The Kostabi Piano Series: Urs Hager
Free (In person: $30 in advance; $40 at the door | Streaming: Free)
- Urs Hager, piano
- Skyler Floe, trumpet
- Gene Pritsker, guitar
- Harvie S, double bass
- Tommy Campbell, drums
Gene Pritsker — Selected works
Harvie S — Selected works
Dan Cooper — Selected works
Skyler Floe — Selected works
Composers Concordance presents the first event of its 'Kostabi Piano Series', featuring great pianists in a salon setting performing on a beautiful Steinway D piano. The first event in the series features German pianist/composer Urs Hager performing his own works as well as works by New York based composers Gene Pritsker, Harvie S, Dan Cooper, and Skyler Floe. Joining Urs is bassist Harvie S, drummer Tommy Campbell, trumpeter Skyler Floe, and guitarist Gene Pritsker.
Please join us for this limited seating event at the intimate Kostabi World in Chelsea.
Upcoming shows of the 'Kostabi Piano Series'
Nov. 7
Kristjan Randalu (more info: https://www.randalu.com/)
feat. Gene Pritsker, guitar; Larry Goldman, double bass; Gerry Brown, drums
Nov. 29
Adam Holzman (more info: https://adamholzman.com/)
feat. Franz Hackl, trumpet; Jane Getter, guitar; Arjun Bruggeman, tabla
Jan. 29
Michael Wolff (more info: https://www.michaelwolff.com/)
feat. The Michael Wolff Trio
About Composers Concordance
Staying in rotation for 40 years in NYC is a rare feat. In the case of a new music presenting organization, it requires not only diligence and cognizance of achievements of the past but also an ethic of keeping one's ear to the ground for emerging stylistic and technological developments, as well as talented new composers on the scene.
Composers Concordance, founded in 1984 by Joseph Pehrson and Patrick Hardish, advised by Otto Luening, strives to present contemporary music in innovative ways, with an emphasis on thematic programming. Directors Gene Pritsker and Dan Cooper co-curate the programs and lead the CompCord Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra, String Orchestra, and Big Band. Associate Directors are Milica Paranosic, Peter Jarvis, Debra Kaye, and Seth Boustead.
Composers Concordance has also created a Naxos-distributed record label: Composers Concordance Records, co-directed by Peter Jarvis. Composers Concordance's overriding vision is to promote contemporary music, composers, and new works as a rightful and respected part of society. Good music performed and recorded well, pushing the boundaries of sound and composition.
http://www.composersconcordance.comAbout Urs Hager, piano
About Skyler Floe, trumpet
About Gene Pritsker, guitar
Composer/musical polymath Gene Pritsker has written over nine hundred compositions, including chamber operas, orchestral and chamber works, electro-acoustic music and songs for hip-hop and rock ensembles. His compositions employ an eclectic spectrum of styles, that are influenced by his studies of various musical cultures.
He is the founder and leader of Sound Liberation, an eclectic hip hop-chamber-jazz-rock-etc. ensemble. He also Co-Directs Composers Concordance. Gene's music is performed all over the world at internationally recognized festivals and by highly respected ensembles and performers.
He co-founded the Grammy-nominated Absolute Ensemble with Kristjan Jarvi and has been a composer in residence and guitarist since its creation in 1993. He worked closely with jazz fusion legend Joe Zawinul and has orchestrated major Hollywood movies, including Cloud Atlas, for which he wrote additional music and composed his Cloud Atlas Symphony. He is also the lead orchestrator for such TV series as Babylon Berlin, Jett, Netflix's Sense8, and Messiah. Gene is the lead orchestrator and has additional music in the 2021 film The Matrix Resurrections.
"My music is extremely eclectic, for me music has no bounds – I view the world of music as one big genre. My motto for my art is ending the segregation of sound vibration."
Gene is also a guitarist/rapper/Di.J./ and producer he incorporates each of these musical attributes to create music that is "not designed for easy listening or to melt into the background. It is insistent. It demands attention and curiosity." (New York Newsday) "Mischief-maker and cultural blender-in-chief, Pritsker is a serious artist, yet much of his work is witty and irreverent. Anyone can draw a mustache on the Mona Lisa, but few musicians draw it as artistically and creatively as Gene Pritsker." (Raymond Tuttle, Fanfare Magazine)
https://www.genepritsker.com/About Harvie S, double bass
Harvie S, award winning bassist, educator, composer, arranger, and producer, is continually challenging himself and his peers, expanding the borders of musical direction.
Harvie’s latest project is a recording done in 1985 with Jazz legend Alan Dawson and Mike Stern. going for it on High Note Savant Records.
https://harvies.com/