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Gunnar Idenstam
Sat, Nov 6, 3pm
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DEBUSSY: La mer
"One of the great organ artists of our time," (Dalademokraten), Idenstam is as versatile as he is virtuosic. As an arranger, he has transcribed orchestral works by Mahler, Debussy, and Ravel, as well as popular music like "Riverdance" and traditional Swedish folk music. He regularly performs with leading musicians such as British composer and saxophone virtuoso Andy Sheppard and Laponian yoik artist and songwriter Sofia Jannok. In his Kimmel Center debut, Idenstam performs his own transcription of DEBUSSY's lush symphonic poem La mer.
"Idenstam, without doubt, is one of the most talented organists on the international concert scene."
> www.idenstam.org
Joan Lippincott
Sat, Feb 26, 3pm
An organ virtuoso distinguished for her dazzling musicianship and exacting performances, Lippincott is in demand around the world, having performed on the most prominent contemporary and historic organs. Be part of the audience when this Curtis Institute of Music alumna makes her Kimmel Center debut.
"Almost everything about Joan Lippincott's organ recital proved first class...The organist displayed a strong architectonic flair in both programming and performance, a penchant for detail and more than ample technical facility to realize her interpretative goals."
> Joan Lippincott on www.concertorganists.com
Thierry Escaich
Sat, Apr 16, 3pm
Emmanuelle Delpech-Ramey, director
Gilles Boustani, video designer
Admired by The Diapason as "an improviser of genius," international organist Escaich is renowned for his concert work as well as his brilliant compositions. Escaich and acclaimed director Delpech-Ramey musically and theatrically re-create Paris from 1910 to 1920, aided by Boustani's inventive projections of historic images and dreamlike re-imaginings of the city of lights. A man and a woman, played by two silent actors, poignantly transport audiences back to a Paris embodied by decadence and eroticism, by artistic daring and the devastations of war.
"Escaich's performance was so thrilling that the audience leaped up to applaud at the end."
> Thierry Escaich on www.concertorganists.com
Organ Preludes and Postludes
Throughout the Kimmel Center Presents season, local organists will
perform mini-recitals before and after select events in Verizon Hall. Details to follow, so please stay tuned.
