Chou Wen-chung

This week: concerts in New York (September 29 – October 5, 2014)

Music For Heart and Breath | Ear Heart Music


Ear Heart Music opens its third season at Roulette with a concert of Richard Reed Parry’s highly acclaimed new Deutsche Grammaphon CD, Music for Heart and Breath. The yMusic Ensemble and composer/performer Nico Muhly join Parry (most widely known from Arcade Fire) to comprise the all-star lineup.
Monday, September 29 at 9:00 PM
Tickets $20, $15 students/seniors
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
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The Anatomy of the String Quartet | Samson Young and Mivos Quartet

Mivos Quartet - Photo by Ralf Puder/Nana Fran

Mivos Quartet – Photo by Ralf Puder/Nana Fran

The Anatomy of a String Quartet is an essay on the potentials of media technology as tools for augmenting, extending and reconfiguring the musician’s body.
Wednesday, October 1 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $20, $15 members/students/seniors
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
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Johannes Brahms: Before, During & After

The opening program of the 2014 – 2015 Reflections Series International season features Johannes Brahms’ Piano Trio in B Major, written in 1854 but completely revised in 1891. This program will bring to life the musical references of preceding composers (Schubert, Beethoven, Bach and Schumann) that lie at the heart of this great work. Rounding out the program will be his ever-popular Violin Sonata in D minor, and Brett Dean’s Hommage à Brahms (2014).
Thursday, October 2 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $40, $20 students
Avenues: The World School, 259 Tenth Avenue, New York, NY
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Composer Portraits: Chou Wen-chung

Chou Wen-chung

Chou Wen-chung

Chou Wen-chung has played a vital role in the confluence of Eastern and Western musical traditions. Born in Yantai, Chou moved to New York to study at Columbia, where he later joined the faculty himself, mentoring important next-generation Chinese composers such as Tan Dun, Bright Sheng, and Zhou Long. He was a lifelong protégé of Edgard Varèse. This Portrait spans from Echoes from the Gorge to a string quartet commissioned in response to Bach’s Art of Fugue.
Thursday, October 2 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $20-$30
Miller Theatre, 2960 Broadway, New York, NY
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Julien Labro & the Spektral Quartet

Spektral Quartet at Empty Bottle - Photo Larry Dunn

Spektral Quartet at Empty Bottle – Photo Larry Dunn

Julien Labro and the Spektral Quartet bring the music from their recently-released full-length, From This Point Forward, to New York City for the first time this October. Featuring groove-centric, danceable tunes from Argentine-born composers like Fernando Otero and Diego Schissi, this project endeavors to uncover music for bandoneon/accordion and string quartet beyond the Astor Piazzolla canon.
Thursday, October 2 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $25
SubCulture, 45 Bleecker Street, New York, NY
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Draculette

The program features the premieres of Draculette by William Maselli, Carmilla by Charles Coleman, and Visions of Sabbath my Maselli..
Saturday, October 4 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $35-$150
Merkin Concert Hall, 129 W. 67th Street, New York, NY
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