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IAN MAKSIN in PORTLAND - VIP performance and reception at STAGE 13

IAN MAKSIN in PORTLAND: The Ultimate Cello Fusion Experience

Join world-renown cellist, composer, and multilingual vocalist Ian Maksin for a night of pure magic during his Portland stopover on his world tour! At STAGE13, one of the hippest art spaces in town, in conjunction with Ackerman Films, Maksin will create a one-of-a-kind multisensory experience taking you on a mystical healing journey through space and time:
from J.S. Bach and Antonio Vivaldi to folk music from Macedonia, Iran and Kurdistan, and from Mississippi blues to Maksins original compositions infused with flavors of Flamenco Arabe, Balkan rhythms and shamanic chants of Southeast Siberia.

Thursday, January 25, 7pm: VIP event: groundbreaking multimedia performance featuring Ian Maksins unique multi-genre fusion, as well as realtime improvisation and creating cello soundscapes based on audiovisual interaction, followed by a wine reception and CD signing with Ian and an after-hours exclusive bonus encore: Ian Maksin will switch from cello to guitar and sing some of his favorites from his motherland: Vertinsky, Boris Grebenshikov, Mark Bernes and more Early discounted tickets: $40; day of the event and at the door: $50

Having shared the stage with such artists as Andrea Bocelli and Sting, equally fluent in many genres and singing in more than ten languages, Russian-born NYC-based IAN MAKSIN has created his own organic and soulful style combining elements traditional music from different corners of the world, classical music and jazz. In 2018 alone, Maksin will perform more than one hundred and fifty concerts in over thirty countries on five continents.

ACKERMAN FILMS LLC is an animation & Film/Video production studio owned and operated by filmmaker Daniel Ackerman in Portland, Oregons Pearl district. ackermanfilms.com

STAGE 13: stage13.net