Jennifer Koh & Vijay Iyer – Music from Scenes of Living and Dying
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About the Event
Scenes of Living and Dying, a new work for violin and piano by Jennifer Koh and Vijay Iyer.
“Iyer’s music knows no bounds.” - Rolling Stone
“One of the great musicians of his generation... Iyer resolves the contradictions of the world in beauty.” - Der Spiegel (Germany)
Violinist Jennifer Koh and composer-pianist Vijay Iyer present a new musical work about loss, healing and celebration. Scenes of Living and Dying explores the human relationship to the thresholds of life: births, deaths, transformations and awakenings. Drawing inspiration from various cultural touchstones of memory and grief, the music takes the form of a collection of sonic scenes, ceremonies, and conjurings, ranging from tender to severe, fragile to robust, melancholy to celebratory, in an offering of communion across life’s existential divide.
These artists will also present a free matinee performance for public school groups through Design for Sharing, our K-12 Arts Education Program.
Co-commissioning support for the composition provided by arco collaborative, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society and Capital Region Classical.
Support provided by Fariba Ghaffari.