Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
700 Howard St. @3rd SF
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Struck, plucked, scraped & shaken
Monday, October 6, 2008 at 8:00pm – Yerba Buena Forum
Pre-concert talk at 7:15 with Bedrossian and Vassilandonakis.
György Ligeti, Síppal, dobbal, nádihegedűvel (With pipes, drums, and fiddles)
Mary Nessinger, mezzo-soprano
Yiorgos Vassilandonakis, Cochleas world premiere
Christopher Froh, percussion
Franck Bedrossian, Digital U.S. premiere
Maki Ishii, Fourteen Percussions
Maki Ishii, Image in the Forest
Karen Gottlieb, harp

Percussion takes center stage in this exhilarating concert. Hear familiar instruments played in unfamiliar ways, and immerse yourself in the one-of-a-kind sound world of György Ligeti's delightfully ambitious work for mezzo-soprano and four percussion. Franck Bedrossian explodes the limits of the rhythm section in Digital for percussion, contrabass and electronics, while Maki Ishii bestrides musical East and West in a beguiling reminiscence for harp and a dynamic percussion duo.

Contemporary Insights: György Ligeti, Síppal, dobbal, nádihegedűvel
Sunday, October 5, 2008 at 4:30pm – ODC Dance Commons

“Chris Froh’s performance was magical enough to hypnotize the audience into a state where time stopped.”
-Miguel Galperin, San Francisco Classical Voice