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Momenta Festival II
2016 marks the second installment of Momenta Quartet's unique music festival: four nights of chamber music both old and new with featured guest artists, each night curated by a different member of the quartet. More information at www.momentaquartet.com
Wednesday, September 28, 8pm: Written in Fire
curated by Stephanie Griffin
music by Matthew Greenbaum, Wang Lu, Tony Prabowo, Leos Janacek
with guest vocalists Tony Arnold and Ubiet
Thursday, September 29, 8pm: An Interval of Infinity
curated by Alex Shiozaki
music by Beethoven, Toru Takemitsu, Joji Yuasa, Somei Satoh, Akira Nishimura
with guest artist Nana Shi, piano
Saturday, October 1, 8pm: At the Forest's Edge
curated by Emilie-Anne Gendron
music by Eugène Ysaÿe, John Cage, György Kurtág, Edvard Grieg
with guest artist John Gurrin, video art
Sunday, October 2, 8pm: Dark Matter
curated by Michael Haas
music by Alberto Ginastera, Henri Dutilleux, Christopher Stark
with guest artist Vicky Chow, piano
All concerts take place at the Tenri Cultural Institute, 43A West 13th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues) New York, NY. www.tenri.org
Custom beer provided by Sam Burlingame of Brooklyn's Brewheister. www.brewheister.com
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Momenta Quartet
Emilie-Anne Gendron and Alex Shiozaki, violins
Stephanie Griffin, viola; Michael Haas, cello
Momenta: the plural of momentum four individuals in motion towards a common goal. This is the idea behind the Momenta Quartet, whose eclectic vision encompasses contemporary music of all aesthetic backgrounds alongside great music from the recent and distant past. The New York City-based quartet has premiered over 100 works, collaborated with over 120 living composers, and was praised by The New York Times for its diligence, curiosity and excellence.
In 2008 the quartet won its first major commission grant from the Koussevitzky Foundation for Malaysian composer Kee Yong Chong, and since received a second Koussevitzky grant for Bolivian composer Agustín Fernández. Deeply committed to the musical avant-garde of the developing world, Momenta has been an indispensable advocate for many international composers, including Tony Prabowo (Indonesia), Cergio Prudencio (Bolivia), and Hana Ajiashvili (Georgia). Upcoming adventures include a multi-year project to perform and record all thirteen string quartets by Mexican microtonal maverick Julián Carrillo.
Momenta has appeared at such prestigious venues as the Library of Congress, National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian's Freer Gallery, Rubin Museum, Miller Theatre at Columbia University, and the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study. Momenta recently gave its Mexican debut at the National University (UNAM) and has performed internationally in the United Kingdom, Indonesia, and Singapore, also appearing at Mexico's renowned Cervantino Festival in 2015. Momenta's debut album, Similar Motion, is available on Albany Records.
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LocationTenri Cultural Institute (View)
43A West 13th Street
New York, NY 10011
United States
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