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SUMMARY:Aron Kallay: Midcentury/Modern
DESCRIPTION:No one can agree on the dates for the “Modern” period of classical music. Some sources say 1890-1930 while others 1910-1970. Others still insist that the “Modern” period started in 1900 and is still going on today. Hopefully\, in the not-too-distant future\, some smart historian will codify our naming conventions. My guess is the term “Modern” will disappear from our discourse\, but who knows. Maybe what is modern is yet to come? \nThe middle of the twentieth century is a fascinating time for musical composition. We had Schoenberg and the Second Viennese School rewriting the rules of music making at the same time as John Cage blowing up the idea of what music actually was…. There was this other thing going on in the ‘40s and ‘50s though\, that I quite like. Some composers were looking back to old forms for expression\, and seemingly picking up where Liszt and Mahler left off\, with their own sometimes nationalist twist. This is where Grażyna Bacewicz’s Second Piano Sonata fits in. The language is her own\, but it’s the multi-movement structure of the sonata that grounds it. Prokofiev stands alone amongst composers of this time as someone who kept coming back to the piano sonata in a way not seen since Beethoven. In our own time\, his monumental Seventh Piano Sonata should speak to us as a warning about the horrors of war and oppression\, and of our ability to withstand and rebuild. \nPROGRAM:  \nMichael Frazier – garrapatero aní (2024) World Premiere – Piano Spheres 30 for 30 Commission \nZanaida Stewart Robles – LA River Scenes (2025) World Premiere – Piano Spheres 30 for 30 Commission \nGrażyna Bacewicz – Piano Sonata No. 2 (1953) \nBrandon Rolle – Hypnagogia (2025)   World Premiere – Piano Spheres 30 for 30 Commission \nSergei Prokofiev – Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat Major\, Op. 83 (1942)
URL:https://pianospheres.org/event/aron-kallay-midcentury-modern/
LOCATION:Thayer Hall at the Colburn School\, 200 S Grand Ave.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90012
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SUMMARY:Nic Gerpe: Islands
DESCRIPTION:When you grow up on an island\, what matters is how you stand to the sea.\n– Roddy Doyle \nBut where\, after all\, would be the poetry of the sea were there no wild waves?\n– Joshua Slocum \nIslands evoke myriad vivid impressions and captivate our imaginations. As places of stunning beauty\, mystery\, and isolation\, “where the contours of the land itself form a kind of sinewy poetry\,” countless associations come with the very mention of the word. Islands conjure a range of emotions and flights of fancy\, from images of wild\, exotic natural wonders\, to metaphorical and spiritual connections. In this program\, Nic Gerpe will present a range of colorful and evocative pieces which explore the many aspects and connotations of islands\, from the imaginary landscapes of Almeida Prado’s Ilhas to Thomas Osborne’s poetic and virtuosic And The Waves Sing Because They Are Moving. The program will include captivating works by Donnacha Dennehy\, Salina Fisher and Christopher Cerrone\, and will feature world premieres of “30 for 30” Piano Spheres commissions by Robert Pollock\, José-Luis Hurtado and Paul Moravec. \nPROGRAM: \nAlmeida Prado – Ilhas (1973) \nRobert Pollock – Maui Lifts Islands (2024)\n  World Premiere – Piano Spheres 30 for 30 Commission \nSalina Fisher – Uchi Soto (内外) (2019) \nDonnacha Dennehy – North Circular (2007)\, North Strand (2007)\, North Wall (2014) \nPaul Moravec – Los Angeles Variations (2024)\n   World Premiere – Piano Spheres 30 for 30 Commission \nJose Luis Hurtado – Memories of 490 West End (2024)\n   World Premiere – Piano Spheres 30 for 30 Commission \nChristopher Cerrone – Hoyt-Schermerhorn (2010) \nThomas Osborne – And The Waves Sing Because They Are Moving (2004) \n 
URL:https://pianospheres.org/event/nic-gerpe-islands/
LOCATION:Thayer Hall at the Colburn School\, 200 S Grand Ave.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90012
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SUMMARY:Vicky Chow: "Surface Image" by Tristan Perich
DESCRIPTION:“One of our era’s most brilliant pianists” – Pitchfork \n** \n“I am interested in the threshold between the abstract world of computation and the physical world around us. Scored for traditional instrumentation combined with on-stage speakers\, my compositions with 1-bit electronics are duets between musicians and code\, exploring an interest in foundations of electronic sound. The simplest electronic tones can be created by sending on and off pulses of electricity to a speaker\, creating an oscillation at the desired pitch. These pulses are represented digitally in binary as 1-bit information\, where a 1 or 0 signifies the corresponding electrical state. When working with 1-bit waveforms\, data is equivalent to sound; no higher-level translation is needed. \nSurface Image\, for solo piano with 40-channel 1-bit electronics was commissioned by Vicky Chow. The hour-long work sets the piano in front of a backdrop of 40 speakers\, each connected to custom electronics that perform 40 individual lines of music. My first instrument was the piano\, and it introduced me to composing. For as long as I can remember\, I have been attracted to its sound\, its physical presence\, its construction. In the piano’s keys and event-based sound-making mechanism I find a connection to computer code and the foundations of mathematics. And to match its immense sound\, the piano demands (especially with Vicky playing it) a massive scale of electronics. In Surface Image\, working with so many speakers let me explore a dense and precise polyphony\, thinking about the ways acoustic piano and electronic sound can find company in each other. But writing for the piano again also opened up a more intuitive side of my music\, a muscle-memory or ingrained musical sense that traces back to when I first started playing.” \n-Tristan Perich \nThis concert is a co-production with CAP UCLA.  \n\nVicky Chow\, piano \nHong Kong/Canadian/American pianist Vicky Chow has been described as “brilliant” (New York Times) and “one of our era’s most brilliant pianists” (Pitchfork). Since joining the Bang on a Can All-Stars in 2009\, she has collaborated and worked with artists including Tania León\, Meredith Monk\, Steve Reich\, George Lewis\, John Zorn\, Julia Wolfe\, David Lang\, Michael Gordon\, Alarm Will Sound\, International Contemporary Ensemble\, Wild Up\, Tyshawn Sorey\,  John Zorn\, and Kronos Quartet among others. \nShe has toured more than 40 countries and released over 25 solo and chamber albums on various labels. Her album Tristan Perich: Surface Image released in 2013 on New Amsterdam Records was among the top 10 Avant Music albums in Rolling Stone. Her recordings can be found on Nonesuch\, New Amsterdam\, Tzadik\, and Innova\, among others.\n​\nOriginally from Vancouver\, Canada\, she is based in Brooklyn\, NY. She serves as faculty at the Bang on a Can Summer Institute\, the Nief-Norf Summer Festival\, and has been on faculty at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. She is on the Board of Advisors for Composers Now\, and is also a mentor at The Juilliard School. A graduate of The Juilliard School (B.M. ’05\, M.M. ’07 Piano Performance) and The Manhattan School of Music (M.M. Contemporary Performance ’09) Ms. Chow is a Yamaha Artist. \n  \nTristan Perich‘s work is inspired by the aesthetic simplicity of math\, physics and code. The Wire magazine describes his compositions as “austere meeting of electronic and organic.” 1-Bit Music\, his 2004 release\, was the first album ever released as a microchip\, programmed to synthesize his electronic composition live. His follow-up circuit album\, 1-Bit Symphony\, has received critical acclaim\, called “sublime” (New York Press)\, and the Wall Street Journal said\, “its oscillations have an intense\, hypnotic force and a surprising emotional depth.” The New York Times called his latest circuit album\, Noise Patterns\, “techno for silicon-based life forms.” As an electronic musician\, he has performed internationally\, from Sónar\, MUTEK\, and the Barbican\, to Lampo and The Kitchen. As a composer\, he has received commissions from So Percussion\, the LA Philharmonic\, Calder Quartet and more\, as well as an award of distinction from Ars Electronica for his work for violins and 1-bit electronics\, Active Field. The New York Classical Review wrote\, “More than any composer of his generation\, Perich is establishing a new language and a new future path for music.” As a visual artist\, his audio installations\, video works and machine drawings have received commissions from the likes of Rhizome and L’Auditori in Barcelona\, and his artwork has been exhibited internationally\, including the Museum of Modern Art\, VOLT Festival\, the San Diego Museum\, the Georgia Museum\, and bitforms gallery. \n“Vicky Chow and The Satie Project concerts are being ticketed through those venues\, please see event page for ordering options.”
URL:https://pianospheres.org/event/vicky-chow-surface-image-by-tristan-perich/
LOCATION:Nimoy Theater\, 1262 Westwood Blvd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90024
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SUMMARY:Thomas Kotcheff: Between Systems
DESCRIPTION:Join pianist Thomas Kotcheff with guest artist Bryan Curt Kostors and video artist Allison Tanenhaus for a special performance celebrating the release of Kotcheff’s third piano album\, Between Systems. The evening will feature works from the new album alongside bold reimaginings of music by Aphex Twin\, Squarepusher\, Cher\, Céline Dion\, and Beyoncé — blurring boundaries between classical virtuosity and pop-culture brilliance. \nThomas Kotcheff writes about the album and the program: \nThe inspiration for Between Systems grew out of my collaboration with composer and electronic artist Bryan Curt Kostors\, where we delved into the question: What does it mean to interpret music in the context of modern classical performance? In many other musical genres\, interpretation is expected to be transformative — a performer takes an existing piece and makes it entirely their own. Think of Tony Bennett’s rendition of The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby\,” which reimagines the song through a completely different artistic lens. \nIn contrast\, the convention in modern classical music tends to favor fidelity — the performer’s role is often seen as one of precision\, aiming to recreate the original score as accurately as possible. Between Systems challenges that norm. This album and this concert’s program is about expanding the role of the ‘classical interpreter’ — shifting expectations and embracing a broader\, more fluid definition of interpretation. \nThe performance brings together two seemingly unrelated worlds: the rigorous chromatic pointillism of Morton Feldman (whose centenary we celebrate this season)\, and iconic works from popular and electronic music. The common thread between these divergent elements is me\, the performer. What may sound like remixes or reimaginings are\, at their core\, simply interpretations — shaped by the same creative impulses that guide any artist working across genre boundaries. \nPROGRAM: \nCher/György Ligeti — Concert Prelude No. 1: Believe\nMorton Feldman — Nature Pieces\nSquarepusher — Tommib\nMorton Feldman — Intermission 3\nAphex Twin — aisatsana\nMorton Feldman — Intermission 5\nCeline Dion/Thomas Kotcheff — Obbligato Snare Drum Music No. 1: The Power of Love\nSophie Mathieu — the voice that fades (world premiere)\nBeyoncé/Alex Weiser/Thomas Kotcheff — Grand Passacaglia No. 1: Love on Top \nThomas Kotcheff\, piano\nBryan Kostors\, synthesizers\nAllison Tanenhaus\, video art \nwith special guest\nMike Compitello\, snare drum
URL:https://pianospheres.org/event/thomas-kotcheff-between-systems/
LOCATION:2220 Arts + Archives\, 2220 Beverly Blvd.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90057
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SUMMARY:A Concert for Sarah
DESCRIPTION:On July 14\, 2024 the Piano Spheres family lost one of our own. Sarah Gibson was a brilliant pianist\, a fierce composer\, and an inspirational educator. She was half of the piano duo HOCKET who joined Piano Spheres as Core Artists in 2019\, but she has been part of the Piano Spheres family for over a decade as both an Emerging Artist and Guest Artist. Sarah was a dedicated friend and colleague\, an inspiring teacher\, and a bright light in our tightly knit new music community. Please join the Piano Spheres family as we come together to celebrate Sarah with heartfelt performances of her music.
URL:https://pianospheres.org/event/a-concert-for-sarah/
LOCATION:Thayer Hall at the Colburn School\, 200 S Grand Ave.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90012
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250530T200000
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SUMMARY:Celebrating Pierre Boulez 1925-2025\, Fri May 30\, 8PM CANCELLED
DESCRIPTION:We regret to inform you that Celebrating Pierre Boulez 1925-2025 at The Nimoy\, scheduled for Friday\, May 30th\, has been cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control.\n\nWe sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding. Refunds for all ticket holders will be processed automatically — please allow 7–10 business days for the funds to appear on your original payment method.\n\n\nWe hope to reschedule this performance in the 2025-26 season and will update you when possible.  If you are a season ticket holder we will be in touch with you to discuss options. \n\nPresented in association with CAP UCLA \n\n“It’s not just that Ms. Cheng plays these daunting pieces with such commanding technique\, color and imagination. She has brought together works that fascinatingly complement one another.” —New York Times \n“I enjoy Van Raat on recording\, but given the chance to hear him again live\, I would run\, not walk.” —Christian B. Carey\, Musical America \nCelebrate the centennial of Pierre Boulez\, the unparalleled French composer\, conductor\, and cultural visionary\, with a captivating duo piano recital. Born on March 26\, 1925\, Boulez transformed post-war contemporary music\, leaving an indelible mark on the 20th century. His extensive conducting career and foundational role in institutions like Paris’s Cité de la Musique and IRCAM highlight his monumental influence. \nPianists Gloria Cheng and Ralph van Raat pay homage to Boulez’s legacy\, performing not only his solo and duo compositions but also works by John Cage\, Morton Feldman\, Frank Zappa\, and Magnus Lindberg. Their selection celebrates Boulez’s broad musical connections\, from his well-documented mutual respect with Zappa to his complex relationships with Cage and Feldman\, offering a profound reflection on his impact and the cross-pollination of musical ideas across generations. \nThe program opens with a heartfelt tribute to the late composer/pianist Sarah Gibson of HOCKET and Piano Spheres. \nSarah Gibson: our eyes once watered (2018)\n\nPierre Boulez: Structures Livre 1\, 1a (1952)\nJohn Cage: Music for Piano 4\, 19 (1953)\nExperiences No. 1 (1945)\nPierre Boulez: Scherzo (1945)\nMorton Feldman: Two Pianos (1957)\nMagnus Lindberg: Play 1 (1979)\nBoulez: Structures Livre 2\, Chapitre 2 (1961)\nBoulez: Courtes dérives à partir d’Éclat (1996)\nFrank Zappa: Ruth Is Sleeping (1992)\nIgor Stravinsky: Sonata for Two Pianos (1943-44)
URL:https://pianospheres.org/event/celebrating-pierre-boulez-1925-2025-postponed/
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SUMMARY:Empathy\, Compassion and Good Trouble - A Special Event!
DESCRIPTION:If you don’t see a place to RSVP below\, it means we have sold out.  If you would like to be put on a waiting list in case someone cancels\, please send an email to RSVP@pianospheres.org and we will get back to you. \n  \nWhat: A Piano Spheres Fundraising Event\nWho: Pianists Althea Waites\, Andres Jaramillo\, Vicki Ray\, Aron Kallay\, Mark Robson and Thomas Kotcheff\nWhen: Saturday\, May 10th at 1PM – 4PM\nWhere: A private home in Pasadena (location will be sent after RSVP)\nDonation: $200\n  \nMusic has always reflected the times we live in.  Troubled times produce music of Empathy\, Compassion\, and what the late civil rights leader John Lewis called “Good Trouble.”  On Saturday May 10th at 1PM\, Piano Spheres presents pianists Andres Jaramillo performing music from his program “A Journey of Immigrants\,”  Althea Waites playing “Troubled Water” by Margaret Bonds\, Thomas Kotcheff performing “Songs of Insurrection” by Frederick Rzewski\, and Vicki Ray\, Aron Kallay and Mark Robson playing contemporary arrangements of iconic American songs and anthems by Vicki Ray and Mark Robson. We promise to let the music do the talking!\n  \nThis special event will take place at a private home in Pasadena.  There will be delicious appetizers\, desserts and drinks\, and a special introduction to Piano Spheres’ next Executive Director!  90% of our $20\,000 fundraising goal will go toward offsetting the impending loss of government funds\, and the remainder will be donated to Musicares to support musicians who lost everything in the devastating fires.  Space is limited\, so please RSVP Today!  If you are a student\, artist\, on a fixed income or someone displaced by the fires\, please send an email to rsvp@pianospheres.org to request a discount code.\n\nIf you prefer you can send a check to: \nPiano Spheres\n4209 Via Arbolada #231 \nLos Angeles\, CA 90042-5095 \nTo RSVP\, enter the number of guests below and then click on the green button!
URL:https://pianospheres.org/event/good-trouble/
LOCATION:A Private Home in Pasadena\, Address will be sent after registration
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SUMMARY:Thomas Mellan: Collective Hysteria
DESCRIPTION:Emerging Artist Thomas Mellan presents Collective Hysteria: a celebration on Pierre Boulez’s 100th birthday. Boulez is synonymous with music of era-defining extremes\, showcasing brutal violence and sensual tenderness often in the same breath. The program centers around Boulez’s monumental Second Piano Sonata\, from 1948. As Boulez said: “History as it is made by great composers is not a history of conservation but of destruction – even while cherishing what is destroyed.” In this spirit\, Thomas will present a new original work titled “Rituel”\, honoring Boulez\, for piano and electronics. Premieres of new 30 for 30 piano pieces by organist/composer Rashaan Allwood\, underground death metal legend Colin Marston and Ukrainian virtuoso violinist Orest Smovzh round out this celebration of a 20th century icon. \nProgram:\n– 30 for 30 commission by Rashaan Allwood\n– “Rituel” by Thomas Mellan\n– 30 for 30 commission by Orest Smovzh\n(intermission)\n– 30 for 30 commission by Colin Marston\n– Boulez’s Piano Sonata No. 2
URL:https://pianospheres.org/event/collective-hysteria-the-three-piano-sonatas-of-pierre-boulez/
LOCATION:Thayer Hall at the Colburn School\, 200 S Grand Ave.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90012
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250218T200000
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SUMMARY:Brook and Meadowcroft
DESCRIPTION:The concert features two new large-scale works by important international composers Taylor Brook and Thomas Meadowcroft. Meadowcroft’s “All Possible Combinations” is the next installment in a series of works focused on aspects of ‘Deep Easy Listening’\, which attempts to reconcile immersive modes of listening outside of commodified time. “Nox” by Taylor Brook combines the composer’s unique approach to the integration of electronic and digital media as he explores the passage of time through a single night in a way that draws on unconscious states where logic becomes fuzzy and imagination goes to unusual and seemingly impossible places. Both Brook and Meadowcroft are 30 for 30 composers.  Below is a NEW video clip of Nox by Taylor Brook showing the electronic and digital video effects featured in his composition.
URL:https://pianospheres.org/event/brook-and-meadowcroft/
LOCATION:Thayer Hall at the Colburn School\, 200 S Grand Ave.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90012
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250121T200000
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SUMMARY:Andrés Jaramillo - A Journey of Immigrants
DESCRIPTION:Please note: This concert is now SOLD OUT. If you previously RSVP’ed\, your name will be on a list at the door.  If you are on our waiting list\, Tuesday evening we will admit as many guests as possible beginning at 7:55 PM as space allows.  This waiting list is for the concert only\, not the pre-concert discussion.  Thank you so much for your support! \nColombian American pianist Andrés Jaramillo is our Leonard Stein Resident Artist for 2024/25. Dr. Jaramillo specializes in the music by contemporary Latinx composers. Every composer on this program (including four world premieres and three 30 for 30 compositions) is or was an immigrant.  Through these solo piano works\, Andrés explores the myriad emotions\, perspectives\, and approaches inherent in the immigrant experience\, intertwining the composers’ own cultural backgrounds with those of their new homes. Jaramillo will perform three new compositions by 30 for 30 composers Paola Márquez\, Jorge Salazar and Josh Rodriguez. \nPlease join Dr. Jaramillo\, moderator Veronika Krausas\, and composers Paola Marquez\, Jorge Salazar and Josh Rodriguez for a free pre-concert discussion at 7:00 PM in Thayer Hall before the concert.  The panel will discuss the emotional experiences of immigrant people as represented in Dr. Marquez’ composition Five Etudes on the Immigrant’s Season\, and how they influence the cultural and creative lives of new arrivals in the US. These stages are sometimes expressed as honeymoon\, frustration\, depression\, adjustment and acceptance.  Admission to the discussion is free with tickets to the show.  For more about Andrés Jaramillo\, please click HERE. \n“A JOURNEY OF IMMIGRANTS”\n\nSet of 3 Latin American pieces:\n\n\nToccata – Jorge Pinzón (1968-)\n\n\nAncestro – German D. Perez (1964-)\n\n\nLa Zacapaneca – Jorge Luis Sosa (1964-)   WORLD PREMIERE\n\n\nFive Characteristic Colombian Pieces – Jorge A. Salazar (1978-) WORLD PREMIERE\n\n\nDanza\n\n\nCosta (Porro)\n\n\nPasillo\n\n\nAlabao\n\n\nJoropo\n\n\n                             INTERMISSION \n\nLuz Entre Aguas (Light Amidst the Waters) – Josh Rodriguez (1982) WORLD PREMIERE\n\n\nDistancia\n\n\nEstancia\n\n\n\nEl Intachable – Juan Domingo Cordoba (1971-) \nEtudes for Immigrants – Paola Marquez (1978-) WORLD PREMIERE \n\n\nEtude I – The arrival (Wonder)\nEtude II – Echoes of Home (Homesick) \nEtude III – Silent rain (Frustration)\nEtude IV – Resonance (Acceptance) \nEtude V – Two Lands One Love (Embrace) \n\n \nThe Consulate of Colombia in Los Angeles is a proud supporter of this event
URL:https://pianospheres.org/event/a-journey-of-immigrants/
LOCATION:Thayer Hall at the Colburn School\, 200 S Grand Ave.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90012
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241209T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241209T220000
DTSTAMP:20260404T091654
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SUMMARY:for Susan and Rick
DESCRIPTION:featuring pianists:\nGloria Cheng\nNic Gerpe\nAron Kallay\nThomas Kotcheff\nNelson Ojeda Valdés\nVicki Ray\nMark Robson \nPiano Spheres’ founding pianist Susan Svrček was known for her elegant and insightful performances. Her untimely passing in 2022 foreshadowed the loss of her husband of 32 years\, influential composer Frederick Lesemann who wrote much of his later music for her and whose music she championed. This concert is a rare opportunity to hear all of Piano Spheres’ Core and Emeritus Artists on the same stage at the same time! They will perform works by Charles Ives\, Arnold Schoenberg and John Cage often performed by Svrček\, as well as music by Lesemann written for her. This concert is a love letter from Susan and Rick’s colleagues\, students and friends\, three of whom (composers Donald Crockett\, Thomas Flaherty and Bill Alves) have written pieces for this concert as part of the Piano Spheres ‘30 for 30’ commissioning program. \nConcert Program: \nArnold Schoenberg – Introduction to the Gurrelieder – Vicki Ray\, Nic Gerpe\, Gloria Cheng\, Mark Robson\nBill Alves – Just a Phase – Aron Kally and Thomas Kotcheff\nFrederick Lesemann – Preludes (…after a tenor by Guilliaume Dufay) #1? – Mark Robson\nCharles Ives – Three Quarter-tone Pieces – Vicki Ray and Aron Kallay\nDonald Crockett – Chaconne – Mark Robson\nJohn Cage – Dream – (with photos) – Vicki Ray\nThomas Flaherty – ConcorDance – Gloria Cheng\nFrederick Lesemann – Barcode – Nic Gerpe and Nelson Ojeda Valdés \nThis concert is made possible by a generous donation by Susan and Rick’s good friends\, Allan and Muriel Kotin.
URL:https://pianospheres.org/event/a-concert-for-susan-and-rick/
LOCATION:Zipper Concert Hall and the Colburn Plaza\, 200 S Grand Ave.\, Los Angeles\, 90012
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241109T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241109T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T091654
CREATED:20240821T202030Z
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SUMMARY:Mark Robson: Spielfreude
DESCRIPTION:“Spielfreude\,” the joy of playing\, describes the sheer physical and emotive pleasure of performing at the keyboard. Mark Robson’s recital offers a program that largely takes its cue from this idea\, with pieces from a range composers including Ligeti\, Glass\, Cowell\, Messiaen\, Aldo Clementi and Ginastera\, with premieres by Peter Knell\, Hannah Rice and Daniel Rothman. Also featured will be Schoenberg’s Zwei Klavierstücke\, Op. 33 in honor of the composer’s 150th birth anniversary. \nPROGRAM \nAllegro con spirito (nr. 3 from Musica ricercata) – György Ligeti \nEtude 2 in C (from Twenty Etudes for Piano) – Philip Glass \nFleeting (nr. 3 from Nine-Ings) – Henry Cowell \nQuintes (nr. 5 from Douze Études d’interprétation) – Maurice Ohana \nB. A. C. H. – Aldo Clementi \nWhat Bodies Know (‘30 for 30’ commission) – Daniel Rothman \nSnapshots ’24 (’30 for 30’ commission) – Peter Knell \nJe dors\, mais mon coeur veille – Olivier Messiaen\n(nr. 19 from Vingt Regards sur L’Enfant-Jésus)  \nINTERMISSION \nZwei Klavierstücke\, Op. 33 – Arnold Schoenberg\na) Mässig\nb) Mässig langsam \nCherubino – Hans Werner Henze\nAndante cantabile\nSostenuto\nCon allegrezza \nStreets of Laredo (nr. 1 from American Ballads) – Roy Harris \nDanza de la moza donosa (nr. 2 from Danzas argentinas) – Alberto E. Ginastera \nBulgarian Dance nr. 6 (from Mikrokosmos\, Vol. 6) – Béla Bartók \nI AM (‘30 for 30’ commission) – Hannah Rice \nCanicas e Ilusiones – Francisco Cortés-Álvarez \nCLICK HERE TO READ FULL PROGRAM NOTES
URL:https://pianospheres.org/event/spielfreude/
LOCATION:Zipper Concert Hall and the Colburn Plaza\, 200 S Grand Ave.\, Los Angeles\, 90012
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241022T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241022T220000
DTSTAMP:20260404T091654
CREATED:20240821T200912Z
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SUMMARY:Stephen Drury: Charles Ives @ 150
DESCRIPTION:October 20\, 2024 marks the 150th birthday of America’s great original composer Charles Ives. Growing up in New England as the son of a bandmaster\, Ives developed a uniquely American compositional voice.   His music includes ragtime\, gospel hymns\, parade marches\, and wild\, visionary dissonance\, all woven into a sound never before heard in classical concert music. World renowned guest artist Stephen Drury will celebrate the Ives sesquicentennial two days after Ives’ birthday with a special performance of Ives’ complete sonatas for piano\, including the monumental “Concord” sonata with its musical visions of Emerson\, Thoreau\, Hawthorne and the Alcott family\, as well as the quirky and ironic “Three Page Sonata.”  30 for 30 composer Paul Beaudoin composed a piece that “suggests some of the wilder\, fantastical adventures into the half-childlike\, half fairy-like phantasmal realm” of the Concord Sonata. If you don’t see a form to puchase tickets below\, please CLICK HERE! \nPROGRAM \nStephen Drury\, piano\nCHARLES IVES AT 150 \nFirst Sonata Charles Ives\nAdagio con moto\nAllegro moderato; “In the Inn”\nAdagio\n“not for the lilies lying back in soft dress-circle\ncushion to lap up pretty velvet sound with their\nsoft ears”; Allegro\nAndante maestoso \nThree Page Sonata Ives \nINTERMISSION \nbrook line(s) Paul Beaudoin\nfirst performance \nSonata #2\, “Concord\, Mass. 1840 – 1860” Ives\nEmerson\nHawthorne\nThe Alcotts\nThoreau
URL:https://pianospheres.org/event/charles-ives-150/
LOCATION:Thayer Hall at the Colburn School\, 200 S Grand Ave.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90012
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240615T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240615T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T091654
CREATED:20240404T211702Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250223T173137Z
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SUMMARY:Hollywood Spheres - A Special Event - June 15: SOLD OUT!
DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your interest in Hollywood Spheres.  We’re sorry to say we’ve reached capacity for this event and tickets are no longer available online.  If you would like to be put on a waiting list\, please send an email to RSVP@pianospheres.org and we’ll let you know about any cancellations as they come up.  If you’d still like to make a donation to Piano Spheres\, please click HERE! \nWhat:\nA special fundraising event featuring concert works by Hollywood film composers to help raise funds for Piano Spheres’ 30th Anniversary season in 2024/25.  There will be music\, food\, drink and exciting announcements! \nWho:\nSpecial guest pianist Scott Dunn\, conductor of the new Scott Dunn Orchestra and associate conductor of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra\, will perform his own arrangements of music by modernist film composers including Bernard Herrmann\, Leonard Rosenman\, and Alex North from films such as Psycho\, A Streetcar Named Desire and Rebel Without a Cause.  Piano Spheres artists Gloria Cheng\, Mark Robson and Nic Gerpe will also perform concert music by historic and contemporary film composers. \nWhen:\nSaturday June 15th at 1:00 pm \nWhere:\nThe home of a generous film composer in Pasadena (detailed information will be sent upon ticket purchase). You can purchase tickets below. If you have a code\, please enter it on the next page.  If you have questions please contact RSVP@pianospheres.org. And if you can’t come but would still like to support our 30th Anniversary season\, please CLICK HERE
URL:https://pianospheres.org/event/hollywood/
LOCATION:A Private Home in Pasadena\, Address will be sent after registration
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240521T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240521T223000
DTSTAMP:20260404T091654
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SUMMARY:HOCKET - Photoplay Music
DESCRIPTION:Photoplay is a co-production with Piano Spheres and CAP UCLA Center for the Art of Performance. \nThis event has already taken place! \nHOCKET 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. \nHarkening back to the early days of Hollywood when a pianist accompanied every silent film screening\, HOCKET will use two pianos and electronics to highlight these new film scores. Known for their exuberant performance style\, HOCKET breathes new life into classic works of cinema\, creating a concert experience that will delight both film and music aficionados. \nThomas Kotcheff – piano\nDavid Kaplan – piano \nTaylor Vaughn Lasley will introduce the program and provide context. \nComplete Program:\n\nMan Ray’s L’Étoile de mer (with a new score by José Martinez)\nMan Ray’s Les Mystères du Château du Dé (with a new score by Gemma Peacocke)\nRené Clair’s Entr’acte (with a new score by Ian Dicke)\n\nOne of the two Yamaha CFX Pianos for this performance was donated courtesy of Faust Harrison Pianos and Yamaha Corporation of America
URL:https://pianospheres.org/event/hocket-photoplay-music/
LOCATION:Nimoy Theater\, 1262 Westwood Blvd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90024
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240514T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240514T220000
DTSTAMP:20260404T091654
CREATED:20230823T181613Z
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SUMMARY:Shaoai Ashley Zhang - Notes of Crimson
DESCRIPTION:Piano Spheres Emerging Artist Shaoai Ashley Zhang presents “Notes of Crimson\,” an evening of contemporary compositions evoking the rich colors of solo piano. From Isang Yun’s brooding Interludium A to Luciano Berio’s monumental Sequenza IV\, this concert offers a tour de force of the instrument. Featured will be the world premiere of a Piano Spheres commission by Fernanda Aoki Navarro\, as well as the namesake of the program\, crimson by Rebecca Saunders. \nA pianist with “impressive technical skill and innate musicality” (Unsuk Chin)\, Shaoai Ashley Zhang is an active solo and chamber musician. A champion of contemporary music\, Ms. Zhang has premiered dozens of new works and collaborated closely with composers including Helmut Lachenmann\, Sofia Gubaidulina\, and Unsuk Chin. Ms. Zhang presents recitals featuring both new and old piano repertoire\, which puts contemporary music in dialogue with the past. Recent engagements include appearances as a soloist in Unsuk Chin’s Double Concerto with the Palimpsest Ensemble\, as well as Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 22\, K. 482 with the UC San Diego Chamber Orchestra. \nIn addition to solo activities\, Ms. Zhang has appeared at numerous contemporary music festivals\, including Lucerne Festival Academy\, Tanglewood Music Festival\, Darmstädter Ferienkurse and the Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice. A sought-after collaborator\, Ms. Zhang regularly appears as part of Duo am Meer with saxophonist Andrew R. Steinberg\, presenting concerts in Hong Kong\, China\, Russia\, and Germany\, as well as across the US. Ms. Zhang is also a member of Duo Refracta with percussionist Michael Jones\, and their upcoming album release will feature music by Kevin Good\, Aaron Wyanski\, and David Macbride.
URL:https://pianospheres.org/event/ashley-zhang/
LOCATION:Thayer Hall at the Colburn School\, 200 S Grand Ave.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90012
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240507T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240507T220000
DTSTAMP:20260404T091654
CREATED:20230823T183307Z
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SUMMARY:Katelyn Vahala - Dreamscapes
DESCRIPTION:Dreamscapes takes the listener through landscapes both real and imagined. Inspired by music that brings together both the natural and fantastical\, along with her own love for the outdoors\, Vahala will perform works by John Luther Adams\, Juhi Bansal\, John Corigliano\, Corey Dundee (new commission)\, Kate Moore\, Gabriella Smith\, Daniel Temkin (West Coast premiere) and Gillian Whitehead.  \nPraised as a “highly accomplished pianist….with wonderfully rhythmic and robust playing” (New York Concert Review)\, Katelyn Vahala is a passionate soloist\, chamber musician\, educator\, and arts advocate in the Los Angeles area.  Katelyn was a finalist in the 2022 Leipzig International Bach Competition\, where she performed with the Mendelssohn Kammerorchester Leipzig. In addition to winning the 2021 USC Thornton Concerto Competition\, Katelyn is the first prize winner of the 2019 Rosalyn Tureck International Bach Competition\, where she also won the Contemporary Music Award.
URL:https://pianospheres.org/event/katelyn-vahala-2/
LOCATION:Thayer Hall at the Colburn School\, 200 S Grand Ave.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90012
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240409T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240409T220000
DTSTAMP:20260404T091654
CREATED:20230815T214046Z
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SUMMARY:Aron Kallay - The Blur of Time and Memory
DESCRIPTION:Alternate Tunings. Past. Future. Perfect. Imperfect. \nEqual 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 Brightwork cellist Maggie Parkins\, and guest ensemble Gamelan Light Streams.
URL:https://pianospheres.org/event/aron-kallay-the-blur-of-time-and-memory/
LOCATION:2220 Arts + Archives\, 2220 Beverly Blvd.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90057
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240305T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240305T220000
DTSTAMP:20260404T091654
CREATED:20230814T161750Z
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SUMMARY:Genevieve Feiwen Lee - La Voix du Pianiste
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday March 5th at 8PM: Genevieve Feiwen Lee at Thayer Hall \nGuest pianist Genevieve Feiwen Lee will present “La Voix du Pianiste” or Voice of the Pianist.  Ms. Lee will present a program that features speaking and singing with keyboards.  Performing on piano\, toy piano\, harpsichord\, and other percussion instruments\, Genevieve will be utilizing her voice in three languages.  Works will include world premieres by Chris Castro and Livia Malossi Bottignole\, plus Gao Ping’s Daydreams\, and Kurt Rohde’s Famous Last Words for speaking keyboard player and assorted items. \n 
URL:https://pianospheres.org/event/genevieve-feiwen-lee-la-voix-du-pianiste/
LOCATION:Thayer Hall at the Colburn School\, 200 S Grand Ave.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90012
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240220T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240220T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T091654
CREATED:20230814T054748Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250223T173137Z
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SUMMARY:Vicki Ray: Nacht und Träume
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday February 20th at 8PM: Vicki Ray at 2220 Arts and Archives \nPianist Vicki Ray presents Nacht und Träume – an evening that explores liminal states of consciousness through the music of Cage\, Schubert and Berg alongside new works by Rachel Beetz\, Andrew McIntosh\, Noah Meites and Bill Alves. Using different keyboards\, Ray – with guest soprano Elissa Johnston – will probe the territories of night and dreams using piano\, prepared piano\, synthesizer along with video and electronics.  For information about parking please click HERE \nProgram: \nNacht und Träume – Schubert\nUnofficial Dreams – Beetz\nBook of Beasts – Meites\nThe Perilous Night – Cage\nNacht – Berg\nIntermezzo: December 28\, 2020\, After midnight – McIntosh\nLiminal Landscape – Bill Alves
URL:https://pianospheres.org/event/vicki-ray-nacht-und-traume/
LOCATION:2220 Arts + Archives\, 2220 Beverly Blvd.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90057
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231107T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231107T220000
DTSTAMP:20260404T091654
CREATED:20230801T175847Z
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SUMMARY:Ray-Kallay: Inflection Point
DESCRIPTION:Ray-Kallay celebrate California composers past and present as part of LA Philharmonic’s California Festival. You’ll hear works by Michael Byron\, John Luther Adams (with video by Johannes Bosgra)\, Joao Pedro Oliveira\, Rand Steiger\, Nina Shekhar\, Sean Friar\, Veronika Krausas\, and Vicki Ray. This concert features audio clips from each composer talking about when they lived in CA and what influences/inspirations our state had on their music. Some of the themes that run through this program are\, a closeness to and reflection of the natural world in the Adams\, Byron and the Oliveira pieces\, but also a reckoning with current times in the Adams and Steiger. There’s also a sense of freedom and play that one can’t help but think comes from living in Southern California. Overall there’s the ongoing melding of all things keyboardian into a “state of sound” which is reflective of the open aesthetic of California. \nThis concert is a co-production with 2220 Arts and Archives. Scroll down to buy tickets!
URL:https://pianospheres.org/event/ray-kallay-inflection-point/
LOCATION:2220 Arts + Archives\, 2220 Beverly Blvd.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90057
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231021T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231021T220000
DTSTAMP:20260404T091654
CREATED:20230801T224212Z
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SUMMARY:Gloria Cheng: Root Progressions
DESCRIPTION:Root Progressions explores the vibrant intersection of classical new music and experimental jazz. A co-production with the Angel City Jazz Festival\, the program unites two realms\, historically divided by genre labels\, that have forever embodied challenging parallel crusades in experimentation\, innovation\, and freedom from established styles. \nGloria premieres six newly-commissioned works by Anthony Davis\, Jon Jang\, James Newton\, Arturo O’Farrill\, Linda May Han Oh\, and Gernot Wolfgang\, alternating with duo sets led by special guests Oh and Jang. \nThis 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/performers Linda May Han Oh and Jong Jang: \nFirst set:\nGloria Cheng – solo piano \nJames Newton\, Eight Calla Lilies\nGernot Wolfgang\, Two Movements\nJon Jang\, Ancestors & Sisters\n+\nJong Jang – piano\nHitomi Oba -sax \nSecond set:\nGloria Cheng – solo piano \nAnthony Davis\, Piano Heaven\nArturo O’Farrill\, Mis Guerreros\nLinda May Han Oh\, Littoral Tales\n+\nLinda May Han Oh – bass\nFabian Almazan – piano \nGloria Cheng\n“An invaluable new-music advocate and a preferred collaborator of composers like Pierre Boulez and Esa-Pekka Salonen” [NYT]\, won Best Instrumental Soloist (without orchestra) Grammy for 2008 Piano Music of Salonen\, Stucky\, Lutoslawski\, 2nd nomination 2013 Edge of Light: Messiaen/Saariaho. LA area Emmy 2018 for MONTAGE: Great Film Composers and the Piano PBS SoCal. Garlands for Steven Stucky CD works by 32 friends/former students—proceeds to LA Phil Stucky Composer Fellowship Fund. LAPhil soloist under Mehta\, Boulez\, Salonen\, Knussen. Recitalist at Ojai Festival\, Chicago Humanities\, William Kapell\, Tanglewood Fest of Contemporary Music\, Piano Spheres (founding member). Countless premieres including John Williams Prelude and Scherzo\, Salonen Dichotomie\, Adams Hallelujah Junction. Duo-recitals with Thomas Adès and Terry Riley. B.A. Economics Stanford\, Woolley Scholarship for Paris study\, grad degrees UCLA\, USC \nLinda May Han Oh\nBased in New York City\, GRAMMY award-winning Linda May Han Oh is a bassist/composer who has performed and recorded with artists such as Pat Metheny\, Kenny Barron\, Joe Lovano\, Dave Douglas\, Terri Lyne Carrington\, Steve Wilson\, Geri Allen and Vijay Iyer. \nOriginally born in Malaysia and raised in Boorloo (Perth)\, Western Australia\, she has received many awards including a 2022 Deutscher Jazz Preis\, 2nd place at the BASS2010 Competition\, a semi-finalist at the BMW Bass competition and an honorary mention at the 2009 Thelonious Monk Bass Competition. She was voted the 2018-2021 Bassist of the Year by the Jazz Journalist’s Association\, as well 2022 Bassist of the Year in Jazztimes. Linda also was voted 2019 Bassist of the Year in Hothouse Magazine and was the 2020 recipient APRA award for Best New Jazz Work. In 2023 she received the prestigious Herb Albert Award for music. \nJon Jang\nDuring the past four decades\, pianist/composer/bandleader/activist/thought leader Jon Jang has created his own unique multimusicverse that features four music universes: 1. Hybridization of Chinese diasporic folk music tradition with the Black music tradition. 2. Composition in the western art tradition that commemorates and celebrates a transnational Chinese American history. 3.Composition and performance that memorializes Black victims of police violence. 4. Collaboration with Black\, Latino and Asian spoken word artists that advances a multiracial democracy.\nIn 1999-2001\, Jang produced a recording toured with the legendary multiple percussionist Max Roach and erhu performer in an ensemble called the Beijing Trio in Europe and United States a Jang’s ensembles have toured at major concert halls and music festivals in Europe\, China\, Canada\, United States and in South Africa\, four months after the election to end apartheid in 1994. \nCommissioned by Cal Performances and the Walker Art Center\, longtime collaborator James Newton and Jang composed a work that pays tribute to two great artists Paul Robeson and Mei Lanfang that featured Black musicians collaborating with Beijing Opera musicians from China. \nIn 1987\, Francis Wong and Jang co-founded Asian Improv Records (AIR) which featured the debut recordings of Glenn Horiuchi\, Vijay Iyer and Miya Masaoka. Jang’s CAGES: A Way to Interrogate History has been released on AIR in 2023 and features spoken word artist Paul S. Flores\, Hitomi Oba\, Nick DePinna and others.
URL:https://pianospheres.org/event/gloria-cheng-root-progressions/
LOCATION:Zipper Concert Hall\, 200 S Grand Ave.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, CA\, 90012\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230530T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230530T220000
DTSTAMP:20260404T091654
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SUMMARY:ARON KALLAY: X - Ecstasy & Ecstatic States
DESCRIPTION:Metal strings struck by hammers excite the air. Peaks and troughs radiate outwards in precise predetermined relationships. Vibrations are transduced into electrical impulses by the smallest of bones. Synapses fire. Neurotransmitters are released. An intense euphoric experience follows. This program explores ecstasy and ecstatic states in music. Inspired by mysticism\, religion\, meditation\, repetition\, beauty\, the grotesque. Works by Scriabin\, Frances White\, Alvin Curran & more plus new Piano Spheres commissions from Rajna Swaminathan and Dante De Silva. \nSEASON SUBSCRIPTION: HERE
URL:https://pianospheres.org/event/aron-kallay-x/
LOCATION:Thayer Hall at the Colburn School\, 200 S Grand Ave.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90012
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230509T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230509T220000
DTSTAMP:20260404T091654
CREATED:20230310T030043Z
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SUMMARY:Piano Spheres Takes Over New York!
DESCRIPTION:Piano Spheres Core Artists HOCKET\, Aron Kallay\, Vicki Ray and Mark Robson will travel to New York for concerts at Merkin Hall and Roulette.  On May 6th\, Vicki Ray and Aron Kallay will play Merkin Hall’s version of PS’ Rzewski marathon\, organized by our friend Lisa Moore. And on May 9th ALL the Core Artists will be playing at ROULETTE Intermedium in Brooklyn for a program of music by LA based composers.  If you’re going to be in NY we look forward to seeing you there. If you’re not\, you can livestream the event at 5PM PST on May 9th by CLICKING THIS LINK! If you’d like to help support this important trip\, please visit our GoFundMe page!  We will be forever grateful!
URL:https://pianospheres.org/event/piano-spheres-plays-new-york/
LOCATION:Roulette\, 30 Third Avenue\, Suite 208\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11217
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230328T200000
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SUMMARY:Gloria Cheng - Looking Above
DESCRIPTION:Piano Spheres’ Emeritus Artist Gloria Cheng presents Looking Above\, featuring music by and dedicated to beloved friends and collaborators from her remarkable musical career.  An internationally renowned concert pianist\, Gloria will offer two special rarities: \n\nan unpublished work that modern master composer Pierre Boulez wrote for her to perform at her wedding\, entitled Court dérives à partir d’Éclat. Gloria has kept this piece largely private for many years but will now share it with Piano Spheres audiences.\nthe concert premiere of Sonata in Darkness\, by Oscar-winning composer Michael Giacchino\, who tapped Gloria to perform it for the blockbuster film The Batman (2022).\n\nThis concert will take place March 28th at 8PM at Zipper Concert Hall at the Colburn School\, 200 S. Grand Ave. 90012.  For tickets and information please go to www.pianospheres.org. \nThe concert title refers to an avant-jazz work that Gloria will perform entitled Looking Above\, The Faith of Joseph\, by local star composer James Newton\, voted Downbeat Magazine’s Best Jazz Flutist for a record-breaking 23 consecutive years and widely considered one of the premiere jazz flutists of all time. \nThe late local luminaries (and two of Piano Spheres’s most devoted supporters) composer William Kraft and pianist/composer Mike Lang will be remembered in performances of Translucences by Kraft\, and Kreislerianic Variations on a Harmonic Palette of Robert Schumann by Lang. \nGloria will also play four movements from the brilliant 35-minute suite Seven Memorials\, a moving paean to our planet by the strikingly original Illinois-based composer Stephen Andrew Taylor.  She will round out the program with two Valsa Choro [“weeping waltzes”] by Brazilian composer Adelaide Pereira da Silva\, and Sunrise\, by the Russian jazz composer Nicolai Kapustin. \nMichael Giacchino (b. 1967)\, Sonata In Darkness (2022)\, concert premiere\nAdelaide Pereira da Silva (1928-2021)\, Valsa Choro Nos. 1-2 (1966)\nWilliam Kraft (1923-2022)\, Translucences (1979)\nMike Lang (1941-2022)\, “Kreislerianic” Variations on a Harmonic Palette of Robert Schumann (2010)\nPierre Boulez (1925-2016)\, Courtes dérives à partir d’Éclat (1996)\nJames Newton (b. 1953)\, Looking Above\, The Faith Of Joseph (2008)\nStephen Andrew Taylor (b. 1965) movements from Seven Memorials (2002-3)\nNicolai Kapustin (1927-2020)\, Sunrise\, Op. 26 (1976) \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://pianospheres.org/event/gloria-cheng-looking-above/
LOCATION:Zipper Concert Hall and the Colburn Plaza\, 200 S Grand Ave.\, Los Angeles\, 90012
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230228T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230228T220000
DTSTAMP:20260404T091654
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SUMMARY:WILLIAM CHAPMAN NYAHO: Into Africa and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:William Chapman Nyaho is the first annual Leonard Stein Resident Artist\, and takes you on a discovery of exciting piano music from North Africa to sub Saharan West African and Southern African regions. He will journey on into music of the African diaspora showing melodic and rhythmic connections and influences as well as weaving in personal anecdotes. Music by Halim El Dabh\, Bongani Ndodana-Breen\, Tania León\, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor\, and Margaret Bonds. \nSEASON SUBSCRIPTION: HERE  This concert is made possible by a grant from New Music USA \n \n 
URL:https://pianospheres.org/event/william-chapman-nyaho/
LOCATION:Thayer Hall at the Colburn School\, 200 S Grand Ave.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90012
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230226T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230226T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T091654
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SUMMARY:FREE Emerging Artist Workshop with Leonard Hayes
DESCRIPTION:Piano Spheres’ Stein Resident Artist Dr. William Chapman Nyaho will lead a workshop with pianist and USC Doctoral Student Leonard Hayes at Barrett Hall\, Pasadena Conservatory of Music. This workshop will include discussions between Dr. Chapman Nyaho and Mr. Hayes about how to prepare for his March 7th concert at Thayer Hall. Ideas of technique\, interpretation and working with a commissioned composer will be discussed. This will be a unique opportunity for audience members and students to glimpse “behind the scenes” of the artistic process. \nFree entrance available at the door!
URL:https://pianospheres.org/event/emerging-artist-workshop-with-leonard-hayes/
LOCATION:Pasadena Conservatory of Music\, 100 N Hill Ave\, Pasadena\, 91106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Family Fun
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230124T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230124T220000
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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
URL:https://pianospheres.org/event/hocket-exploded-keyboards-2/
LOCATION:Zipper Concert Hall\, 200 S Grand Ave.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, CA\, 90012\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221212T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221212T220000
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SUMMARY:Conor Hanick Plays Hans Otte's Book of Sounds
DESCRIPTION:Tickets available now! \n“I would say that behind my artistic work\, as an aim or hope\, is the need to find myself.  In other words: despite all the separating structures\, the division of all the work\, the ideologies\, fixed ideas\, systems\, despite the state and everything that ceaselessly tries to separate and divide us\, I fundamentally want to be complete.”\n​— Hans Otte \n“This work\, a masterpiece of restraint\, reflects the musical imagination of someone who has spent long periods in the quiet recesses of the mind.”\n​– Terry Riley \nThis Book of Sounds rediscovers the listener as a partner of sound and silence\, who in the quest for his world\, wishes for once to be totally at one with sound.  It rediscovers the piano as an instrument of timbre and tuneful sound with all its possibilities of dynamics\, colour and resonance.  The Book of Sounds rediscovers playing as the possibility of experiencing oneself in sound\, of becoming at one in time and space with all the sounds around one.  It rediscovers a world of consonant experience which could only now be written\n​because of a totally changed consciousness of sounds on earth.\n— Hans Otte \nFor Otte\, composing was a slow process of perfection\, taking place through the deepest levels of personality\, musicality\, individuality and consciousness.  With The Book of Sounds\, all the musical experiences and beliefs he gained over many years culminated in a single large cycle for his beloved\, true instrument\, the piano. After the age of mathematical serialism\, the composer felt a great need to return to the traditional powerful dichotomy between consonant and dissonant harmony\, letting the colours slowly fill the heavens in a most natural\, unbridled and ultimately peaceful way.  His efforts resulted in an intensely personal and intimate document of a human being: ​a book of sounds celebrating life in all its colours. A true labour of love.\n​— Ralph van Raat
URL:https://pianospheres.org/event/conor-hanick-plays-hans-ottos-book-of-sounds/
LOCATION:Zipper Concert Hall and the Colburn Plaza\, 200 S Grand Ave.\, Los Angeles\, 90012
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221018T200000
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SUMMARY:DANIEL NEWMAN-LESSLER
DESCRIPTION:Transparent Animals presents a collection of pieces for acoustic and digital pianos\, voice\, fixed media\, and live processing. Program includes 13 pieces by composers from Peter Ablinger to Pamela Z with Julius Eastman\, Beat Furrer\, Catherine Lamb\, Frederic Rzewski\, Matthew Shlomowitz\, Karen Tanaka\, and Mac Waters in between – plus the premiere of Dan Trueman’s Wending Embers\, a Piano Spheres commission. \nSEASON SUBSCRIPTION: HERE \nThis concert is made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
URL:https://pianospheres.org/event/daniel-newman-lessler-transparent-animals/
LOCATION:Thayer Hall at the Colburn School\, 200 S Grand Ave.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90012
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