Date/Time
Date(s) - 03/08/2015
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location
Miner Auditorium, SFJAZZ Center
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3 pm Panel Discussion | 4 pm Concert
Concert Three
- Charles Amirkhanian
Miatsoom (Reunion, 1994-97) 27 min.
Tape work - Tigran Mansurian
Canti Paralleli (2007-08) for soprano and string orchestra 28 min.
(texts by Paghtasar Dpir, Yeghishe Charents, Avetik Isahakyan)
Hasmik Papian, soprano; SOTA Orchestra; Matthew Cmiel, conductor
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- Tigran Mansurian
Romance for Violin and Strings (2011) 10 min.
Movses Pagossian, violin; SOTA Orchestra; Matthew Cmiel, conductor - Michael Nyman
Symphony No. 2 (2014) 30 min.
SOTA Orchestra; Matthew Cmiel, conductor
For 20 years Other Minds has searched the world over for the most unconventional and inspiring composers of our time. This March, the Other Minds Festival celebrates its 20th edition, and to mark this occasion, for the first time in its history, will present a retrospective cast from festivals past. Among the many highlights this year are the U.S. premiere of Michael Nyman’s Symphony No. 2, featuring the San Francisco School of the Arts Youth Orchestra (SOTA) and accompanied by historical clips from Mexican cinema of the 20th Century; the world-premiere performance of Pauline Oliveros’ Twins Peeking at Koto, featuring Oliveros and Norwegian virtuoso Frode Haltli on accordion and recent Doris Duke Award recipient Miya Masaoka on koto; Masaoka presenting her own world premiere, String Quartet No. 2, “Tilt” composed for San Francisco’s Del Sol Quartet; Del Sol’s tribute performance to the late Australian master Peter Sculthorpe, of his String Quartet No. 14 “Quamby” (1998), with Stephen Kent on Didjeridu, and a centenary commemoration of the Armenian Genocide with Yerevan composer and ECM artist Tigran Mansurian’s Canti Parelleli on Armenian folks songs, featuring Viennese soprano Hasmik Papian accompanied by the SOTA Orchestra directed by Matthew Cmiel.
Featured artists include: Peter Sculthorpe (AU), Lou Harrison, Maja S.K. Ratkje (NO), Miya Masaoka, Errollyn Wallen (BZ/UK), Michael Nyman (UK, 70th birthday year), Pauline Oliveros, Don Byron, Tigran Mansurian (AM, 75th birthday year), Charles Amirkhanian, (70th birthday year), Frode Haltli (NO), and David Tanenbaum.