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SUMMARY:HOCKET: EXPLODED KEYBOARDS
DESCRIPTION:HOCKET explores the virtuosity of two prepared pianos with a wide variety of materials including coins\, screws\, nuts & bolts\, and more in John Cage’s seminal work\, Three Dances for two prepared pianos. Alongside this groundbreaking work\, HOCKET will be premiering companion pieces by Sarah Gibson for the same instrumentation and Peter S. Shin for two prepared pianos and electronics as well as works by Yoko Ono and others.  Guest artists: icarus Duo (percussion) \nJohn Cage: Three Dances for Two Prepared Pianos\nThomas Kotcheff: 5ERVO (featuring Icarus Duo)*\nYoko Ono: Overtone Piece (featuring Icarus Duo)\nSarah Gibson: Every Something*\nPeter S. Shin: soshi so$$$hi* \n*world premiere \nHOCKET 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. They have performed in some of the most exciting festivals and venues across the country including The Bang on Can Summer Music Festival at MASS MoCA\, MATA Festival in New York City\, The Center for New Music in San Francisco\, the Carlsbad Music Festival\, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s “Noon to Midnight” Festival. Together\, they have premiered over one hundred chamber and solo works and have collaborated with the premier\, new music ensembles Eighth Blackbird and the Bang on a Can All-Stars. They have performed concerti with the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble\, USC Thornton Edge\, Oberlin Sinfonietta\, and Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra. HOCKET has received grants from the Presser Foundation and The Earle Brown Music Foundation and has been a selected artist in Firebird Ensemble’s Outstanding Young Artists Initiative and Eighth Blackbird’s Blackbird Creative Lab. HOCKET is a Piano Spheres core artist and a performing artist on the Schoenhut Piano Company Artist Roster. \nSEASON SUBSCRIPTION: HERE
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LOCATION:Zipper Concert Hall\, 200 S Grand Ave.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, CA\, 90012\, United States
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