Source: Accidental Music Festival.
Yarn/Wire @ The Plaza Live on October 29th.
Yarn/Wire is a New York-based percussion and piano quartet (Ian Antonio and Russell Greenberg, percussion / Laura Barger and Ning Yu, pianos). Noted for their “spellbinding virtuosity” and “restlessly curious” programming (Time Out New York), the ensemble is admired for the energy and precision it brings to performances of today’s most adventurous music.
Ensemble AMF ( Featuring Eric Jacobsen) @ Will’s Pub on December 4th.
New to AMF this year is our very own contemporary ensemble featuring Orlando musicians. This concert will feature Eric Jacobsen of Brooklyn Rider and Director of the Orlando Philharmonic. The concert will honor Accidental Music Festival co-founder John Alvarez who died in 2014. The program features music of Michael Gordon, Steve Reich, Julia Wolfe, and Alvarez.
Vicky Chow performing Surface Image @ Timucua on February 13th.
Canadian pianist Vicky Chow has been described as “brilliant” (New York Times), “a monster pianist” (Time Out New York) “virtuosic” (New Jersey Star Ledger), “sparkling” with a “feisty technique” (MIT Tech) and “new star of new music” (Los Angeles Times) She is the pianist for the Bang on a Can All- Stars, Grand Band, The Virgil Moorefield Pocket Orchestra, and New Music Detroit and has collaborated with other ensembles such as ICE, Wet Ink Ensemble, and the Wordless Music Orchestra. Most recently she gave the North American premiere of Steve Reich’s work ‘Piano Counterpoint’ and the world premiere of John Zorn‘s new piano trio titled “The Aristos”, and Michael Gordon’s ‘Ode to La Bruja, Hanon, Czerny, Van Cliburn and little gold stars’ written for Grand Band, and an evening length work by artist/composer Tristan Perich for solo piano and 40 channel 1-bit electronics titled ‘Surface Image’ written for Chow.
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