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Oakland composer and pianist presents a program of pairs of pieces she enjoys hearing side-by-side by Joshua Uzoigwe, Ali Osman, Stacy Fahrion, Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru, Lucrecia Kasilag, Dmitri Shostakovich, and Ulvi Cemal Erkin, which make delightfully simpatico companions.
Indian Pianist/composer Utsav Lal presents a genre colliding concert of Indian Classical Ragas and beyond through his distinctive voice on the piano. His concert features both traditional presentations, as well as new avenues of exploration drawing from raga music.
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Pianist Matthew Bengtson performs the World Premiere of Roberto Sierra’s Piano Sonata no. 13, alongside West Coast Premieres of works by Ingrid Arauco, Curt Cacioppo, and Luke Carlson. Bengtson’s recent recording of Sierra’s piano works was called “among the most thrilling piano recordings I’ve heard in recent years” by Fanfare.
Playing low-pitched variants of the root-end bamboo shakuhachi flute, the group evolves this Japanese Zen Buddhist music tradition, drawing heavily and creatively upon sensibilities of nature communion and breath cultivation.
