January 16, 2024

Open Music with Conrad Tao

Conrad Tao has emerged at twenty-eight as one of the most thoughtful and broad-minded artists of our time. A brilliant pianist, violinist, and composer, Tao is an effortlessly engaging raconteur—as comfortable talking about video games, query theory, and dark corners of the internet—as he is about music.

Program

Messiaen: "Abîme des oiseaux" from Quartet for the End of Time
Ben Nobuto: Tell me again for piano, electronics, and film
Linda Catlin Smith: Light and Water
Feldman:  The King of Denmark
Schumann: "Auf einer Burg" (arr. C. Tao)
Conrad Tao:  Keyed In for solo piano

Artists

Conrad Tao, Piano & Electronics

Musicians of the Oregon Symphony
Seth Biagini, Cello
Michael Roberts, Percussion
James Shields, Clarinet

Isaac Thompson, President & CEO/Oregon Symphony,  Guest Host

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Alberta Rose Theatre

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Tickets: $20 General Admission | $10 Students

 

Location:

Alberta Rose Theatre (3000 NE Alberta Street, Portland, OR 97211)

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