VIVA! & Gala 2009-2010
Sneak Preview
Get ready for another spectacular season of enlivening performances by VIVA! and Gala. From the dazzling Shaolin Warriors of China to the charismatic Berlin-based Max Raabe and Palast Orchester and from vanguard composer-improviser John Zorn and his New Masada Sextet to the Baroque and Renaissance music sung and acted by the Romeo and Juliet Choir of the Royal Dramatic Theatre of Stockholm, VIVA! & Gala promises another entertaining and enlightening year.
Shaolin Warriors of China
Around Town Performances
The Narasirato Pan Pipers
October 6, 7:30 p.m.
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
U.S. debut!
This remarkable concert brings traditional Aré Aré pan pipe music, together with exciting contemporary music featuring dance, traditional costumes, singing, wooden drums, and many unique bamboo instruments including pan pipes, thong-o-phones, and stomping tubes.
Shaolin Warriors of China
November 4, 7:30 p.m.
Ohio Theatre, PlayhouseSquare
"They combine the agility and grace of gymnasts with the showmanship of Cirque du Soleil performers."
–Washington Post
Garth Knox, viola and viola d’amore
with Lauren Radnovsky, cello
November 8, 2009
Plymouth Church of Shaker Heights, UCC
"Outstandingly magical! From the very first notes one is totally captivated by the fantastic richness of the sound produced by the combination of viola d’amore and the cello." –Gramophone
Flamenco! Juan Carmona Septet
featuring Rafael De Carmen
November 14, 7:30 p.m.
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
"Brilliant . . . ravishing!" –Chicago Tribune
Carmona is undeniably one of the most creative guitarists of the new flamenco generation.
Evan Ziporyn & Gamelan Galak Tika
January 8, 7:30 p.m.
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Cleveland debut!
"An intoxicating tone of wave-like rhythms . . . a cross-cultural, color-rich mix of mesmeric gamelan resonance and rock drama!" –Newark Star-Ledger
"An exuberant blast of metal fireworks." –New York Times
Masters of Persian Music
February 6, 7:30 p.m.
Hanna Theatre, PlayhouseSquare
"Electrifying spontaneity . . . a once-in-a-life-time experience." –The Plain Dealer
Featuring Hossein Alizadeh, tar; Kayhan Kalhor, kamancheh; and Hamid Reza Nourbakhsh, vocals.
Gartner Auditorium performances
The Cleveland Museum of Art’s
GARTNER AUDITORIUM REOPENING BASH
SPECIAL ADD-ON CONCERT
for your subscription package
Max Raabe & Palast Orchester
February 28, 7:30 p.m.
Cleveland debut!
"They play with a stylishness, grace and vitality that do not call attention to their impressive virtuosity." –New York Times
Max Raabe
Tanya Tagaq: Inuit Throat Singing
March 10, 7:30 p.m.
Cleveland debut!
"She’s like Edith Piaf or something, totally emotional." –Björk
"The most unique performer of truly traditional, Canadian music in our country." –CBC
Frederic Rzewski, solo piano
March 19, 7:30 p.m.
"A formidable pianist with a touch and attack sometimes eerily reminiscent of Glenn Gould" –New York Times
John Zorn
New Masada Sextet
March 26, 7:30 p.m.
Cleveland debut!
"A chameleonic composer whose work
has fruitfully touched on everything
from chamber music to death metal."
–New York Times
John Zorn: New Masada Sextet copresented with Cleveland State University.
Anssi Karttunen, cello
April 7, 7:30 p.m.
Cleveland debut!
"Brilliant! Mr. Karttunen showed a mastery of myriad colorings in his rhapsodic performance." –New York Times
Romance de Tango
April 9, 7:30 p.m.
Ohio debut!
The 14-member ensemble of dancers and musicians dazzles with the mastery of tango—a thrilling tango experience you won’t forget!
Romeo & Julia Kören
Royal Dramatic Theatre of Stockholm
April 21, 7:30 p.m.
U.S. debut!
"This was a masterpiece that must have filled every spectator with exaltation."
–The Vijesnik, Croatia
Stephen Scott’s Bowed Piano Ensemble
April 22, 7:30 p.m.
Cleveland debut!
"Whatever those people are doing inside the piano, the result outside the piano is an expansion of space and time." –NPR’s All Things Considered
Stephen Scott’s Bowed Piano Ensemble
These programs made possible in part by:
The Ernest L. and Louise M. Gartner Fund
The P. J. McMyler Musical Endowment Fund
The Anton and Rose Zverina Music Fund
Full season brochures
in the mail soon!To be on the list, call 216-707-2282 or write to us at
perform@clevelandart.org.
A variety of subscription packages available
(save up to 25%).
New subscriptions on sale to CMA members beginning July 28; to the general public August 11.