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SUMMARY:Point Line Piano : a Free VR installation by Jarosław Kapuściński
DESCRIPTION:Point Line Piano (2024) by Jarosław Kapuściński and the OpenEndedGroup innovates in the composition\, performance\, and reception of piano music through live graphic notation. It premiered in 2024 at ZKM | Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe\, Germany (the leading authority in digital and contemporary art that is deeply influential within the art world.) \nLet the Bay Area premiere of this VR installation seduce you into an immersive visual and sonic universe in which you “paint” simultaneously in images and sound.  \nImmerse yourself in Point Line Piano and interact with others and the interactive artwork not only with your ears\, but also with your eyes and hands. By running your hand over the drawn lines\, you can trigger notes and write them down. Complex visual geometries are created simultaneously. \nIn Point Line Piano\, the controller in each hand becomes a virtual paintbrush with which you create your 3D visual and musical notations; at the same time\, it represents the virtual lens through which you view and transform these notations. Depending on the scene you select (there are over a dozen to choose from)\, you can zoom in and out of the 3D images. moving your “musical notation” through the visual space that transforms and modulates the sound. \nStep by step\, you will become familiar with a strange new environment of spatial images\, with their echoes of calligraphy\, musical notation\, architectural\, and scientific diagrams. Let the audiovisual dance around you transport you to other worlds! \nPoint Line Piano enables a spatial and full-body experience of abstraction unlike any other medium\, opening your ears and eyes to exciting new aspects of perception. The VR installation is a joint artwork by Marc Downie and Paul Kaiser (OpenEndedGroup) in collaboration with the intermedia Polish composer\, pianist\, and Associate Professor of Composition at Stanford University Jarosław Kapuściński. Eito Murakami provided the software for spatializing the sound. \n  \n—————————— \nJarosław Kapuściński is an Associate Professor of Music at Stanford University\, where he is also affiliated with the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures. His research focuses on intermedia composition\, performance\, and Japanese traditional aesthetics. \nKapuściński has received grants and commissions from numerous international organizations\, including the National Endowment for the Arts\, the Governor General of Canada\, and Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (INA) in France. His works have been awarded prizes at festivals in Canada\, France\, Switzerland\, and the United States\, and have been presented at venues such as New York MOMA\, Spoleto USA\, EMPAC NY\, Logan Center in Chicago\, ZKM in Karlsruhe\, Reina Sophia Museum in Madrid\, WRO Media Biennale\, Warsaw Autumn Festival\, Creative Media Center in Hong Kong\, Benz Arena in Shanghai\, and National Art Centre in Ottawa. \nIn addition to his artistic work\, Kapuściński has collaborated on scholarly websites about Japanese Gagaku music (gagaku.stanford.edu) and Noh Theater (noh.stanford.edu). \nhttps://jaroslawkapuscinski.com/ \nInteractive Viewing Time \nApril 15 – 18 : 2-6 PM (20 minutes slots for two viewer) PLEASE RSVP
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/point-line-piano-a-vr-installation-by-jaroslaw-kapuscinski/2026-04-17/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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SUMMARY:Point Line Piano : 1-Piano performance by Keisuke Nakagoshi 2-Visual Music and VR Performance by Jaroslaw Kapuscinski
DESCRIPTION:Experience a piano concert brought to life by interactive visuals and a live VR performance. \nJoin us for a totally unique Virtual Reality and interactive audio/video performance featuring work by Jarosław Kapuściński\, Associate Professor of Music at Stanford University\, whose work focuses on intermedia composition\, performance\, and Japanese traditional aesthetics. \nThe evening comprises two parts. The first half features two piano-and-video works by Jaroslaw Kapuściński. The piano performance by new music specialist Keisuke Nakagoshi is carefully tracked by a computer that responds with large-scale video projections that follow the score. \nPROGRAM \nFirst Part \n“Juicy”(2009\, piano and interactive projection\, 10 min). \nFruits and music—an unexpected pairing? Both burst with color and form\, both awaken the senses in immediate and powerful ways. In this intermedia performance\, sight and sound intertwine to reveal their surprising connection. \n“Side Effects”(2017\, piano and visual projection\, 17 min). \nSide Effects started as a photographic project by Kacper Kowalski\, exploring the complex relationship between humanity and nature as seen from a perspective 150 meters above the ground. This estranged perspective on some of the most common spaces revealed fresh metaphoric and structural dimensions that inspired Kapuściński to propose an intermedia collaboration. What if specially composed music performed live in concert interpreted the images and guided the viewers through a rich world of sometimes unexpected emotions\, meanings\, and abstract visual forms? The ten movements refer in different ways to the four seasons and the material categories of air\, wood\, water\, fire\, and earth. \n“Point Line Piano”(2024) is a VR project that reimagines piano music by fusing its modes of composing\, playing\, and listening. As you interact with it\, your ears\, eyes\, and hands act together. You start by drawing lines freely in the space around you\, sparking musical notes that are notched as points on the lines as you draw them. These notes quickly accumulate\, forming distinct melodic phrases and rhythms\, while the computer generates an intricate audiovisual dance all around you. The work enables a spatial and full-body experience of abstraction not found in any other medium. In a live concert setting it can also be used as an audiovisual instrument. \nSecond Part \nKapuściński dons a VR headset and\, while holding two handsets\, draws in virtual space (which we see on the full wall projection). The drawing is also tracked and triggers a potential piano score that responds directly to the drawing process. At the conclusion of the performance\, audience members will also be able to experience the drawing and interactive music while wearing the VR headset. \nInfo and trailer: https://www.jaroslawkapuscinski.com/works/point-line-piano/ \nTHE ARTIST \nJarosław Kapuściński is an Associate Professor of Music at Stanford University\, where he is also affiliated with the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures. His research focuses on intermedia composition\, performance\, and Japanese traditional aesthetics. In 2016-2022\, Jarosław Kapuściński was the Chair of the Department of Music at Stanford. \nKapuściński has received grants and commissions from numerous international organizations\, including the National Endowment for the Arts\, the Governor General of Canada\, and Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (INA) in France. His works have been awarded prizes at festivals in Canada\, France\, Switzerland\, and the United States\, and have been presented at venues such as New York MOMA\, Spoleto USA\, EMPAC NY\, Logan Center in Chicago\, ZKM in Karlsruhe\, Reina Sophia Museum in Madrid\, WRO Media Biennale\, Warsaw Autumn Festival\, Creative Media Center in Hong Kong\, Benz Arena in Shanghai\, and National Art Centre in Ottawa. \nIn addition to his artistic work\, Kapuściński has collaborated on scholarly websites about Japanese Gagaku music (gagaku.stanford.edu) and Noh Theater (noh.stanford.edu). \nhttps://jaroslawkapuscinski.com/ \nKeisuke Nakagoshi is a pianist and composer who trained at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music\, where he studied with David Conte and Paul Hersh. A recipient of multiple top honors\, he was selected to represent the Conservatory at the Kennedy Center’s Conservatory Project. \nHe has performed at leading venues including the Kennedy Center\, Carnegie Hall\, the Hollywood Bowl\, and Davies Symphony Hall\, and made his solo debut with the San Francisco Symphony under Herbert Blomstedt. A dedicated collaborator\, he is co-founder of the piano duo ZOFO\, whose debut album received a Grammy nomination. \nNakagoshi is currently Pianist-in-Residence at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and serves as pianist for Opera Parallèle\, West Edge Opera\, and the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players. \nhttps://www.kskpiano.com/bio \nKacper Kowalski has been observing and photographing landscapes from an aerial perspective for over 30 years. After becoming an architect and having worked in the profession for four years\, he eventually decided to commit to flying and photography. As a paraglider\, a pilot of small aircraft\, and a gyrocopter\, Kacper spent over 5000 hours in the air. The flight is for Kowalski not only a way to capture the world beneath\, but becomes a spiritual journey that reveals universal truths about the relationship between man and nature\, about the past and the present\, and about one’s own personal truth and the way to get there. He has received numerous awards\, including the World Press Photo award (three times)\, the Picture of the Year International POYi award (six times)\, and dozens of others. His first book\, Side Effects\, was published in 2014\, OVER was self-published in 2017\, followed by Arché in 2021\, and Event Horizon in 2022 (1605 Publishers). His works have been exhibited in group and solo exhibitions internationally\, and the books have won prizes and been nominated\, including at Les Prix du Livre at Rencontres d’Arles. The project Event Horizon was on display at the SFO Museum in San Francisco in 2023. \nMarc Downie and Paul Kaiser have collaborated as OpenEndedGroup since 2001. Working in a wide variety of media and venues\, they make art for façade\, gallery\, dance\, stage\, 3D cinema\, print\, and virtual reality. Their works respond to a wide range of materials — drawing\, film\, motion capture\, photography\, music\, and architecture. They frequently combine three signature elements: non-photorealistic 3D rendering\, the incorporation of body movement through motion capture and other means\, and the autonomy of artworks directed or assisted by artificial intelligence. \nOpenEndedGroup’s films\, installations\, stage works\, and VR pieces have premiered at venues including MoMA\, Lincoln Center\, the Barbican\, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum\, the Brooklyn Academy of Music\, the Hayward Gallery\, Sadler’s Wells\, and at the Berlin\, New York\, and Rome film festivals. Eight of their 3D digital films were the first of their kind to enter MoMA’s permanent collection. \nhttps://openendedgroup.com/ \nPremiere\nPoint Line Piano premiered in 2024 at ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe (Germany)\, One of  leading and highly influential institution in digital and contemporary art.
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/point-line-piano-1-piano-performance-by-keisuke-nakagoshi-2-visual-music-and-vr-performance-by-jaroslaw-kapuscinski/2026-04-17/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260418T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260418T180000
DTSTAMP:20260416T211609
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SUMMARY:Point Line Piano : a Free VR installation by Jarosław Kapuściński
DESCRIPTION:Point Line Piano (2024) by Jarosław Kapuściński and the OpenEndedGroup innovates in the composition\, performance\, and reception of piano music through live graphic notation. It premiered in 2024 at ZKM | Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe\, Germany (the leading authority in digital and contemporary art that is deeply influential within the art world.) \nLet the Bay Area premiere of this VR installation seduce you into an immersive visual and sonic universe in which you “paint” simultaneously in images and sound.  \nImmerse yourself in Point Line Piano and interact with others and the interactive artwork not only with your ears\, but also with your eyes and hands. By running your hand over the drawn lines\, you can trigger notes and write them down. Complex visual geometries are created simultaneously. \nIn Point Line Piano\, the controller in each hand becomes a virtual paintbrush with which you create your 3D visual and musical notations; at the same time\, it represents the virtual lens through which you view and transform these notations. Depending on the scene you select (there are over a dozen to choose from)\, you can zoom in and out of the 3D images. moving your “musical notation” through the visual space that transforms and modulates the sound. \nStep by step\, you will become familiar with a strange new environment of spatial images\, with their echoes of calligraphy\, musical notation\, architectural\, and scientific diagrams. Let the audiovisual dance around you transport you to other worlds! \nPoint Line Piano enables a spatial and full-body experience of abstraction unlike any other medium\, opening your ears and eyes to exciting new aspects of perception. The VR installation is a joint artwork by Marc Downie and Paul Kaiser (OpenEndedGroup) in collaboration with the intermedia Polish composer\, pianist\, and Associate Professor of Composition at Stanford University Jarosław Kapuściński. Eito Murakami provided the software for spatializing the sound. \n  \n—————————— \nJarosław Kapuściński is an Associate Professor of Music at Stanford University\, where he is also affiliated with the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures. His research focuses on intermedia composition\, performance\, and Japanese traditional aesthetics. \nKapuściński has received grants and commissions from numerous international organizations\, including the National Endowment for the Arts\, the Governor General of Canada\, and Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (INA) in France. His works have been awarded prizes at festivals in Canada\, France\, Switzerland\, and the United States\, and have been presented at venues such as New York MOMA\, Spoleto USA\, EMPAC NY\, Logan Center in Chicago\, ZKM in Karlsruhe\, Reina Sophia Museum in Madrid\, WRO Media Biennale\, Warsaw Autumn Festival\, Creative Media Center in Hong Kong\, Benz Arena in Shanghai\, and National Art Centre in Ottawa. \nIn addition to his artistic work\, Kapuściński has collaborated on scholarly websites about Japanese Gagaku music (gagaku.stanford.edu) and Noh Theater (noh.stanford.edu). \nhttps://jaroslawkapuscinski.com/ \nInteractive Viewing Time \nApril 15 – 18 : 2-6 PM (20 minutes slots for two viewer) PLEASE RSVP
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/point-line-piano-a-vr-installation-by-jaroslaw-kapuscinski/2026-04-18/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260418T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260418T210000
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SUMMARY:Point Line Piano : 1-Piano performance by Keisuke Nakagoshi 2-Visual Music and VR Performance by Jaroslaw Kapuscinski
DESCRIPTION:Experience a piano concert brought to life by interactive visuals and a live VR performance. \nJoin us for a totally unique Virtual Reality and interactive audio/video performance featuring work by Jarosław Kapuściński\, Associate Professor of Music at Stanford University\, whose work focuses on intermedia composition\, performance\, and Japanese traditional aesthetics. \nThe evening comprises two parts. The first half features two piano-and-video works by Jaroslaw Kapuściński. The piano performance by new music specialist Keisuke Nakagoshi is carefully tracked by a computer that responds with large-scale video projections that follow the score. \nPROGRAM \nFirst Part \n“Juicy”(2009\, piano and interactive projection\, 10 min). \nFruits and music—an unexpected pairing? Both burst with color and form\, both awaken the senses in immediate and powerful ways. In this intermedia performance\, sight and sound intertwine to reveal their surprising connection. \n“Side Effects”(2017\, piano and visual projection\, 17 min). \nSide Effects started as a photographic project by Kacper Kowalski\, exploring the complex relationship between humanity and nature as seen from a perspective 150 meters above the ground. This estranged perspective on some of the most common spaces revealed fresh metaphoric and structural dimensions that inspired Kapuściński to propose an intermedia collaboration. What if specially composed music performed live in concert interpreted the images and guided the viewers through a rich world of sometimes unexpected emotions\, meanings\, and abstract visual forms? The ten movements refer in different ways to the four seasons and the material categories of air\, wood\, water\, fire\, and earth. \n“Point Line Piano”(2024) is a VR project that reimagines piano music by fusing its modes of composing\, playing\, and listening. As you interact with it\, your ears\, eyes\, and hands act together. You start by drawing lines freely in the space around you\, sparking musical notes that are notched as points on the lines as you draw them. These notes quickly accumulate\, forming distinct melodic phrases and rhythms\, while the computer generates an intricate audiovisual dance all around you. The work enables a spatial and full-body experience of abstraction not found in any other medium. In a live concert setting it can also be used as an audiovisual instrument. \nSecond Part \nKapuściński dons a VR headset and\, while holding two handsets\, draws in virtual space (which we see on the full wall projection). The drawing is also tracked and triggers a potential piano score that responds directly to the drawing process. At the conclusion of the performance\, audience members will also be able to experience the drawing and interactive music while wearing the VR headset. \nInfo and trailer: https://www.jaroslawkapuscinski.com/works/point-line-piano/ \nTHE ARTIST \nJarosław Kapuściński is an Associate Professor of Music at Stanford University\, where he is also affiliated with the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures. His research focuses on intermedia composition\, performance\, and Japanese traditional aesthetics. In 2016-2022\, Jarosław Kapuściński was the Chair of the Department of Music at Stanford. \nKapuściński has received grants and commissions from numerous international organizations\, including the National Endowment for the Arts\, the Governor General of Canada\, and Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (INA) in France. His works have been awarded prizes at festivals in Canada\, France\, Switzerland\, and the United States\, and have been presented at venues such as New York MOMA\, Spoleto USA\, EMPAC NY\, Logan Center in Chicago\, ZKM in Karlsruhe\, Reina Sophia Museum in Madrid\, WRO Media Biennale\, Warsaw Autumn Festival\, Creative Media Center in Hong Kong\, Benz Arena in Shanghai\, and National Art Centre in Ottawa. \nIn addition to his artistic work\, Kapuściński has collaborated on scholarly websites about Japanese Gagaku music (gagaku.stanford.edu) and Noh Theater (noh.stanford.edu). \nhttps://jaroslawkapuscinski.com/ \nKeisuke Nakagoshi is a pianist and composer who trained at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music\, where he studied with David Conte and Paul Hersh. A recipient of multiple top honors\, he was selected to represent the Conservatory at the Kennedy Center’s Conservatory Project. \nHe has performed at leading venues including the Kennedy Center\, Carnegie Hall\, the Hollywood Bowl\, and Davies Symphony Hall\, and made his solo debut with the San Francisco Symphony under Herbert Blomstedt. A dedicated collaborator\, he is co-founder of the piano duo ZOFO\, whose debut album received a Grammy nomination. \nNakagoshi is currently Pianist-in-Residence at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and serves as pianist for Opera Parallèle\, West Edge Opera\, and the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players. \nhttps://www.kskpiano.com/bio \nKacper Kowalski has been observing and photographing landscapes from an aerial perspective for over 30 years. After becoming an architect and having worked in the profession for four years\, he eventually decided to commit to flying and photography. As a paraglider\, a pilot of small aircraft\, and a gyrocopter\, Kacper spent over 5000 hours in the air. The flight is for Kowalski not only a way to capture the world beneath\, but becomes a spiritual journey that reveals universal truths about the relationship between man and nature\, about the past and the present\, and about one’s own personal truth and the way to get there. He has received numerous awards\, including the World Press Photo award (three times)\, the Picture of the Year International POYi award (six times)\, and dozens of others. His first book\, Side Effects\, was published in 2014\, OVER was self-published in 2017\, followed by Arché in 2021\, and Event Horizon in 2022 (1605 Publishers). His works have been exhibited in group and solo exhibitions internationally\, and the books have won prizes and been nominated\, including at Les Prix du Livre at Rencontres d’Arles. The project Event Horizon was on display at the SFO Museum in San Francisco in 2023. \nMarc Downie and Paul Kaiser have collaborated as OpenEndedGroup since 2001. Working in a wide variety of media and venues\, they make art for façade\, gallery\, dance\, stage\, 3D cinema\, print\, and virtual reality. Their works respond to a wide range of materials — drawing\, film\, motion capture\, photography\, music\, and architecture. They frequently combine three signature elements: non-photorealistic 3D rendering\, the incorporation of body movement through motion capture and other means\, and the autonomy of artworks directed or assisted by artificial intelligence. \nOpenEndedGroup’s films\, installations\, stage works\, and VR pieces have premiered at venues including MoMA\, Lincoln Center\, the Barbican\, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum\, the Brooklyn Academy of Music\, the Hayward Gallery\, Sadler’s Wells\, and at the Berlin\, New York\, and Rome film festivals. Eight of their 3D digital films were the first of their kind to enter MoMA’s permanent collection. \nhttps://openendedgroup.com/ \nPremiere\nPoint Line Piano premiered in 2024 at ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe (Germany)\, One of  leading and highly influential institution in digital and contemporary art.
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/point-line-piano-1-piano-performance-by-keisuke-nakagoshi-2-visual-music-and-vr-performance-by-jaroslaw-kapuscinski/2026-04-18/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260425T190000
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SUMMARY:Carl Stone Solo and Duo with Paul Dresher
DESCRIPTION:Carl Stone returns to the Bay Area for a solo electronic music concert\, followed by a special collaborative set with Paul Dresher. \n\n\n\n\nCarl Stone\, one of the pioneers of live computer music\, returns to the Bay Area for an intimate performance of solo electronic music. The Village Voice has hailed Carl as “the king of sampling” and “one of the best composers living in (the USA) today.” He has used computers in live performance since 1986. Stone was born in Los Angeles and now divides his time between Los Angeles and Japan. He studied composition at the California Institute of the Arts with Morton Subotnick and James Tenney and has composed electro-acoustic music almost exclusively since 1972. He is a faculty member in the Department of Media Engineering at Chukyo University in Japan. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFollowing his solo set\, Stone will reunite with long-time friend Paul Dresher for a duo improvisation\, continuing a creative dialogue first explored at the Other Minds Festival and again in our studio two years ago—moving from their distinct sonic worlds into a shared\, richly layered electro-acoustic landscape. Dresher\, who will perform on the Hurdy Grande [invented and built by Dresher and Daniel Schmidt]\, is a composer\, performer\, and inventor whose work blends acoustic and electronic sound in inventive and expressive ways. He is the founder of the Paul Dresher Ensemble and has collaborated with a wide range of artists across disciplines\, creating music for concerts\, opera\, theater\, dance\, and film.
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/carl-stone-solo-and-duo-with-paul-dresher/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260426T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260426T213000
DTSTAMP:20260416T211609
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260411T181837Z
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SUMMARY:HOMMAGES TO JANÁČEK AND KURTÀG Stenberg-Green-Scott String TrioMcCarroll-Esainko Piano Duo
DESCRIPTION:Subtle colors\, quiet nuances and intense communication – György Kurtág and Leos Janáček’s music for pianos and strings will draw you into a magical world where every sound\, every gesture conjures up memories or heightens awareness of the present. \nCellist and composer MONICA SCOTT has transcribed Janáček’s piano work The Overgrown Path for violin\, viola and cello\, inspired by the unique way the composer transforms melodies through harmonic experimentation\, and how he treats rhythms drawn from speech patterns and nature. Interspersed with the 10 short pieces in that series\, are György Kurtág’s exquisite miniatures Signs\, Games and Messages – in versions for piano four hands\, two pianos and string trio. \nThe trio is: violinist KATE STENBERG\, who has appeared numerous times at the Dresher Studio\, most recently in a commission by Pamela Z\, alongside Sarah Cahill; violist LINDA GREEN\, whose career spans teaching music in OUSD\, performing with the Oakland Symphony and many other local orchestras\, and frequent chamber music collaborations throughout the Bay Area; cellist MONICA SCOTT – who is a member of sfSound\, oakland reductionist orchestra and duo martha & monica – all of whom perform often at the Dresher Studios and West Oakland Sound Series. Pianist HADLEY MCCARROLL (of martha & monica and sfSound) is joined by KYMRY ESAINKO – another pianist well known to Bay Area audiences – for the works by Kurtág and his transcriptions of Machaut and Bach. \nThe program also includes two short works\, Hommages to Janáček and Kurtàg\, composed by Monica Scott.
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/hommages-to-janacek-and-kurtag-monica-scott-kate-stenberg-linda-green-hadley-mccarroll-kymry-esainko/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260501T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260501T213000
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SUMMARY:Merlin Coleman and Amy X Neuburg present multi-channel audio works
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/merlin-coleman-and-amy-x-neuburg-present-multi-channel-audio-works/2026-05-01/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260502T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260502T213000
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SUMMARY:Merlin Coleman and Amy X Neuburg present multi-channel audio works
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/merlin-coleman-and-amy-x-neuburg-present-multi-channel-audio-works/2026-05-02/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260503T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260503T130000
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SUMMARY:Morning Ragas performed byIndradeep Ghosh (violin)Eman Hashimi (tabla)
DESCRIPTION:Where the Bow Meets the Soul – A rare concert Morning Ragas performed by virtuoso North Indian violinist Indradeep Ghosh with Eman Hashimi on tabla. \nJoin us for a unique opportunity to hear an intimate recital of Hindustani morning ragas in the Dhrupad [devotional vocal music] Style\, Baaj\, from the Maihar tradition. This is the tradition that gave us such revered artists as maestros Ustad Allaudin Khan\, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan\, Pandit Ravi Shankar\, and Pandit Nikhil Banerjee. \nIndradeep Ghosh has performed and been celebrated worldwide. He is one of only a few musicians who play Hindustani (North Indian) classical music on the violin. Indradeep performs on a unique custom five-string violin/viola with eight sympathetic/resonating strings (modeled after other traditional Indian instruments like the sitar and the Norwegian Hardanger fiddle)\, which gives a richer tone and reverberant effect. \nThis concert offers the rare opportunity to hear morning ragas at the appropriate time of day and in an intimate setting that replicates the long tradition of baithak (sitting) where ragas were traditionally performed in private at the home of a patron or in the royal court to an audience passionate about the music. In recent years\, particularly since the rise in global popularity of Indian music in the 1970s\, many performers have shifted the focus of the music from a leisurely exposition of melodic aesthetics to more rhythm-heavy performances aimed at general audiences. With this recital\, Indradeep will highlight the more traditional melodic\, improvisational\, and meditative aesthetics that are at the spiritual core of the music. \nThe program offers both a full raga performance (beginning with an extended alap or non-rhythmic exposition) and concludes with several shorter semi-classical forms that typically draw on traditional folk melodies from diverse rural Indian traditions. We hope to introduce this centuries-old tradition to new listeners and to delight those already familiar with it. Of course\, chai will be served along with Indian snacks and sweets. \nBiographies \nIndradeep Ghosh has performed throughout the world at venues including the 10th Asia Festival in Barcelona\, SXSW music festival at Austin\, USA\, Learn Quest Music Festival\, Boston\, USA\, Tansen-Tyagaraja Music and Dance Festival\, Rajahmundry\, India Festival Du Bout Du Monde\, France\, the YOMAD Festival in Croatia\, Yoga-Vidya Music Festival in Germany\, to name a few. He has performed throughout Europe\, including Germany\, France\, Austria\, Luxembourg\, Spain\, Denmark\, Croatia\, Belgium\, the Netherlands\, Switzerland\, and has toured all over the USA. \nHe has collaborated with several Western musicians such as Grammy-winning Kora player Mama Dou Diabate\, world-famous rock band drummer Steve Smith\, Jazz Organ Monster Tony Monaco\, and versatile Flutist Pedro Eustache\, to name a few. \nHe has to his credit many Classical and Fusion Music albums. He is the only Indian Violinist to release the first-ever commercial VIOLA (Bass Violin) album titled “Tribute to Miyan Tansen on Viola”. He has also contributed to the album\, Melodic Intersect: One Vision\, which won the Akademia Music Award in January 2016 from Los Angeles. \nHe has also composed new ragas such as Ganapati\, Indradhanush\, and Hamsavahini\, which have gained enormous appreciation and popularity from both Indian and global listeners. \nEman Hashimi is an Afghan-American tabla virtuoso and percussionist\, widely regarded as the future of Afghan tabla and one of the most sought-after young artists of his generation. Rooted in one of the most renowned musical families of Afghanistan\, his artistry is both a continuation of a timeless legacy and a bold step toward the future of Afghan cultural expression. \nBorn into the rich traditions of Kharabat\, Kabul’s historic music quarter\, Eman is the son of the legendary Ustad Toryalai Hashimi\, one of Central Asia’s foremost percussionists and a pioneer of Afghan tabla. Under his father’s guidance\, Eman began formal training at the age of seven\, immersing himself in Afghan classical and folk rhythms alongside the powerful Punjab Gharana style of tabla. \nEman was recognized early on as a child prodigy\, giving his first concert alongside his father at just nine years old. In 2009\, he deepened his mastery under the tutelage of the iconic Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri\, one of India’s greatest tabla maestros\, becoming one of the youngest students ever to perform a tabla duet with his guru. He has also attended masterclasses led by Ustad Zakir Hussain & Pandit Yogesh Samsi and other master percussionists. This rare lineage bridging Afghan\, Indian\, and Central Asian traditions has shaped Eman into a uniquely versatile and dynamic artist. \n 
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/morning-ragas-by-indradeep-ghosh-violin-and-eman-hashimi-tabla/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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SUMMARY:Sarah Cahill celebrating Terry Riley"Ninety Trips Around the Sun"
DESCRIPTION:To celebrate the ninetieth birthday year of Terry Riley\, Sarah Cahill performs some of his remarkable music. \nThe program will include Keyboard Studies\, Be Kind to One Another\, The Walrus in Memoriam\,Fandango on the Heaven Ladder\, and The Great Beauty\, along with Circle Songs by Danny Clay and Shade Studies by Sam Adams\, both composed in honor of Terry Riley’s eightieth birthday in 2015. \nSarah Cahill’s concert is the debut of our new “88+” concert series\, focusing on 20th- and 21st-century piano repertoire and world premieres\, and is supported by the Amphion Foundation and individual donors. Next on the series is Clara Yang [Saturday\, May 16]. \nSarah Cahill\, hailed as “a sterling pianist and an intrepid illuminator of the classical avant-garde” by The New York Times\, has commissioned and premiered over seventy compositions for solo piano. She has recently performed at the Metropolitan Museum\, at the Detroit Institute of Arts\, and an NPR Tiny Desk Concert. She has worked with Terry Riley for more than thirty years and has recorded his music\, with Regina Myers\, on a boxed set of albums titled “Eighty Trips Around the Sun.” \nCahill’s latest project is The Future is Female\, an investigation and reframing of the piano literature featuring more than seventy compositions by women around the globe\, from the Baroque to the present day\, including new commissioned works. Recent and upcoming performances of The Future is Female include concerts at The Barbican\, Metropolitan Museum\, Carolina Performing Arts\, National Gallery of Art\, Carlsbad Music Festival\, Detroit Institute of Arts\, University of Iowa\, Bowling Green New Music Festival\, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive\, North Dakota Museum of Art\, Mayville State University\, the EXTENSITY Concert Series’ Women Now Festival in New York\, and the Newport Classical Music Festival. Cahill also performed music from The Future is Female for NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Concert series. \nSarah Cahill’s discography includes more than twenty albums on the New Albion\, CRI\, New World\, Tzadik\, Albany\, Innova\, Cold Blue\, Other Minds\, Irritable Hedgehog\, and Pinna labels. Her three-album series\, The Future is Female\, was released on First Hand Records between March 2022 and April 2023. These albums encompass 30 compositions by women from around the globe\, spanning the 17th century to the present day\, and include many world-premiere recordings. \nCahill’s radio show\, Revolutions Per Minute\, can be heard every Sunday evening from 6 to 8 pm on KALW\, 91.7 FM in San Francisco. She is on the faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory and is a regular pre-concert speaker with the San Francisco Symphony and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. \nTickets\nGeneral Admission : $25\nPWYC : $10
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/sarah-cahill-celebrating-terry-riley-ninety-trips-around-the-sun/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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SUMMARY:Clara Yang : Ex Machina (piano and projected media)
DESCRIPTION:Centered around the piano—a machine of sound and expression—it reflects on how technology shapes both artistic experience and human identity. The project invites audiences to rethink the boundaries between human and machine\, using music to explore the machine as both an artistic medium and a philosophical idea. \nVisual art for Ex Machina was created by acclaimed new media artist Xuan. Renowned composers Philip Glass\, Reena Esmail and Christopher Cerrone’s ground breaking works are presented alongside innovative commissioned works by Liliya Ugay\, Allen Anderson\, Stephen Anderson\, Lee Weisert\, and Phil Young\, and Clara Yang. One of America’s top rock guitarists Yvette Young and Clara Yang created a new work titled Conception\, vividly portraying the emergence of AI consciousness. \nEx Machina will be presented on May 11\, 2026 as part of Carnegie Hall’s United in Sound: America at 250 festival! \nClara Yang’s concert is the second in our new “88+” series\, which focuses on 20th- and 21st-century piano repertoire and world premieres\, and is supported by the Amphion Foundation and individual donors. Sarah Cahill opens the series on May 9. \n \nChinese-American pianist Clara Yang has been praised for her “breathtaking technical prowess” and “probing emotional depth.” She has performed at leading venues including Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall\, the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing\, and Madrid’s National Auditorium. She has appeared on major series such as Carolina Performing Arts and the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts. \nShe has performed as a soloist with conductors including Vladimir Ashkenazy and Long Yu\, and with orchestras such as the European Union Youth Orchestra\, Pacific Symphony\, and the North Carolina Symphony. \nEqually at home in classical\, contemporary\, and interdisciplinary work\, Yang has collaborated with artists across genres and premiered Chen Yi’s Piano Concerto Four Spirits\, written for her. She has also performed in The Complete Philip Glass Piano Etudes and developed interdisciplinary projects\, including Ex Machina. \nHer recordings have received international acclaim\, including a Global Music Awards Gold Medal for her album Folding Time. She has been featured in major media outlets and served as a reviewer for YoungArts and a panelist for New Music USA. \nYang is Head of Keyboard Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She holds degrees from Eastman\, Yale\, and USC Thornton.
URL:https://dresherensemble.org/event/clara-yang-ex-machina-piano-and-projected-media/
LOCATION:Dresher Ensemble Studio\, 2201 Poplar Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
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