Aug
27
Mon August 27th, 2018
7:00PM
Main Space
Minimum Age: All Ages
Doors Open: 6:00PM
Show Time: 7:00PM
Event Ticket: $20 / $25
Day of Show: $25 / $30
Taka Kigawa – Music of Aucoin, Furrer, Yamane, Berio
Table Seating: $25 advance, $30 day of show
Standing Room: $20 advance, $25 day of show
6:00pm doors | 7:00pm show | all ages
PROGRAM:
I.
Illuminated Baby (2015), Akiki Yamane (b. 1982)
II.
Piano Sonata (2001), Luciano Berio (1925-2003)
III.
Three Etudes (2014), Matt Aucoin (b. 1990)
1. rondo which devours itself
2. currents
3. a sounding
IV.
Phasma (2002), Beat Furrer (b. 1954)
The New York Times recommendation: 6 Classical Music Concerts to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend – The New York Times
“Many of Mr. Kigawa’s most recent New York recitals have focused on one composer — either Boulez or Messiaen. But there’s a welcome spread to this one, which looks at three generations of composers: Luciano Berio, Beat Furrer, Akiko Yamane and Matthew Aucoin.
The New Yorker recommendation: Taka Kigawa – The New Yorker
“Kigawa, an intrepid pianist of boundless curiosity and skill, is also a diligent advocate for composers. Here, he surrounds the Italian master Luciano Berio’s Piano Sonata—a titanic late-career work from 2001—with an enticing mix of pieces by the Swiss-born Austrian innovator Beat Furrer (“Phasma”) and two younger composers of vast imagination, Akiko Yamane (“Illustrated Baby”) and Matthew Aucoin (Three Études).
Ticketing Policy
TABLE SEATING POLICY
Table seating for all seated shows is reserved exclusively for ticket holders who purchase “Table Seating” tickets. By purchasing a “Table Seating” ticket you agree to also purchase a minimum of two food and/or beverage items per person. Table seating is first come, first seated. Please arrive early for the best choice of available seats. Seating begins when doors open. Tables are communal so you may be seated with other patrons. We do not take table reservations.
A standing room area is available by the bar for all guests who purchase “Standing Room” tickets. Food and beverage can be purchased at the bar but there is no minimum purchase required in this area.
All tickets sales are final. No refund or credits.
Taka Kigawa
Celebrated by The New York Times as a “Phenomenon” and “the extraordinary pianist,” and praised by The New Yorker as “an artist of stature,” Taka Kigawa’s playing sparkles with both clarity and intensity. Buenos Aires’ La Nación called him “a stupendous virtuoso.”
Mr. Kigawa has performed across the United States, Europe, South America and Japan—at venues including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Library of Congress, Cité de la Musique in Paris, Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona and Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. Known for a repertoire that spans the Baroque to the avant-garde, he is equally at home in the classics and in adventurous, contemporary music.
Taka Kigawa has collaborated with legendary musicians, including Pierre Boulez, Myung-Whun Chung and Jonathan Nott, and premiered the final solo piano work of jazz icon Yusef Lateef.
Born in Nagano, Japan, Mr. Kigawa now calls New York City home. He is a Steinway Artist.