Cage Shock: An Homage to John Cage's First Japan Visit
$40 ($32 member/person w/ disability)
- Tomomi Adachi, performer
- Victoria Shen, sound artist
- Tania Caroline Chen, sound artist
- Kyle Armbrust, violin
- Michael Nicolas, cello
- Katinka Kleijn, cello
- Mike Lormand, trombone
International Contemporary Ensemble collaborates with performer/composer/poet/visual artist Tomomi Adachi for a three-concert series titled "John Cage's Japan," celebrating John Cage’s relationship with Japanese culture, presented by the Japan Society this season. The final concert presented by the Japan Society on Thursday, December 7, 2023 at 7:30pm features a collaboration with experimental sound artists Tania Caroline Chen and Victoria Shen and artist Tomomi Adachi that recreates the essential works performed at John Cage's historic visit to Japan in 1962, often referred to as the "Cage Shock."
Pre-concert lecture at 6:30pm. Concert will be followed by a Private Gathering for Artists and Members.
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/About Tomomi Adachi, performer
About Victoria Shen, sound artist
About Tania Caroline Chen, sound artist
About Kyle Armbrust, violin
About Michael Nicolas, cello
A “long-admired figure on the New York scene,” (The New Yorker), cellist Michael Nicolas enjoys a diverse career as chamber musician, soloist, recording artist, and improvisor. He is the cellist of the intrepid and genre-defying string quartet Brooklyn Rider, which has drawn praise from classical, world music, and rock critics alike. As a member of the acclaimed International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), he has worked with countless composers from around the world, premiering and recording dozens of new works. Another group, Third Sound, which Michael helped found, made its debut with an historic residency at the 2015 Havana Contemporary Music Festival in Cuba. Earlier in his career, he played with the wildly popular South Korean chamber group Ensemble Ditto, and also held a post as Associate Principal Cellist of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal. His solo album, Transitions, is available on the Sono Luminus record label.
Of mixed French-Canadian and Taiwanese heritage, Michael was born in Canada, and currently resides in New York City. He is a graduate of The Juilliard School.
http://michaelnicolascellist.com/