Portland Piano International Announces
New Festival called The Clearing at
Portland State University, Nov 10-13, 2016
(Portland, OR) Portland
Piano International is proud to announce a new contemporary piano festival: The Clearing. The festival was created to
engage music lovers, musicians, and students in the world of contemporary music
for piano. The Clearing takes place November
10-13, 2016 in Lincoln Recital Hall (Room 75) on the campus of Portland State
University.
Curated by Tamara
Stefanovich and hosted by Artistic Director Arnaldo Cohen, The Clearing will feature recitals, master classes, films,
demonstrations and panel discussions. The theme for this first festival is
“Miniatures and Etudes,” allowing audience members to experience a large number
of short works over the four evenings and three days. The festival begins on
Thursday night with an opening performance. Three full days follow, each ending
with a performance of short works, following by discussion with the artists.
“The aim of The Clearing is to provide a space where
music is presented in an open environment that takes away fear and allows
listeners to find fantasy,” said Ms. Stefanovich. “The audience and performers
will share in the music, taking away barriers and finding music that is ours.”
Ms. Stefanovich explained that she and Mr. Cohen founded the festival in an
effort to provide “a helping hand in walking through new musical territories. We
welcome everyone to take a new road with us!”
There are several
ticket options available:
All Access $150
All performances and sessions during The Clearing
Day Pass $ 55 All day sessions and the evening performance
on
Friday,
Saturday or Sunday
Individual Recital $ 25
Funding for The Clearing is provided by a generous
grant from the Oregon Cultural Trust. All tickets are available now at
portlandpiano.org. Lincoln Hall is located at 1620 SW Park Avenue in Portland
OR 97201.
2 comments:
A fascinating project. I look forward to seeing repertoire specifics on their website soon . . .
Looking at Stefanovich's website, she has just released a recording of new music by Hans Abrahamsen and another recording of music by Thomas Larcher.
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