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Called the most extreme organ trio ever, Simulacrum is yet another wild new offering from composer and alchemist John Zorn, who continues to explore new worlds and new ensembles into his sixth decade. With dramatic through-composed pieces (meaning pieces in which each stanza takes on a new style) that unfold with a cinematic logic, this genre-bending music defies classification, touching upon metal, jazz, minimalism, atonality, noise, and more. Passionately performed by an unusual all-star trio of John Medeski on organ, Matt Hollenberg on guitar and Kenny Grohwoski on drums, this powerful and fascinating music highlights the MENTAL in experimental!
 

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Presented in conjunction with Leap Before You Look:
Black Mountain College 1933–1957

Between 1949 and 1954, composers John Cage and Pierre Boulez exchanged a series of remarkable letters that are the basis for this exceptional concert featuring soloists of the renowned Paris-based Ensemble Intercontemporain. The group will perform a selection of works written during the composers’ correspondence including Boulez’s “Second Piano Sonata,” “Livre pour quatuor,” and “Douze notations,”and Cage’s “String Quartet in Four Parts,” “Six melodies for violin and keyboard,”“Music of Changes,” and “Sonatas and Interludes.” While teaching at Black Mountain College in 1952, Cage introduced students to the works of the young French composer, whom he viewed as a major figure in contemporary composition and sympathetic to his own musical developments. Many of the Cage compositions to be performed by Ensemble Intercontemporain premiered at the College and illustrate his emerging compositional practices, which he discussed at length with Boulez. Selections from the letters will be read during the concert, offering a unique look at the work and practice of these hugely influential masters.

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Under the direction of Silas Riener, Boston Conservatory students perform excerpts from early Cunningham dances including Dime A Dance, Springweather and People, Septet, Nocturnes, and Minutiae, accompanied by pianist Stephen Drury. For the November, December, and January performances, the students will be joined by Riener, who will perform the recently reconstructed Cunningham solo Changeling, and joined by Drury performing music by Christian Wolff and John Cage.

NOTE: This performance takes place in the gallery with limited seating, available first come, first served. Some viewers will remain standing.

A defining feature of the education and experience at Black Mountain College was the integration of all art forms—music, dance, film, theater, and visual arts—with the liberal arts. Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933–1957 includes a grand piano and a 20 x 20 foot sprung dance floor within the galleries so that dance and music performances may take place alongside paintings and sculptures in a nod to the college’s radical interdisciplinarity. Performances will be presented throughout; see icaboston.org/bmc for details.

A defining feature of the education and experience at Black Mountain College was the integration of all art forms—music, dance, film, theater, and visual arts—with the liberal arts. Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933–1957 includes a grand piano and a 20 x 20 foot sprung dance floor within the galleries so that dance and music performances may take place alongside paintings and sculptures in a nod to the college’s radical interdisciplinarity. Performances will be presented throughout; see icaboston.org/bmc for details.

Former Cunningham dancer Silas Riener performs Changeling, a 1957 solo newly reconstructed in collaboration with Jean Freebury. A select group of Boston Conservatory dancers, under Riener’s direction, perform excerpts from other renowned Cunningham dances. Changeling, an early Merce Cunningham solo choreographed using chance procedures, had its premiere in 1957 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and was last performed in Tokyo in 1964.

NOTE: This performance takes place in the gallery with limited seating, available first come, first served. Some viewers will remain standing.

A defining feature of the education and experience at Black Mountain College was the integration of all art forms—music, dance, film, theater, and visual arts—with the liberal arts. Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933–1957 includes a grand piano and a 20 x 20 foot sprung dance floor within the galleries so that dance and music performances may take place alongside paintings and sculptures in a nod to the college’s radical interdisciplinarity. Performances will be presented throughout; see icaboston.org/bmc for details.

Pianist Elaine Rombola will perform selections from John Cage’s famous “Sonatas and Interludes,” which premiered at Black Mountain College. Arrive early to see her prepare the in-gallery piano to Cage’s specifications by inserting screws, erasers, paper clips, and other objects into the strings.   

A defining feature of the education and experience at Black Mountain College was the integration of all art forms—music, dance, film, theater, and visual arts—with the liberal arts. Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933–1957 includes a grand piano and a 20 x 20 foot sprung dance floor within the galleries so that dance and music performances may take place alongside paintings and sculptures in a nod to the college’s radical interdisciplinarity. Performances will be presented throughout; see icaboston.org/bmc for details.

Kid Koala’s 8 PM performance Saturday night is SOLD OUT. Tickets remain for the matinee performance a 2 PM on Saturday.

Montreal DJ and music producer Kid Koala presents a heartwarming adaptation of his graphic novel Nufonia Must Fall, in which a lovesick robot attempts to write a love song to woo a co-worker. Directed by Oscar-nominated production designer K.K. Barrett (Her, Where the Wild Things Are, Lost in Translation, Being John Malkovich), the production features a real-time filming of a puppet cast that interacts with more than a dozen miniature stage settings. Kid Koala (who has toured with the likes of Radiohead, the Beastie Boys, Arcade Fire, and A Tribe Called Quest) and the Afiara Quartet provide musical accompaniment on strings, piano, and turntables.

Nufonia Must Fall plays as genuine romance.

—New York Times

The film, small and tender, could stand strong on its own, but the heart of the production lies in watching it being created.

—The Guardian

Stick around for a special one-night-only DJ set by Kid Koala following Friday’s performance. 9:30 PM in the State Street Corporation Lobby!

First Republic Bank is proud to sponsor the ICA’s 2015–16 Performance Season.

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IRCAM, the Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music, is one of the world’s largest public research centers dedicated to both musical expression and scientific research. Founded in Paris by composer Pierre Boulez in 1977, IRCAM allows contemporary composers to combine their innovative artistic sensibilities with scientific and technological experimentation. Following a weeklong residency at the Boston University Center for New Music, IRCAM will present two extraordinary concerts of music presented by the Boston-based ensemble Sound Icon and the JACK Quartet.

The IRCAM concerts and residency are co-produced by the ICA/Boston, the Boston University Center for New Music, and the IRCAM-Centre Pompidou and are made possible with the generous support of the Boston University College of Fine Arts and School of Music; The Boston University Center for the Humanities; The French-American Fund for Contemporary Music, a program of FACE; The Cultural Service of the French Consulate in Boston; and with the friendly support of the Ernst von Siemens Foundation.

First Republic Bank is proud to sponsor the ICA’s 2015–16 Performance Season.

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IRCAM, the Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music, is one of the world’s largest public research centers dedicated to both musical expression and scientific research. Founded in Paris by composer Pierre Boulez in 1977, IRCAM allows contemporary composers to combine their innovative artistic sensibilities with scientific and technological experimentation. Following a weeklong residency at the Boston University Center for New Music, IRCAM will present two extraordinary concerts of music presented by the Boston-based ensemble Sound Icon and the JACK Quartet.

The IRCAM concerts and residency are co-produced by the ICA/Boston, the Boston University Center for New Music, and the IRCAM-Centre Pompidou and are made possible with the generous support of the Boston University College of Fine Arts and School of Music; The Boston University Center for the Humanities; The French-American Fund for Contemporary Music, a program of FACE; The Cultural Service of the French Consulate in Boston; and with the friendly support of the Ernst von Siemens Foundation.

First Republic Bank is proud to sponsor the ICA’s 2015–16 Performance Season.

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This is the sort of thing a jazz fan’s daydreams are made of… Bird Calls is a masterpiece.

—All About Jazz

One of the most important artists in jazz today and just named Best Jazz Artist of 2015 by The Village Voice, alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa blends South Indian musical concepts with a seemingly boundless range of contemporary jazz. His latest project, Bird Calls, is a profound 21st-century tribute to Charlie Parker and includes Mahanthappa’s stellar young quintet.

Free pre-performance talk with New York City jazz guitarist and Berklee faculty member David Gilmore 30 minutes prior to curtain in the ICA lobby.

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