Institute Concert Series Continues November 30-December 1

Edward T Cone

The Institute for Advanced Study has announced the schedule for its 2007-08 season, the inaugural Edward T. Cone Concert Series, curated by the new Artist-in-Residence, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Paul Moravec.  The series, Tradition Redefined, will explore the wide variety of aesthetic perspectives in art music, especially of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Beginning with the October 2007 concerts, the series will permanently carry the name of the late Edward T. Cone, who was a distinguished composer and musical scholar with long-standing ties to the Institute.  Each year, the Artist-in-Residence program organizes and presents concerts that bring outstanding musical artists to the Institute campus to perform free-of-charge for the Institute community and the general public.  These concerts will now be known as the Edward T. Cone Concert Series. 

Commenting on the naming of the series, Institute Director Peter Goddard said, "It is a great pleasure and honor for the Institute to be able to name the Artist-in-Residence concert series for Edward T. Cone.  Ed was a great and generous Friend of the Institute, a remarkable composer, and an important musical scholar.  He taught generations of Princeton students, most of whom never became professional musicians or scholars of music themselves, but who gained a deeper and a permanent appreciation of music.  Now his name will be permanently attached to a series of concerts that continues in the tradition of presenting great music in the academic context of the Institute. We are grateful to the Edward T. Cone Foundation for its generous support."

Opening this year's season will be Beyond Crossover, featuring internationally acclaimed clarinetist David Krakauer with Marija Stroke, Will Holshouser and Nicki Parrott, on October 5 and 6 at 8:00 p.m. in Wolfensohn Hall on the Institute campus.  Krakauer is known for his mastery of myriad styles, including classical chamber music, Eastern European Jewish klezmer music and avant-garde improvisation. 

In a related concert talk, Mark Slobin, Professor of Music at Wesleyan University, will present "Jewish Music and the Electric Eclectic," at 4 p.m. on October 5 in the West Building Lecture Hall.

On  November 30 and December 1, violinist Maria Bachmann, performing with pianist Simon Mulligan, will present The Red Violin at 8 p.m. in Wolfensohn Hall.  The concert will feature the music of Moravec, John Corigliano, George Gershwin, Maurice Ravel and the rarely heard Violin Sonata no. 3 by George Enesco, all from Bachmann's recent CD called The Red Violin.

Moravec will present a concert talk, "A Composer's World Today," at 4 p.m. on November 30 in the West Building Lecture Hall, reflecting on his own ways of approaching the matter of
"tradition redefined."

On February 8 and 9, 2008, the Enso String Quartet will perform, and the season will conclude with the recorder collective Quartet New Generation on March 7 and 8.

Concert tickets are free but must be reserved in advance; no tickets are necessary for the talks.  For ticket information, or for further information about the Institute for Advanced Study's Artist-in-Residence Program, call (609) 734-8228 or visit www.ias.edu/air.