Frederic Rzewski (USA)
6 March 2008 | 8pm; Free artist chat at 7pm.
Scotiabank Dance Centre, 677 Davie St.

One of the most prominent living American composers and a prodigiously talented pianist, he is also an old-fashioned iconoclast. He's blunt-speaking, cantankerous, focused on his art and intent on creating it with as much independence as possible from the institutions and bureaucracies that have congealed around it.  Political and engaged, his music is strongly rooted in American tradition.

“You'd meet a businessman and they'd say, 'Oh, you're a musician, what kind of music do you make?' And I always used to stammer something. But then I found a way that seems to work well. I say 'I do traditional music.' And people seem to accept that. And it's true. I'm just a traditional musician." – Frederic Rzewski

Molinari String Quartet (Canada) – plays a selection of R.Murray Schafer’s String Quartets
13 March 2008 | 8pm; Free artist chat at 7pm.
Scotiabank Dance Centre, 677 Davie Street

R. Murray Schafer is one of Canada's pre-eminent composers and is known throughout the world. In an era of specialization, celebrating his 75th R. Murray Schafer has shown himself to be a true Renaissance man. The Molinari String Quartet performs a concert dedicated to selected string quartets and presents his unique explorations of the relationships between music, performer, audience and setting.

The program includes String Quartet no. 9 (2005), Quatuor no.10, Winter Birds (2005) and String Quartet no. 3 (1981).

This performance is part of Vancouver Vibrates – a celebration of the works and influence of R. Murray Schafer.

Free artist chat 7pm; R. Murray Schafer will be in attendance.

Eve Egoyan, piano (Canada) – plays Alvin Curran’s Inner Cities
20 March 2008 | 7pm - 11pm
Scotiabank Dance Centre, 677 Davie Street

“Inner Cities began in 1991 as a single innocent piano piece and has now evolved into a musical cycle of 12 pieces sometimes performed in its 6-hour entirety My goal, as always, was to reduce the musical elements to their ultimate essences, to repudiate and embrace dualism, and to emulate, even in permanent notation, the feel of spontaneous music-making. The music therefore is open, unhurried, brutally lyrical, quiet, private and tonal as it is raucous, aggressively impolite and obsessively meticulous in making the simple relations between tones and durations an unending adventure of personal wonder.” -Alvin Curran

Eve Egoyan is a concert pianist who specializes in the performance of new works. Her intense focus, command of the instrument, insightful interpretations, and unique programmes welcome audiences into unknown territory.

For this performance Egoyan will play a selection of movements from Inner Cities: Inner Cities 2, 3 (Light Flowers/Dark Flowers), 4, 5, 7.5, 8, 9, 10 and 11.

Each concert is $20 regular/$15 students and seniors; single tickets are available at Sikora’s Classical Records (432 West Hastings Street) through Tickets Tonight (www.ticketstonight.ca / 604.631.2872) and at the door.  A pass for all three concerts is available for $45/$30 and is available only through Vancouver New Music (837 Davie Street or 604.633.0861).