Gamper: Talea Ensemble

TAlea Ensemble

This concert is part of the Festival’s Subscription Series and Gamper Festival of Contemporary Music. The Gamper Festival represents a sustained commitment to nurturing and promoting the music of our time.

TALEA ENSEMBLE
Yoshi Weinberg, flute • Rane Moore, clarinet • Leah Asher, violin • Carrie Frey, viola • Chris Gross, cello • David Friend, piano • James Baker, conductor

OLGA NEUWIRTH
coronAtion II: Naufraghi del mondo che hanno ancora un cuore
Yoshi Weinberg, flute • Rane Moore, clarinet • Leah Asher, violin • Carrie Frey, viola • David Friend, piano

ANDILE KHUMALO
ISO[R]
Yoshi Weinberg, flute • Chris Gross, cello • David Friend, piano

ZOSHA DI CASTRI
La forma dello spazio
Yoshi Weinberg, flute • Rane Moore, clarinet • Leah Asher, violin • Chris Gross, cello • David Friend, piano • James Baker, conductor

DEREK BERMEL
Language Instruction
Rane Moore, clarinet • Leah Asher, violin • Chris Gross, cello • David Friend, piano

ANTHONY CHEUNG
Clocks for Seeing

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Yoshi Weinberg, flute • Rane Moore, clarinet • Leah Asher, violin • Carrie Frey, viola • Chris Gross, cello • David Friend, piano • James Baker, conductor

About Talea

Heralded as “a crucial part of the New York cultural ecosphere” by the New York Times, the Talea Ensemble is comprised of nineteen of New York City’s finest classically-trained musicians, with a mission to champion musical creativity, cultivate curious listeners, and bring visionary new works to life with vibrant performances that remain in the audience’s imagination long after a concert.

Recipients of the 2014 Chamber Music America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, Talea has brought to life more than 30 commissions of major new works since it was founded in 2008. Partnering with institutions like the Austrian Cultural Forum or the French American Cultural Exchange, Talea has helped introduce NYC audiences to important works of such esteemed composers as Pierre Boulez, Georg Friedrich Haas, Beat Furrer, Pierluigi Billone, or Georges Aperghis.

Praised for their “verve and immaculate virtuosity” by the Washington Post, the Talea Ensemble is sought after both in the U.S. and Europe for its range, precision, risk-taking, and superior performance quality. Recent festival engagements include performances at Lincoln Center Festival, Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt, the Fromm Concerts at Harvard University, Warsaw Autumn Festival, Wien Modern, Chicago’s Contempo series, Royaumont Voix Nouvelles, Vancouver New Music, and many others. Talea’s recordings have been distributed worldwide on the Wergo, Gravina Musica, Tzadik, Innova, and New World Records labels, and been radio-broadcast on ORF (Austria), HRF (Germany), and WQXR’s Q2.

Talea assumes an ongoing role in supporting a new generation of composers, and has undertaken residencies in music departments at Columbia, Harvard, Stanford, Cornell, New York University, and many others.