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Vijay Iyer at Oz
Courtesy of ECM records | Posted on October 23, 2014
When
Sat, November 8, 2014
8:00 pm
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Musicians
Vijay Iyer
pianoAbout
Pianist and composer Vijay Iyer, recently awarded a 2013 MacArthur fellowship, a 2012 Doris Duke Performing Artist Award and an unprecedented “quintuple crown” in the 2012 Down Beat International Critics Poll, is known for his fresh, vitalizing approach to modern music. OZ Arts is proud to present a unique two-part program celebrating Iyer’s collaborations with an extraordinary collection of world-class artists.
Mutations I-X
Vijay Iyer, Piano and electronics; Miranda Cuckson and Michi Wiancko, Violins; Kyle Armbrust, Viola; Kivie Cahn-Lipman, Cello Mutations I-X showcases Iyer’s unconventional style through a composition scored for piano, electronics, and string quartet. Through the interweaving of acoustic and electronic sound-textures and decisive improvisational interventions in notated music, Vijay Iyer has created a suite whose very subject is change....