ISSUE presents a streamed program celebrating the occasion of revolutionary American composer Alvin Lucier’s 90th birthday. Spanning nearly 30 hours, the program features 90 artists staging their own performances of Lucier’s paradigmatic 1969 work I am sitting in a room.
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I am sitting in a room: Alvin Lucier's 90th Birthday Celebration, Part 1
ISSUE presents a streamed program celebrating the occasion of revolutionary American composer Alvin Lucier’s 90th birthday. Spanning nearly 30 hours, the program features 90 artists staging their own performances of Lucier’s paradigmatic 1969 work I am sitting in a room.
Acclaimed cellists Charles Curtis and Judith Hamann perform Los Angeles-based composer Tashi Wada's Duets for cello, a NY premiere in anticipation of their forthcoming recorded release. The program also includes Curtis performing works for solo cello by Alvin Lucier, JS Bach, and Luigi Dallapiccola.
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An internationally acclaimed cellist Charles Curtis has woven a unique career through the worlds of classical performance and musical experimentation. He has worked extensively with pioneers of new music including Christian Wolff, Alison Knowles, and Éliane Radigue, whose works— among others— he plays tonight.
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Pitreleh— a new collaboration of Duane Pitre & Eleh— make their live debut tonight. The duo come together to excavate shrouded nuances of sound, using precision tunings to uncover the depths of the harmonic series. Composer Tashi Wada presents a new piece written for and performed by cellist Charles Curtis.
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Eliane Radigue introduces the New York premiere of her 2009 acoustic composition Naldjorlak, a two and a half hour work in three movements. Performed by Charles Curtis, Carol Robinson, and Bruno Martinez .