TOUR KICKS OFF IN LOS ANGELES ON MAY 28
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Grammy winning American violinist, Hilary Hahn, and
German avant-garde composer Hauschka's collaborative
album, Silfra, will be released nextTuesday, May
22 on Deutsche Grammophon but NPR has
an Exclusive First Listen available now and all week. NPR
calls the LP a "fascinating new album - where two opposite and unlikely
musicians meet in a special place to make music of the unknown." Stream the album here!
Hahn and Hauschka named the album Silfra for
the breathtaking locale where they met to create the album, the
geographic feature near Reykjavik, Iceland, where the North American and
Eurasian tectonic plates meet. It was here that Hahn,
considered "one of the greatest violinists in the world today"
(Washington Post) and acclaimed prepared-pianist Hauschka,
known for his unconventional combined their singular talents.The
album ranges from the exotic to the serene and from the atmospheric to the
playful.
Earlier this month the fantastical stop-motion animation
video for "Bounce Bounce"premiered on IFC.com. Created by director and animator Hayley Morris, the video features
a technicolor undersea world meticulously handcrafted out of wood, yarn,
foam, paper, fabric, shells and other craft store staples. "When
Hauschka performs he takes different recognizable objects and places them in
his piano to alter the sound. I wanted to take the same approach as the
music's creation and have the materials themselves create a narrative and
look," Morris told IFC. The end result is a stunning underwater dance
featuring a bird made of driftwood, crocheted doilies as coral creatures,
fabric and yarn crabs and stuffed starfish dueling over food, hand painted
sea snails, paper seaweed and much more.
Hahn and Hauschka will be playing a handful of shows in
support of Silfra. Like the album the concerts will be improvised,
inviting audience members into the musical world that is all their own. The
tour will begin May 28 in Los Angeles.
HILARY HAHN AND HAUSCHKA LIVE
May 28 - Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theater
May 29 - Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre
June 18 - Washington, DC @ Birchmere
June 20 - New York, NY @ City Winery
June 21 - Boston, MA @ Institute of Contemporary Art
Hauschka, the musical alias of Düsseldorf, Germany-based Volker
Bertelmann, is predominantly known throughout both the classical and
experimental music worlds for his seven albums since 2004 that explore the
possibilities of the prepared piano. By modifying the piano's innards with an
assortment of odds and ends such as gaffer tape, aluminum foil, bottle tops,
bells and ping pong balls he transforms the pure tuned instrument into mini
rhythm sections. Inspired by prepared piano forefathers Eric Satie and John
Cage to contemporary performers like Max Richter and Yann Tiersen, Bertelmann
is a prolific musician whose work has continually developed from his early
solo improvisations to include electronic elements. No stranger to
collaboration, he has worked with more formal outfits such as Music A.M. (where
he paired up with fellow German, Stefan Schneider, and novelist and former
Long Fin Killie frontman, Luke Sutherland), San Francisco's Magik*Magik
Orchestra and has recorded with members of acclaimed bands Calexico and múm,
both of whom contributed to his last solo release,Salon Des Amateurs,
his piano and percussion homage to electronic dance music. Philip Sherburne
of Pitchfork described it as "Curious, constantly in
motion, full of puzzle-like counterpoints and arresting chord changes...a joy
to listen to, and one of the brightest, most invigorating records I've heard
all year." In addition to his albums, Bertelmann scored the feature film
"Glueck", produced by Constantin Film and directed by Doris
Doerrie. His videos have been twice nominated for the UK Music Video Award
and in 2010 he composed music for two major theater pieces at the Frankfurt
and Düsseldorf Schauspielhaus. His evocative compositions have also been used
in the world of dance: "Red Pencil" was used by Ballet Austin in
2011 and Stephen Shropshire used his music in his piece "Dance Work
Orange."
Two-time Grammy Award-winning violinist Hilary
Hahn has gained international recognition for her probing
interpretations, compelling stage presence, and commitment to a wide range of
repertoire as well as newly commissioned music. Hahn appears regularly with
the world's top orchestras and on popular recital series in Europe, Asia, and
North and South America. In the fifteen years since she began recording, Hahn
has released thirteen solo albums on the Deutsche Grammophon and Sony labels,
in addition to three live performance DVDs, an Oscar-nominated movie
soundtrack, and various compilations. In 2009, she released an album of
Tchaikovsky and Higdon concertos; the Higdon concerto, which Hahn
commissioned, won the Pulitzer Prize. Her most recent album is a recording of
Charles Ives's violin sonatas. Hahn celebrated that release with a concert at
John Zorn's The Stone in New York City. Outside the classical world, Hahn has
collaborated with Tom Brosseau, ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead,
Josh Ritter, and Chris Thile. She keeps a collection of her writings athilaryhahn.com.
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