Concert Season Continues at Institute for Advanced Study

Princeton, NJ - Wednesday, December 17, 2008

The Institute for Advanced Study has announced the spring schedule for its 2008-09 Edward T. Cone Concert Series, arranged by Paul Moravec.  The series, Tradition Redefined, explores the wide variety of aesthetic perspectives in art music, especially of the 20th and 21st centuries.

On Friday and Saturday, January 9 and 10, 2009, eighth blackbird will perform.  The ensemble is widely praised for its performance style-often playing from memory with virtuosity and theatrical flair-and for its successful campaign to make new music accessible to wide audiences.  Their performances at the Institute will feature the music of Paul Moravec, Franco Donatoni, Kati Agócs, Frederic Rzewski, Stephen Hartke, Thomas Adès, Dennis DeSantis and Roshanne Etezady.

On Friday and Saturday, March 20 and 21, 2009, the season will conclude with the return of Trio Solisti, appearing with soprano Amy Burton.  The musicians will perform the world premiere of Paul Moravec's Vita Brevis, along with the Brahms Trio No. 3 and Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition for piano trio, arranged by Trio Solisti.

All the concerts will be held at 8 p.m. in Wolfensohn Hall.  Concert tickets are free but must be reserved in advance.  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.

About the Artist-in-Residence Program

The Artist-in-Residence program was established at the Institute for Advanced Study in 1994 to create a musical presence within the Institute community and to have in residence a person whose work could be experienced and appreciated by scholars from all disciplines. Pianist Robert Taub was the first Artist-in-Residence from 1994 to 2001, followed by composer Jon Magnussen, who served as Artist-in-Residence from 2000 to 2007, and Paul Moravec, who served as Artist-in-Residence from 2007 to 2008 and Artistic Consultant from 2008 to 2009.

Jon Magnussen introduced Recent Pasts 20/21, a series of chamber music concerts and lectures that explored the contemporary musical landscape and the many points of view that define it. Paul Moravec curated Tradition Redefined, exploring the wide variety of aesthetic perspectives in art music, especially of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Derek Bermel, named Artist-in-Residence in 2009, is a composer, clarinetist, conductor, jazz and rock musician. The 2001 winner of a Rome Prize Fellowship from the American Academy in Rome, Bermel came to the Institute from a three-year position as the American Composers Orchestra's Music Alive Composer-in-Residence.