Maya Beiser: Uncovered is a collection of startling classic rock tunes, re-imagined and re- contextualized, in stunning performances by Maya Beiser. Her concert at Le Poisson Rouge, with bassist Gyan Riley and drummer Matt Kilmer, follows shortly after the August 26, 2014 release of Uncovered, the album. A”cover tune” can be an homage to the original, but these “uncovers,” in new arrangements by Evan Ziporyn, attempt to do more – to evoke the unprecedented power of the music of Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Nirvana, Janis Joplin, Howlin’ Wolf, and AC/DC.
 
“The first time I heard Janis Joplin I felt shaken to the core,” Maya says. “Somehow her unique, raw expression snuck its way into the inner shrine where, until then, only the likes of Bach and Schubert were allowed to enter. It felt so sacrilegious that I was giddy with guilt. Just imagine a young acolyte of any dogma, experiencing her first transgression.”
 
Maya’s performances in Uncovered are incendiary, in line with New York magazine’s assessment that “Beiser is not the sort of musician who zigzags around the planet playing catalog music for polite and sleepy audiences. She throws down the gauntlet in every program.”
 
Raised in the Galilee Mountains in Israel and surrounded with the music and rituals of Jews, Muslims and Christians while immersed in the study of classical cello repertoire, Maya has dedicated her work to reinventing solo cello performance in the classical arena.
 
“I approach each of these ‘uncovers’ like an open canvas,” she says, “constructing layers of sound, rhythm, harmony, color and melody – building and experimenting until it feels right.”
 
With an arm’s length list of performances from the Sydney Opera House to Carnegie Hall to the World Expo in Nagoya, Japan, to the Royal Albert Hall (and the deep discography to go with it), Maya is not so much ready to take the world by storm as already directing a creative whirlwind of a career in ever-widening circles. Catch her in Uncovered and hear for yourself.
 
Seated: $20 advance, $25 day of show
Standing: $15 advance, $20 day of show
 
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