HEAR NOW / Paris: First Annual Mona Bismarck American Music Festival
Pianist extraordinaire, Mark Robson, will come from LA to perform piano solos by William Kraft and Anne LeBaron. Mark, with bass baritone, Nicholas Isherwood, will also perform Jeffrey Holmes’ URDARMANA, and, with LA virtuoso cellist, Cecilia Tsan, Mark will perform Thomas Ades’ LIEUX RETROUVES.
The world renowned Diotima String Quartet, Suzana Bartal, and the very finest French musicians will perform the music of Los Angeles composers in a festival curated by HEAR NOW’s Artistic Director, Hugh Levick.
CONCERT 1
Dec. 2, 2016
DIOTIMA String Quartet
Igor Stravinsky—THREE PIECES FOR STRING QUARTET
Julia Adolphe—VEIL OF LEAVES
Hugh Levick—SAXOPHONE for String Quartet
Arnold Schoenberg – STRING QUARTET No 4
CONCERT 2
Dec. 3, 2016
Liviu Marinescu – HARMONIC FIELDS
Anne LeBaron – CREACION DE LAS AVES
Gernot Wolfgang – DUAL IDENTITY
Ted Hearne – VESSELS
Jack Van Zandt – TRANS FOR PIANO TRIO
Jason Heath – SHODO
Jeffrey Holmes – URTHARMANA
Esa-Pekka Salonen – HOMUNCULUS
CONCERT 3
Dec. 4, 2016
David Lefkowitz – INTER—MEZZO
Thomas Ades – LIEUX RETROUVES
William Kraft – TRANSLUCENCIES
Joseph Pereira – BLUR
David Lefkowitz – INTER—(INTER)—MEZZO
Joan Huang – Four Madrigals of LI BAI
Elliott Goldkind – PLEASURE(TAROT 1)
Adam Schoenberg – GO