Violinist/composer Arun Ramamurthy opens the evening with a solo, spontaneous performance of South Indian classical Carnatic music, followed by a set from improvising trumpeter/composer Peter Evans. Evans performs solo—a format he’s been working with for 25 years—featuring a more intimate, acoustic approach on the floor with an array of brass instruments.
The pair have played in this configuration before, originally coming together during Being & Becoming’s residencies post-covid.
A livestream of Arun Ramamurthy’s performance is archived below for future viewing.
Peter Evans is a composer, trumpet player, improvisor and bandleader based in New York City since 2003. Evans is part of a broad, hybridized scene of musical experimentation, and his work cuts across a wide range of modern musical practices and traditions.
He leads and composes for several ensembles including Being & Becoming (with Joel Ross, Nick Jozwiak & Tyshawn Sorey) his trio Extra (with Petter Eldh and Jim Black), Symphony, the collaborative trio Pulverize the Sound (with Tim Dahl and Mike Pride), as well as many other evolving configurations. His past groups such as the Zebulon trio and the Peter Evans Quintet toured the US and Europe extensively and recorded prolifically. Evans continues to work in a variety of new formations, exploring through-composed music, group improvisation, arranging, Early Music, Jazz standards and electronic music.
In addition to touring and presenting his groups internationally since 2007, Evans has been exploring solo trumpet music since 2002 and is widely recognized as a leading voice in the field, having released 7 albums of solo music since 2006. As a composer, he has been commissioned by the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), Wet Ink, Yarn/Wire, the Donaueschingen Musiktage Festival, the Jerome Foundation’s Emerging Artist Program, and the Doris Duke Foundation. Evans has presented and/or performed his works at major festivals worldwide. He has composed works for his own ensembles, soloists, chamber ensembles, and choir. In 2022 Evans was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in Music Composition. Evans has worked with some of the leading figures in contemporary music: John Zorn, Pauline Oliveros, Brian Ferneyhough, George Lewis, Anthony Braxton, Mary Halvorson, Craig Taborn, Sofia Jernberg, Ambrose Akinmusere, Weasel Walter, Dave Liebman, Ingrid Laubrock, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Tyshawn Sorey, Ikue Mori, Steve Schick, and works with both the International Contemporary and Wet Ink Ensembles as a performer and composer. As an interpreter of notated concert music, Evans has performed works by Varese, Xenakis, Bach, Stravinsky, Elliott Carter, Marcos Balter, Julio Estrada, Agusta Read Thomas, Wagner, Ligeti, and many more.
Arun Ramamurthy is a Brooklyn based creative and genre-fluid violinist whose practice is rooted in South Indian classical Carnatic music. He has shared the stage with luminaries like Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna, Sudha Ragunathan, Reggie Workman, Kenny Werner, Jamey Haddad, Amir ElSaffar, Hamid Drake, Martha Redbone, Yacouba Sissoko, Adam Rudolph, Lizz Wright, Subhankar Banerjee, Mashkoor Ali Khan, Awa Sangho, Roman Diaz, Melvis Santa, and many more. Arun leads the acclaimed ensembles Arun Ramamurthy Trio and Nakshatra (duo with wife & violinist Trina Basu) and is a founding member of Brooklyn Raga Massive, a genre-bending musicians’ nonprofit rooted in and inspired by the classical music of South Asia. Arun’s music has travelled to stages across the world, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Celebrate Brooklyn, and many more. He conducts workshops and has held teaching artist residencies working with student ensembles at Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Brooklyn College’s Jazz & Big Band program, NYU, Yale University, and Sarah Lawrence University.
