Written for Talea: Çamcı, Diels, Kouyoumdjian, Sorey, Yulsman
$20 ($10 student/senior)
- Jessie Cox, drums
- Samuel Fibich Yulsman, electric keyboards
- Steven Beck, piano
Natacha Diels — OK Fantastic! (world premiere)
Samuel Yulsman — Voided Sky / Endless Bay (world premiere)
Mary Kouyoumdjian — The Vanishing Dark
Tyshawn Sorey — Movement for Solo Piano
Join us for an evening of works by Alican Çamcı, Natacha Diels, Sam Yulsman, Mary Kouyoumdjian, and Tyshawn Sorey! Many of these works, including 3 world premieres, for written for the ensemble.
The new works by Sam Yulsman and Natacha Diels were commissioned by the Fromm Foundation for the Talea Ensemble. Alican Çamci was commissioned by the Talea Ensemble’s 2020 Emerging Composers Commissioning Program.
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On August 3, 2021, the Mayor’s Office issued an order requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination for anyone entering performance spaces, beginning on August 16, 2021. The DiMenna Center for Classical Music and Baryshnikov Arts Center will comply with this order.
About Talea Ensemble
The Talea Ensemble's mission is to champion musical creativity, cultivate curious listeners, and bring visionary new works to life with vibrant performances that remain in the audience's imagination long after a concert. Recipient of the Chamber Music America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, the New York based Talea Ensemble has premiered more than 45 commissions since it was founded in 2008. Festival engagements have included performances at Lincoln Center Festival, Donaueschingen Musiktage, Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt, Resonant Bodies Festival, TIME:SPANS, Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival, Warsaw Autumn Festival, Time of Music Finland, Wien Modern, Vancouver New Music, Festival Musica, and many more. The ensemble has also partnered with institutions across disciplines, such as the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, the City of Ideas Festival in Mexico, and the Storm King Art Center, and has undertaken residencies in music departments around the country to support a new generation of musicians.
http://taleaensemble.org/About Jessie Cox, drums
About Samuel Fibich Yulsman, electric keyboards
About Steven Beck, piano
A New York concert by pianist Steven Beck was described as "exemplary" and "deeply satisfying" by Anthony Tommasini in The New York Times. He is a graduate of The Juilliard School, where his teachers were Seymour Lipkin, Peter Serkin, and Bruce Brubaker.
Mr. Beck made his concerto debut with the National Symphony Orchestra, and has toured Japan as soloist with the New York Symphonic Ensemble. His annual Christmas Eve performance of Bach's Goldberg Variations at Bargemusic has become a New York institution. He has also performed as soloist and chamber musician at Alice Tully Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Library of Congress, Weill Recital Hall, Merkin Hall, and Miller Theater, as well as on WNYC, and summer appearances have been at the Aspen Music Festival and Lincoln Center Out of Doors. He has performed as a musician with the New York City Ballet and the Mark Morris Dance Group, and as an orchestral musician he has appeared with the New York Philharmonic, the New York City Ballet Orchestra, and Orpheus.
Mr. Beck is an experienced performer of new music, having worked with Elliott Carter, Pierre Boulez, Henri Dutilleux, Charles Wuorinen, George Crumb, George Perle, and Fred Lerdahl. He is a member of the Knights, the Talea Ensemble, Quattro Mani, and the Da Capo Chamber Players. His discography includes George Walker’s piano sonatas on Bridge Records, and Elliott Carter’s Double Concerto on Albany Records. He is a Steinway Artist, and is on the faculty of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, as well as the Colorado College Summer Music Festival and the Sewanee Music Center.
https://nyphil.org/about-us/artists/steven-beck