TICKET SALES START 26.08.2022 10:00
The American composer Michael Gordon as one of the members of Bang on a Can, is a figurehead for the youngest generation of post-minimalists. He wrote Material specially for the talents of the New York quartet Yarn/Wire, who will be performing its Belgian première at Transit. All the musicians will play the inside of just one grand piano: a sizzling structure of sound, with the audience intimately gathered around the instrument – an intense, unforgettable experience.
Program
Michael Gordon: Material
This project was supported, in part, by a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant.
Composers
Michael Gordon
Michael Gordon’s music merges subtle rhythmic invention with incredible power, embodying, in the words of The New Yorker’s Alex Ross, “the fury of punk rock, the nervous brilliance of free jazz and the intransigence of classical modernism.”
Over the past 30 years, Gordon has produced a strikingly diverse body of work, ranging from large-scale pieces for high-energy ensembles to major orchestral commissions to works conceived specifically for the recording studio. Transcending categorization, his music represents the collision of mysterious introspection and brutal directness.
Website Michael Gordon
Performers
Yarn/Wire
Yarn/Wire is a New York-based percussion and piano quartet dedicated to creative, experimental new music. Founded in 2005, the ensemble is globally admired for the energy and precision it brings to performances of today's most adventurous compositions. Yarn/Wire actively creates music in partnership with composers, sound artists, noise artists, … around the world.
Website Yarn/Wire
LUCA School of Arts campus Lemmens
Lemmensberg 3
3000
Leuven
Not on time?
Late-comers will not be admitted to the concert.