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The final concert of the 2010 MATA Festival spotlights one of New York's most exciting new groups, the Argento Chamber Ensemble. Composers featured on this FREE evening of music include Americans Michelle Lou and Alexander Sigman, plus Italians Nicola Buso, Lorenzo Tomio, Stefano Trevisi, and Filippo Perocco. The program will also include the NY premiere of Ryan Beppel's Receptive Aphasia (2010), Winner of New Voices project, Philadelphia chapter of the American Composers Forum. (Selected in collaboration between MATA, Argento, and ACF Philadelphia).
Note: the Italian ensemble L'Arsenale, originally scheduled to perform on this program, is unable to appear due to this week's ban on European air travel.
LPR Gallery Bar
6 to 7:25pm
MATA continues its annual presentation of sound works with daily presentations of multi-channel works in Le Poisson Rouge's Gallery Bar. Works by 2010 Commissionee Matthew Wright, MATA AD Christopher McIntyre, Antye Greie (aka AGF), and Bjørn Erik Haugen.
The final concert of the 2010 MATA Festival spotlights one of New York's most exciting new groups, the Argento Chamber Ensemble. Composers featured on this FREE evening of music include Americans Michelle Lou and Alexander Sigman, plus Italians Nicola Buso, Lorenzo Tomio, Stefano Trevisi, and Filippo Perocco. The program will also include the NY premiere of Ryan Beppel's Receptive Aphasia (2010), Winner of New Voices project, Philadelphia chapter of the American Composers Forum. (Selected in collaboration between MATA, Argento, and ACF Philadelphia).
Note: the Italian ensemble L'Arsenale, originally scheduled to perform on this program, is unable to appear due to this week's ban on European air travel.
LPR Gallery Bar
6 to 7:25pm
MATA continues its annual presentation of sound works with daily presentations of multi-channel works in Le Poisson Rouge's Gallery Bar. Works by 2010 Commissionee Matthew Wright, MATA AD Christopher McIntyre, Antye Greie (aka AGF), and Bjørn Erik Haugen.
Artists
Argento Chamber Ensemble
The Argento Chamber Ensemble is the performance arm of the Argento New Music Project. Consisting of nine dedicated members, the ensemble regularly expands to perform and record chamber orchestra works of up to thirty musicians, and has established a reputation for delivering unforgettable performances.
The Ensemble has toured widely in the US and abroad in festivals including the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, the International Festival of Spectral Music in Istanbul, Turkey, the American Festival of Microtonal Music in New York, Sounds French Festival in New York, The Kilkenny Arts Festival, Ireland, and the International Festival of Electro-acoustic music, Shanghai. Tours to Asia and the Middle East included collaborations with non-Western musicians such as singer Kani Karaça.
The Ensemble's first recording, featuring the music of Tristan Murail, was released in January of 2007 on the AEON label with distribution through Harmonia Mundi. The recording immediately received critical acclaim worldwide. Recordings of Philippe Hurel and Alexandre Lunsqui are slated for release in the 2008–2009 season. The ensemble has also recorded surround sound installation works, and has produced a complete video and audio recording of Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire for online education.
Argento's reputation has been the result of its long history as a chamber ensemble since 2000, demanding technical preparation, and a probing interpretive commitment to the music.
The Ensemble has toured widely in the US and abroad in festivals including the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, the International Festival of Spectral Music in Istanbul, Turkey, the American Festival of Microtonal Music in New York, Sounds French Festival in New York, The Kilkenny Arts Festival, Ireland, and the International Festival of Electro-acoustic music, Shanghai. Tours to Asia and the Middle East included collaborations with non-Western musicians such as singer Kani Karaça.
The Ensemble's first recording, featuring the music of Tristan Murail, was released in January of 2007 on the AEON label with distribution through Harmonia Mundi. The recording immediately received critical acclaim worldwide. Recordings of Philippe Hurel and Alexandre Lunsqui are slated for release in the 2008–2009 season. The ensemble has also recorded surround sound installation works, and has produced a complete video and audio recording of Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire for online education.
Argento's reputation has been the result of its long history as a chamber ensemble since 2000, demanding technical preparation, and a probing interpretive commitment to the music.