Keyed Kontraptions is the San Francisco Bay Area duo of Meerenai Shim on Contrabass Flute and Kris King on Contraforte. The duo collaborates with living composers to expand the repertoire for these two instruments that possess great character, yet are largely underrepresented. All the compositions in the “Keepsakes for contraforte and contrabass flute” concert were written for Keyed […]
Visible Transitions
Visible Transitions Improvised Painting from Live Music & Improvised Music from Visual Compositions Live Abstract Painting by Ethan Cranke w/ Music by Gino Robair, Palle and Per Anders from Sweden + Tomas Dimuzio, Phillip Greenlief, and David Samas GAZE EMANATIONS, drawings by Brian Lucas Performed by Pet the Tiger and Co. Cheryl Leonard, Tom Nunn, […]
Visible Transitions
Visible Transitions Improvised Painting from Live Music & Improvised Music from Visual Compositions Live Abstract Painting by Ethan Cranke w/ Music by Gino Robair, Palle and Per Anders from Sweden + Tomas Dimuzio, Phillip Greenlief, and David Samas GAZE EMANATIONS, drawings by Brian Lucas Performed by Pet the Tiger and Co. Cheryl Leonard, Tom Nunn, […]
Shamisen from Edo Hauta to Contemporary
Arguably the most popular instrument during the Japan’s Edo period, the shamisen, with its simple three-stringed construction, was on the edge of the contemporary trend in the performing arts milieu of the 19th century Tokyo. Hidejiro Honjoh, this year’s Japanese Cultural Envoy, interweaves Hauta short song repertoire from the Edo period with the contemporary works […]
Shamisen from Edo Hauta to Contemporary
Arguably the most popular instrument during the Japan’s Edo period, the shamisen, with its simple three-stringed construction, was on the edge of the contemporary trend in the performing arts milieu of the 19th century Tokyo. Hidejiro Honjoh, this year’s Japanese Cultural Envoy, interweaves Hauta short song repertoire from the Edo period with the contemporary works […]
Mari Kawamura plays Bordeau, Vine, Hsieh, and Couperin
Pianist Mari Kawamura plays new works by Joey Bourdeau, Anthony Vine, Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh for piano and electronics, as well as François Couperin’s ‘Ordre 18ème de clavecin’ (1722). François Couperin: Ordre 18ème de clavecin (1722) Joey Bourdeau: Imaginary Concerto (2018) Anthony Vine: Soft Margins and Wide Peripheries (2018) Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh: Chamber of Glistening Whispers […]
Erling Wold's Fabrications: The Great Debate Cabaret
Political Debate 2018 as Subtext Wrestling Match/Genderbending wrestling love orgy. The Vietnam Vet gone AWOL and the Russian thinly disguised sing a collection of cabaret songs, controlled by a distant puppet master, operatics newer and not so new, Tanzlieder, a deconstructed Pur ti miro. The Karabister arrives, we proceed into darkness but end with love […]
Erling Wold's Fabrications: The Great Debate Cabaret
Political Debate 2018 as Subtext Wrestling Match/Genderbending wrestling love orgy. The Vietnam Vet gone AWOL and the Russian thinly disguised sing a collection of cabaret songs, controlled by a distant puppet master, operatics newer and not so new, Tanzlieder, a deconstructed Pur ti miro. The Karabister arrives, we proceed into darkness but end with love […]
Future Sonic Cities: Artist Panel
Hear from select artists and musicians of Future Sonic Cities, featuring Aja Archuleta, Lexagon (Alexa Burrell), Michal Ho None of Them, and Erica Stucky, moderated by Soundwave guest curator Sharmi Basu at The Center for New Music. Future Sonic Cities is an international concert in partnership between Soundwave Biennale (8) Infrastructure, The Center for New […]
Future Sonic Cities: Artist Panel
Hear from select artists and musicians of Future Sonic Cities, featuring Aja Archuleta, Lexagon (Alexa Burrell), Michal Ho None of Them, and Erica Stucky, moderated by Soundwave guest curator Sharmi Basu at The Center for New Music. Future Sonic Cities is an international concert in partnership between Soundwave Biennale (8) Infrastructure, The Center for New […]