TIME:SPANS Festival: International Contemporary Ensemble
$20
Andy Akiho — Invisible Self (US premiere; for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, percussion, piano, violins, viola, cello, & double bass)
Aida Shirazi — Crystalline Trees (for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, viola, & cello)
Wadada Leo Smith — Gondwana (NY premiere; for flute, oboe, clarinets, cornet, contra-bassoon, percussion, piano, violins, violas, & double bass)
TIME:SPANS Festival presents International Contemporary Ensemble in an evening that exemplifies its concept of Polyaspora, including two premieres: the US premiere of Invisible Self by Andile Khumalo, who has been named one of the top five South African composers by BBC Music Magazine and one of the top 23 composers and performers to watch in 2023 by the Washington Post; and the NY premiere of Gondwana by American composer Wadada Leo Smith, "one of the most celebrated new music composers of this young century" (DownBeat). Also on this exciting and diversely creative program are works by internationally renowned contemporary Korean-German composer Younghi Pagh-Paan and emerging Iranian composer Aida Shirazi, whose work has been described as "affecting" by The New Yorker.
About International Contemporary Ensemble
With a commitment to cultivating a more curious and engaged society through music, the International Contemporary Ensemble – as a commissioner and performer at the highest level – amplifies creators whose work propels and challenges how music is made and experienced.
https://www.iceorg.org/