Vicki Ray – Frozen Improvisations
Zipper Concert Hall 200 S Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA, CAVicki Ray contemplates realizations of Stravinsky's statement "All composition is frozen improvisation."
Piano Spheres
A Los Angeles-based organization that supports and encourages the composition and performance of major new works for the piano.
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Takashi Harada – The Ondes Martenot
Zipper Concert Hall 200 S Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA, CAMr. Harada is one of the few masters of this unique instrument in the world. Featuring Mark Robson
Frederic Rzewski: An Appreciation
Zipper Concert Hall and the Colburn Plaza 200 S Grand Ave., Los AngelesThe iconic composer-pianist Frederic Rzewski was to have given a Piano Spheres recital this coming February in a rare US appearance. Now rescheduled to Saturday April 16th, pianists Ursula Oppens and Lisa Moore join Piano Spheres core artists, Emerging Artists, and Guest Artists from the last 20 years in a celebration of Rzewski's music. An open air, four-hour concert/celebration of his life and legacy on the Colburn Plaza starting at 4:00, includes many of his works for piano.
The following concert at Zipper Hall at 8:00 includes the world premiere of “Suite,” commissioned by Piano Spheres, the west coast premiere of “Amoramaro,” the two-piano version of "Winnsboro Cottonmill Blues” performed by HOCKET, and other works to be announced.
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HOCKET – Exploded Keyboards
Zipper Concert Hall 200 S Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA, CAHOCKET 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, Thomas Kotcheff for two prepared pianos and percussion performed with the guest ensemble icarus Duo, and Peter S. Shin for two prepared pianos and electronics.
David Kaplan – Ph(f)antasy(ies)
Zipper Concert Hall 200 S Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA, CAMusical exchange and fantasy form are the inspirations for a program of preludes, fantasies, and other short works by seven composers spanning half a millennium. Like a beating heart, Schumann’s Fantasiestück, Op. 12 is nestled in the middle of the recital.