Music Current 2018: Izumi Kimura, Prepared Piano
14 April 2018 18:00
Smock Alley Theatre
Smock Alley Theatre
Programme
John Cage, Sonatas & Interludes
Elis Czerniak, historical memories, personal memories, present memories (prepared piano and live electronics)
Francis Heery, ...the straight and narrow (prepared piano and live electronics)
Performers
Izumi Kimura, piano
Elis Czerniak, computer
Francis Heery, computer
Alexis Nealon, sound projection
One of Ireland's most inventive improvisers – Izumi Kimura – joins forces with two of the country's most imaginative composers (Francis Heery and Elis Czerniak) to reinvent the 'prepared piano' and extend its possibilities with live electronics through two new works specially commissioned for Music Curren Festivalt. The new works are contextualised with John Cage's seminal Sonatas and Interludes, one of the best known works from the 'inventor' of the prepared piano. These new works follow Cage's original preparations to fix screws, bolts and rubbers inserted between the strings.
This programme is supported by Jeffers Pianos, in association with Galway Jazz Festival and Music Network.
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