Prize-winning kayageum performer Hyunchae Kim plays a concert of solo works by Hyo-shin Na, whose writing for combinations of western and eastern instruments is unusual in its refusal to compromise the integrity of differing sounds and ideas; she prefers to let them interact, coexist and conflict in the music.
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This event celebrating in honor of the Centennial of Maestro Ali Akbar Khan’s birthday brings together his two sons, Alam and Manik Khan, on sarod, alongside his long-time tabla accompanist, Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri.
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Ned Rorem said: “the future will judge us, as it always judges the past, by our art more than by our armies.” This program that invites the audience to reflect on the violence that occurred on September 11, 2001, as well as the 20 years of war that followed, through music by Arson Fahim, William Harvey, and Ned Rorem.
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Experience Gabriele Baldocci’s unique style, visionary programming and versatile artistic personality with a program that includes US Premieres of works by Gabriele Baldocci, David Winkler, and Douglas Finch and Liszt’s transcription of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5.
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An evening of west coast premiers of works by ALAANA (African, Latinx, Asian, Arab, and Native American) composers, each inspired by a childhood song or folk song from the composer’s heritage.
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