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Dialogues


LISTEN. COMMUNICATE. RELATE.

Composers Now is pleased to announce the launch of its innovative new initiative, Dialogues, hosted by Composers Now Founder/Artistic Director Tania León. Events in the series open with inspiring performances followed by thought-provoking town hall-style conversations, a forum for meaningful exchanges of ideas between composers, performers and audiences.


Dialogues No. 10

Thursday, September 15, 2022

Live from the Marc Scorca Hall at the National Opera Center

PROGRAM

00:00 - Introduction by Tania León, founder, artistic director
01:45 - Tyson Gholston Davis
03:15 -    Tableau III (2019) Emi Ferguson, flute
07:57 -    Cantos I (2020) Emi Ferguson, flute; Jordan Dodson, guitar
11:19 - Jason Eckardt
14:42 -    Paths of Resistance (1997) Jordan Dodson, guitar
22:11 - Leaha Maria Villarreal
23:36 -    Crossing the Rubicon, Mvt.1 (2020)
26:47 -    Ultrafizz (2020)
30:43 -    Resound (2020)
36:28 - Dialogue between host, composers, performers, and audience



Dialogues No. 9

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Live from the Marc Scorca Hall at the National Opera Center

PROGRAM

00:00 - Introduction by Tania León - founder, artistic director
03:15 - Tamar Muskal and Daniel Rozin
24:03 - Lucía Caruso and Pedro da Silva
1:00:57 - Amirtha Kidambi
1:27:45 - Dialogue between host, composers, performers, and audience


Dialogues No. 8

Thursday, October 28, 2021

 Composers Now Founder/Artistic Director Tania León welcomed three dynamic and virtuosic artists, João Luiz, Polina Nazaykinskaya and Bora Yoon, to join her in Marc Scorca Hall at the National Opera Center.

PROGRAM

Introduction by Tania Leon 00:24

JOÃO LUIZ
     Sereno 02:32 
          João Luiz, guitar
     Preludio N.4 06:38
          Octávio Deluchi, guitar
     7 Meetings - 1. Free and Morbid 10:20
   
      Bridget Kibbey, harp
          João Luiz, guitar 

POLINA NAZAYKINSKAYA
     Dialogues... (with myself) 18:40
         
Konstantin Soukhovetski, piano
     Symphony N.1 (excerpt) 27:33
     
Vstrecha (excerpt) 29:49

BORA YOON
     Gaia's Lament (video) 32:32
         
Brock Labrenz, director
     Gaia's Lament (performance) 38:42 

DIALOGUE - composers, performers and audience 43:52


Dialogues No. 7

Monday, September 27, 2021

 Composers Now Founder/Artistic Director Tania León welcomed three dynamic and virtuosic artists, Whitney GeorgeAdonis Gonzalez, and Yumi Kurosawa, to join her in-person as Composers Now stepped back on stage with a live audience - its first such endeavor since the start of the Pandemic - in Marc Scorca Hall at the National Opera Center.

Video coming soon

FULL PROGRAM

 


Dialogues No. 6

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

 Composers Now presents its sixth Dialogues, hosted by Composers Now Founder/Artistic Director Tania León. This series opens with inspiring performances followed by thought-provoking town hall-style conversations, a forum for meaningful exchanges of ideas between composers, performers and audiences.

 

PROGRAM

Introduction by Tania Leon 00:35

JOHN KING (b. 1953) - Centripetal Light (2020) 05:15
     String Noise, violin duo

NICOLE MITCHELL (b. 1967) - Interdimensional Interplay (2016) 19:38
     Cory Smythe, piano
     Nicole Mitchell, pre-recorded flute

ANDREIA PINTO CORREIA (b. 1971) - Cadernos (2009) 30:49
George Nickson, vibraphone

DIALOGUE - composers, performers and audience 41:21

FULL PROGRAM