Leading International Composers: Andile Khumalo & Ensemble Dal Niente
In person: SOLD OUT
Stream: $15 ($10 member)
Andile Khumalo — Shades of Words (for violin, viola, cello, flute, clarinet, piano, marimba, & narrator)
Andile Khumalo — Cry Out (for viola with oboe, marimba, & piano)
Andile Khumalo — Iso(r) (for flute, cello, & piano)
Note: In-person tickets for this performances are currently sold out. However, streaming tickets are still available.
For the 2023/24 season of Leading International Composers, Phillips Music presents South African composer Andile Khumalo, who has curated a profile performance of his music with Chicago-based new music collective Ensemble Dal Niente. Ensemble Dal Niente returns to the Phillips following their 2020 portrait of American composer George Lewis, Khumalo's mentor and teacher at Columbia University.
Khumalo, based in Johannesburg, is known for his immersion in the creative ideas of spectralism: the focus on the acoustic properties of sonic phenomena as a primary source of musical material, over more conventional and historically conditioned understandings of Western melody, harmony, and rhythm. Khumalo has employed the tools and relational ideas of spectralism to mine the vast history of African musics, producing works that often challenge the prevalent understanding of "African" music being driven primarily by rhythmic complexity. Ensemble Dal Niente performs Khumalo's Beyond Her Mask (2021), Shades of Words (2004), Cry Out (2009), and Iso[R] (2004).
This event will be broadcast live from the Music Room on Sunday, November 12 at 4pm. All registered ticket holders will receive a link directing them to a livestream webpage where the performance can be accessed. Ticket holders will be able to watch this performance “On Demand” for 48 hours following the broadcast time.