| | The phoenix is a mythical bird that stands for resurrection and rebirth. The two solo-instruments—the shô and the sheng—played at this concert are said to imitate the shape and call of the phoenix.
“Being interested in instruments as a projection of musical culture I began to regard instruments as ‘micro-architecture’” says curator Gene Coleman, explaining the concept underlying this evening. In “The Path of the Phoenix” I explore the qualities of these different instruments by blurring the differences at one point and bringing them out again elsewhere.”
| | | | This concert will be repeated at the Global Ear Festival in Dresden on 29 January.
Line-up
Kô Ishikawa (shô)
Wu Wei (sheng)
Toshimaru Nakamura (no-input mixing board)
Ensemble N_ER:
Harry Sparnaay (contrabass clarinet)
Mike Svoboda (trombone)
Vincent Royer (viola)
N.N. (cello)
Gene Coleman (bass-clarinet)
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