Cosmophony is a solo piano performance inspired by our solar system
combined with stunning images of our universe at
the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre’s planetarium. |  |
The concert includes a special premiere of nine solo piano pieces by Canada's most prominent and internationally known luminaries and brightest rising composers. The concert is lit with stunning images of our universe in collaboration with the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre and takes full advantage the planetarium's high-resolution video and overhead panoramic screen. Come listen to beautiful music while looking at the celestial bodies that inspired it!
| |
|
|
Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa, piano
Dr. Iwaasa has performed as soloist and chamber musician in Canada, the United States and Germany. Hailed in the press as a "keyboard virtuoso," Iwaasa is known for her bold and innovative work. She has performed for Vancouver New Music, the Victoria Symphony, the Aventa Ensemble, Groundswell New Music, New Works Calgary, redshift, the Western Front, the Little Chamber Music Series That Could, Vancouver Pro Musica and has been broadcast on CBC Radio. |
|
Read more...
|
|
Cosmophony: The Composers |
|
A showcase of Vancouver's New Music scene, from Canada's most prominent and internationally known luminaries to the brightest rising stars of the coming generation. The only composer who resides outside Vancouver, Emily Doolittle, will be contributing the only planet outside our solar system, Gliese 581c. |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
The concert will begin with Denis Gougeon's brilliant and powerful Piano soleil (1990), from his series Six thèmes solaires, which, together with Holst's classic The Planets, sparked the inspiration for this concert. Jordan Nobles' Fragments (2001-2004), a group of sparkling miniatures depicting the Asteroid Belt, will take its place between Mars and Jupiter. |
|
Read more...
|
|
The concert will be lit by the projections of stunning images of the solar system and beyond, created in collaboration with the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, in a multi-media spectacle that takes full advantage the planetarium's high-resolution video and overhead panoramic screen. The audience will lie back in the dark, listening to music never before heard, looking up at the celestial bodies that inspired it. |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
