Jason Calloway IN CONCERT - AMPHIBIAN SERIES - MUSIC of Matthew GREENBAUM, Akira TAKAOKA, and more, Feb. 17th

Mon - February 17, 2014, 8:00 pm

 

Jason Calloway IN CONCERT - AMPHIBIAN SERIES - MUSIC of Matthew GREENBAUM, Akira TAKAOKA, and more, Feb. 17th

Jason CallowayJason CallowayThe
first Amphibian event will take place on February 17, and it will be
extraordinary: a recital by the virtuoso cellist Jason Calloway, with
shakuhachi master and composer James Nyoraku Schlefer. The program will include
the Luciano Berio Sequenza XIV for solo cello partially based on Sri
Lankan tambour techniques, as well as a new work by Akira Takaoka in his
striking series of pieces for instruments and computer-modified sound with a
new piece for Jason. He’ll also give the premiere of Matthew Greenbaum's new solo cello piece, Working
Blue.

HiArt Gallery (New York City)
227 W 29th Street, 4th floor, at 8pm.
Admission $15/10

Program

Bunraku -- Toshiro Mayuzumi
(1964)
Cello(s)
-- Miguel Pedraza (2013)
-- World Premiere
Sidewalk
Dances
--
James Nyoraku Schlefer (2014) -- World Premiere
New
Work
--
Akira Takaoka (2014) -- World Premiere
Working
Blue
--
Matthew Greenbaum (2013) -- World Premiere
Sen
II
--
Toshio Hosokawa (1986, rev. 2002)

Cellist Jason Calloway has performed to acclaim throughout North
America, the Caribbean, Europe, and the Middle East as soloist and
chamber musician.  He has appeared at festivals including Lucerne,
Spoleto USA, Darmstadt, Klangspuren (Austria), Acanthes (France),
Perpignan, Valencia, Citta' della Pieve (Italy), Jerash (Jordan), Casals
(Puerto Rico), Blossom, Brevard, Colima (Mexico), Great Lakes,
Kingston, Rockport, Sedona, Sarasota, Music Academy of the West, the New
York String Seminar, and Encore.  Mr. Calloway is currently cellist of
the Amernet String Quartet, Ensemble-in-Residence at Florida
International University in Miami, and was previously a member of the
Naumburg award-winning Biava Quartet, formerly in residence at the
Juilliard School.