Embrace or Exile: The Color of Fate
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- Siwoo Kim, violin
- Elizabeth Fayette, violin
- Dana Kelley, viola
- Alexis Pia Gerlach, cello
- Sae Hashimoto, percussion
- Michael Boriskin, piano
- Christòpheren Nomura, narrator
Gabriela Lena Frank — Tres Homenajes: Compadrazgo
Who exactly are "enemy aliens?" And who determines that? Pondering the fragility of liberty, Kenji Bunch's compelling new musical work is based on actor-author-activist George Takei's unforgettable childhood memoir of his family's forced relocation by U.S. government decree to a World War II-era Japanese American internment center. Gabriela Lena Frank's Tres Homenajes celebrates interrelationships and deep camaraderie – the opposite of banishment – in her vibrant triptych inspired by Latin American idioms, cultures, and landscapes.
"Bunch’s music is shiningly original." (The Oregonian)
"Frank is one of the 35 most significant women composers in history." (Washington Post)
About Music from Copland House
Music From Copland House is the acclaimed resident ensemble at Aaron Copland's National Historic Landmark home in New York. Since its triumphant New York debut as the Opening Night of Merkin Hall's 1999-2000 season, Music from Copland House (MCH) has come to occupy a special place on the U.S. musical scene as perhaps this country's only wide-ranging American repertory ensemble. Provocatively uniting past and present, American and non-American, it journeys across 150 years of our nation’s rich musical legacy, reaching back deep into the 19th Century and forward to just-completed compositions.
http://www.coplandhouse.org/music-from-copland-house/About Siwoo Kim, violin
About Elizabeth Fayette, violin
About Alexis Pia Gerlach, cello
Cellist Alexis Pia Gerlach has been lauded by the press for the “gripping emotion” and “powerful artistry” of her interpretations; qualities which have led to a career striking for its wide range of artistic collaborations. She has appeared extensively in recitals and as a soloist with orchestras across the United States, as well as in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and South America, with such conductors as Mstislav Rostropovich, James DePreist, and Peter Oundjian. Her recording with pianist Fabio Bidini of the Franck and Rachmaninoff Sonatas is released on the Encore Performance label.
As a sought-after chamber musician, she performs at major festivals including Marlboro, Aspen, Bridgehampton, La Musica di Asolo, and Caramoor, where she is a Texaco Rising Star, and as a guest artist with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. She has played extensively with Musicians from Marlboro, on both national and international tours. As a founding member of Concertante, a string sextet based in New York City, Gerlach performs on major concert series throughout North America, and has toured Asia and the Middle East. Concertante’s recordings of the string sextet repertoire have been met with critical acclaim.
A frequent collaborator with dancers, Gerlach has performed as on-stage solo cellist with the Paul Taylor Dance Company on tour in India and at New York’s City Center, and as a duo with New York City Ballet principal dancer, Damian Woetzel.
She is active in commissioning and premiering new chamber works from many preeminent composers, such as Kevin Puts, Lowell Liebermann, Shulamit Ran, Richard Danielpour, Tigran Mansurian, and Paul Moravec, and has worked with many others including Philip Glass, Thomas Adès, Osvaldo Golijov, and Bright Sheng.
Gerlach was born in New York City, where she first studied cello at The Manhattan School of Music Preparatory Division. She graduated from The Yale School of Music and The Juilliard School, where she was a student of Aldo Parisot. She worked additionally with Pierre Fournier, William Pleeth, and Janos Starker.
https://roco.org/artists/alexis-pia-gerlach/About Sae Hashimoto, percussion
Sae Hashimoto (sa-eh ha-shee-moh-toh) is a Japanese-born percussionist whose multifaceted career extends beyond barriers of genre and classification. Her unique approach to performance is cultivated by her intensive classical training and a decade of freelance experience in NYC performing symphonic, baroque, contemporary, and avant-garde music.
https://saehashimoto.com/About Christòpheren Nomura, narrator
Elebash Hall, Graduate Center of the City University of New York
365 5th AveNew York, NY 10016
United States
https://gcmusic.commons.gc.cuny.edu/locations/elebash-recital-hall/