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HMF2021 (Public)

[cs_content][cs_section bg_image=”https://www.kathryncostellophotography.com/harvardculture/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Watermark-Edited.jpg” parallax=”false” separator_top_type=”none” separator_top_height=”50px” separator_top_inset=”0px” separator_top_angle_point=”50″ separator_bottom_type=”none” separator_bottom_height=”50px” separator_bottom_inset=”0px” separator_bottom_angle_point=”50″ _label=”Donate Bar” style=”margin: 20px;padding: 20px;”][cs_element_section _id=”2″ ][cs_element_layout_row _id=”3″ ][cs_element_layout_column _id=”4″ ][cs_element_text _id=”5″ ][cs_content_seo]In 2021, the Harvard Music Festival was thrilled to welcome four acclaimed and eloquent artists to share their work, motivations, and insights in nightly events.
\n\n[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_gap _id=”6″ ][/cs_element_layout_column][/cs_element_layout_row][cs_element_layout_row _id=”7″ ][cs_element_layout_column _id=”8″ ][cs_element_gap _id=”9″ ][cs_element_image _id=”10″ ][cs_element_text _id=”11″ ][cs_content_seo]MONDAY, JUNE 21, 7:30PM
Resident teaching artist at Brandeis University, Harvard University, and Holy Cross; a member of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble; featured in the film “Music of Strangers” (2016).\n\n[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_gap _id=”12″ ][/cs_element_layout_column][cs_element_layout_column _id=”13″ ][cs_element_gap _id=”14″ ][cs_element_text _id=”15″ ][cs_content_seo]Can you imagine someone bending over a podium at the corner of a concert stage, sketching and smudging so fast that the resulting projected images on the screen in front of you seem to pop out of another dimension? Syrian visual artist Kevork Mourad brings intricate ink painting-drawings to life in real-time collaboration with dancers, musicians and audiences. He has appeared with cellist Yo-Yo Ma, the LA Master Chorale, and with clarinetist Kinan Azmeh in their internationally-renowned performance of “Home Within” – an hour-long rendering of the Syrian refugee crisis. Kevork’s work is both stunningly complex and entirely natural. By visually engaging with sound, articulating and translating ideas and responses in performance, he also invites us to ‘look’ deeper into what we are listening to and how we are responding to it.\n\n[/cs_content_seo][/cs_element_layout_column][/cs_element_layout_row][cs_element_layout_row _id=”16″ ][cs_element_layout_column _id=”17″ ][cs_element_gap _id=”18″ ][cs_element_text _id=”19″ ][cs_content_seo]Cellist Seth Parker Woods brings a captivating energy to his performances, teaching, and innovative projects – exploring and connecting music both past and present. We will watch and talk with him about some of his recent work, including Difficult Grace and Iced Bodies. Evocative, theatrical, and genre-bending, Difficult Grace is a multimedia tour de force conceived by and featuring Seth in the triple role of cellist, narrator/guide, and movement artist. In Iced Bodies, matter in transition becomes a musical instrument, and destruction a focal-point for dramatic expression. \n\n[/cs_content_seo][/cs_element_layout_column][cs_element_layout_column _id=”20″ ][cs_element_gap _id=”21″ ][cs_element_image _id=”22″ ][cs_element_text _id=”23″ ][cs_content_seo]TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 7:30PM
Hailed by The Guardian as “a cellist of power and grace” who possesses “mature artistry and willingness to go to the brink.”\n\n[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_gap _id=”24″ ][/cs_element_layout_column][/cs_element_layout_row][cs_element_layout_row _id=”25″ ][cs_element_layout_column _id=”26″ ][cs_element_gap _id=”27″ ][cs_element_image _id=”28″ ][cs_element_text _id=”29″ ][cs_content_seo]WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 7:30PM
Specializing in contemporary music described as “[drawing] from her instrument every possible sound short of a human voice.” (WholeNote)\n\n[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_gap _id=”30″ ][/cs_element_layout_column][cs_element_layout_column _id=”31″ ][cs_element_gap _id=”32″ ][cs_element_text _id=”33″ ][cs_content_seo]Jennifer Bewerse -cellist, composer, improviser- is a creative collagist, building works that generate moods, explore the sensation of meaning, and invite audiences to draw new connections through their own perspectives and personal histories. Jennifer has been compellingly re-envisioning the concert experience; framing repertoire and presenting new works in new ways. Her vision for the ‘concert experience’ is refreshing, expansive, and inventive – and her vocabulary for and around listening is an essential component of the nuanced and important conversations taking place regarding the future of musical performing. \n\n[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_gap _id=”34″ ][cs_element_gap _id=”35″ ][/cs_element_layout_column][/cs_element_layout_row][cs_element_layout_row _id=”36″ ][cs_element_layout_column _id=”37″ ][cs_element_gap _id=”38″ ][cs_element_text _id=”39″ ][cs_content_seo]Visit composer-pianist Gabriela Lena Frank’s website, and you’ll see her smiling, suited-up and masked, holding a honeycomb dripping with bees. Among the many ways this distinctive artist engages with the world, she is a climate activist, co-authoring a regular column on climate action within the music industry for Chamber Music America Magazine, among other initiatives. Included in the Washington Post’s list of the 35 most significant women composers in history, her music has been described as “brilliantly effective” (NY Times), “a knockout” (Chicago Tribune) and “glorious”(LA Times). \n\n[/cs_content_seo][/cs_element_layout_column][cs_element_layout_column _id=”40″ ][cs_element_gap _id=”41″ ][cs_element_image _id=”42″ ][cs_element_text _id=”43″ ][cs_content_seo]THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 7:30PM
Her work has been described as “crafted with unself-conscious mastery” (Washington Post), “brilliantly effective” (New York Times), “a knockout” (Chicago Tribune) and “glorious” (Los Angeles Times).\n\n[/cs_content_seo][/cs_element_layout_column][/cs_element_layout_row][cs_element_layout_row _id=”44″ ][cs_element_layout_column _id=”45″ ][cs_element_gap _id=”46″ ][cs_element_line _id=”47″ ][/cs_element_layout_column][/cs_element_layout_row][/cs_element_section][cs_element_section _id=”48″ ][cs_element_layout_row _id=”49″ ][cs_element_layout_column _id=”50″ ][cs_element_gap _id=”51″ ][cs_element_text _id=”52″ ][cs_content_seo]Thanks to the Further Forward Foundation for its partnership
and generous support of the Chamber Music Workshop.

\n\n[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_image _id=”53″ ][/cs_element_layout_column][cs_element_layout_column _id=”54″ ][cs_element_gap _id=”55″ ][cs_element_text _id=”56″ ][cs_content_seo]This program has been made possible, in part, with support from ACMP Associated Chamber Music Players.
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