Tag: Vicky Chow

Vicky Chow & Ben Reimer Duo: Softcore

What: Vicky Chow & Ben Reimer perform works by Canadian composers Nicole Lizée and Vincent Ho, plus Christopher Cerrone.
When: Saturday, December 16, 2017, 8:00pm
Where: Roulette, 509 Atlantic Ave Brooklyn, 2/3/4/5/A/C/G/D/M/N/R/B/Q trains & the LIRR
Cost: $25/20 Online $20/15 Doors
Info: www.roulette.org / (917) 267-0368
Tickets: General Admission $20, Members/Students/Seniors $15, $25/20 Tickets at the door

Brooklyn, NY – In lieu of her aforementioned performance as X88, pianist Vicky Chow will now perform as a duo with percussionist Ben Reimer. On tap for the evening – newly commissioned solo and duo works with multimedia by Canadian composers Nicole Lizée and Vincent Ho, as well as a new arrangement of “Double Happiness” from Rome Prize-winner Christopher Cerrone.

Montreal-based percussionist Ben Reimer and Vancouver-born Brooklyn-based pianist Vicky Chow met several years ago at the Bang on a Can Summer Institute at Mass MOCA. In 2016, Chow and Reimer united as a duo by commissioning Canadian composers Nicole Lizée and Vincent Ho. The two made their debut performance in January 2017 at the International PuSH Festival in Vancouver, co-presented by Music on Main, which featured John Luther Adams’ “Four Thousand Holes” and the premiere performances of Lizée’s “Softcore” and Ho’s “Kickin’ It!” After a successful debut, the duo is now a fully fledged commissioning, recording, and touring project.

Canadian pianist Vicky Chow has been described as “new star of new music”  by Los Angeles Times and “one of our era’s most brilliant pianists” by Pitchfork. Chow is the pianist for Bang on a Can All-Stars, X88, Chow / Reimer Duo, Grand Band, New Music Detroit, and others. Her sophomore album A O R T A on New Amsterdam Records was hailed as “imaginative” and “compelling” by I Care If You Listen and “a triumph of curation” by Second Inversion. In 2013, she gave the North American premiere of Steve Reich’s work “Piano Counterpoint,” the world premiere of John Zorn’s new piano trio “The Aristos,” and an evening-length work by Tristan Perich for solo piano and 40 channel 1-bit electronics titled Surface Image, presented at Roulette.  Vicky Chow is a Yamaha Artist.

Winnipeg-born percussionist Ben Reimer became captivated by the drum set at an early age. Now based in Montreal, Reimer has established himself as a leading figure in contemporary drumset performance, commissioning solo works such as “Ringer” by Nicole Lizée, “Full Grown” by Scott Edward Godin, and “Train Set” by Eliot Britton. Reimer is a member of Architek Percussion in Montreal and is a Sabian Cymbals, Yamaha Canada and Vic Firth artist.

Vicky Chow: Piano

What: Vicky Chow presents a suite of solo piano works featuring both New York and world premieres from top composers in the new music world.
When: Thursday, October 27, 2016, 8pm
Where: Roulette, 509 Atlantic Ave Brooklyn, 2/3/4/5/A/C/G/D/M/N/R/B/Q trains & the LIRR
Cost: $20/15 Online $25/20 Doors
Info: www.roulette.org / (917) 267-0368
Tickets: General Admission $20, Members/Students/Seniors $15, $25/20 Tickets at the door

Brooklyn, NY – Canadian pianist Vicky Chow premieres new solo piano works by Rome prize winner composer Christopher Cerrone, Fjola Evans, David Brynjar Franzson, and Bang on a Can founders David Lang, Julia Wolfe, and Michael Gordon.

Described as “brilliant” by The New York Times and a “new star of new music” by Los Angeles Times, Vicky Chow is the pianist for Bang on a Can All-Stars, Grand Band, New Music Detroit, and has collaborated with ensembles such as ICE and Wet Ink Ensemble. She has performed internationally in Asia, Australia, Europe and North America, including esteemed venues such as Carnegie Hall in New York, Barbican Centre in London, Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam, and Tongyeong Concert Hall in Korea.

In 2013, she gave the North American premiere of Steve Reich’s work “Piano Counterpoint,” the world premiere of John Zorn’s new piano trio “The Aristos,” Michael Gordon’s “Ode to La Bruja, Hanon, Czerny, Van Cliburn and little gold stars” written for Grand Band, and an evening length work by artist and composer Tristan Perich for solo piano and 40 channel 1-bit electronics titled “Surface Image,” presented at Roulette.

Program

Christopher Cerrone – The Arching Path (2016) *
Fjola Evans – New Work (2016) **
David Brynjar Franzson – New Work (2016) **
David Lang – “cage,” “beach” (1997) and new work (2016) **
Julia Wolfe – Compassion (2001)
Michael Gordon – Sonatra (2004) (pre-record release performance)

* New York Premiere
** World Premiere