – Los Angeles
Richard An – Carbon Copy (premiere)
Wells Leng – repas à plusieurs plats (premiere)

BIOGRAPHY:
House on Fire is a new music ensemble consisting of Wells Leng, Richard An, and Andrew Anderson. Though centered around their shared focus as pianists, each member’s multi-instrumentalism allows for expanded repertoire including cello, percussion, toy piano and other keyboard instruments.

Close friends since their time at the California Institute of the Arts, the group was formally introduced in December 2021, and is dedicated to the performance of new and experimental music, as well as the work of Southern California composers, championing the music of its own members and close collaborators.

We get along like a house on fire.

House on Fire is the Piano Spheres 2025-26 Emerging Artist.