02/15 @ 8:00pm - Talea Ensemble

Vinko Globokar: Toucher (1979)

Steven Takasugi: Strange Autumn (2004) *NY Premiere

Mauricio Kagel: Con Voce (1972)

Iannis Xenakis: Kassandra (1987)

Jeff Gavett, baritone

Alex Lipowski, percussion

Victor Adan, electronics

The Talea Ensemble is committed to programming new, groundbreaking music through innovative programming thereby communicating the distinctive voices of composers that deserve to be heard.  Now in its fourth season, the Talea Ensemble has given premieres of over 80 works, including composers such as Stefano Gervasoni, Marco Stroppa, Pierluigi Billone, Jean-Luc Hervé, and Alexandre Lunsqui. The Talea Ensemble has been invited as guest ensemble to the Nevada Encounters of New Music (NEON), La Ciudad de las Ideas (Mexico) and the International Contemporary Music Festival of Lima, Peru. The Talea Ensemble has served as ensemble in residence at Columbia University as well as at New York University. 2009-10 season projects include a European tour in collaboration with the Hyperion Ensemble (Romania) and Ensemble Cairn (Paris), a residency at Harvard University, the Suggestioni Festival: A Festival of Italian Contemporary Music, and the US Premiere of Fausto Romitelli’s cycle, Professor Bad Trip.  Visit www.taleaensemble.org for more information