Yael Acher at RUCMA

From New York’s RUCMA:

Start: 01/05/2009 – 7:30pm
End: 01/05/2009 – 10:00pm
Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

Yael Acher
Monday, January 5 @ 7:30 pm
Yippie Café: 9 Bleecker Street, near Bowery
General Admission: $10
Students and Seniors: $7
Jam Session @ 9pm: $5

Yael Acher, flute & electronics
Ras Moshe, tenor sax
Daniel Levin, cello
Matt Russo, drums

A native of Tel Aviv, Yael Acher graduated with a BA degree in music and Classical flute performance from the Rubin Academy for Music and Dance in Jerusalem. She has lived and worked as a performer, composer, and educator in Copenhagen since 1992. In 2005 she won a Fulbright scholarship to study Composition at NYU and Hunter College. Since then she has resided and worked in New York, performing Classical, Modern, Free-Improvisation, Progressive , Free Jazz, Latin, Funk. She has collaborated with such artists as Kim Itoh (Japan), Tim Rushton (UK), and Ellis Wood (NYC). Since the early 90s, Acher has been the leader of an electro-instrumental progressive groove jazz group, Junk”KAT” & Modiano. The band performs throughout Europe and New York, in collaboration with rappers, DJs and video artists. Acher is also involved in the free-jazz scene, performing with artists in Tel Aviv, Copenhagen, Milano and New York. Her music has been reviewed internationally in New Music Connoisseur, and Cadence Magazine in NYC, and Jazz Magazine (France).

http://www.myspace.com/junkkatmodiano