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'Timbre Tantrum at Composers Concordance Festival at DiMenna Center

Courtesy of Gene Pritsker | Posted on November 18, 2013

Where

DiMenna Center
Composers Concordance Festival

450 West 37th Street
New York, NY
Map
(212) 594-6100

When

Sun, December 1, 2013
3pm

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Composers Concordance's 3rd Annual Festival
'Timbre Tantrum'
music • art • video • fashion
December 1 – 8, 2013


Who's throwing a Timbre Tantrum? Throughout the first week of December, Composers Concordance (“enterprising new music organization” -NYTimes) presents its 3rd annual festival, entitled 'Timbre Tantrum,' as each concert will focus on specific timbres. For example, the opening concert, 'ArtBeat,' to be held at DiMenna Center on December 1st, will feature percussion instruments only, on a program with 4-time Grammy winner Glen Velez, as well as the acclaimed Lukas Ligeti and Peter Jarvis (Moonrise Kingdom, Boardwalk Empire.) This concert will also include original sculpture-percussion by Gorazd Poposki, and a repeat of the program will be held at William Paterson University on December 2nd. Next up, the all-piano event 'Three's Keys,' featuring Taka Kigawa ("extraordinary pianist" -NYTimes,) as well as Inna Faliks ("Signature blend of grace and raw power" -Lucid Culture,), and Carlton Holmes ("Inventive" -Jazziz,) hosted by Klavierhaus on December 4th. For this program, composers Dan Cooper, Sean Hickey, Debra Kaye, Milica Paranosic, Gene Pritsker have composed a triple-piano suite, which will performed on Klavierhaus' antique instruments, including a 19th-Century Pleyel. ...

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