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Signs, Games and Messages
Kim Kashkashian joins us to discuss György Kurtàg’s Signs, Games and Messages and her extensive work on them with Kurtàg. In the first installment Ms. Kashkashian will delve into multiple topics related to the pieces. In the second, selected participants will perform selections and receive feedback. Kashkashian received a Grammy in 2013 for her recording of solo works by Ligeti and this very piece by Kurtag.
From the Guardian: “Wisps, fragments, gestures, aphorisms: it’s impossible to pin down the 19 tiny pieces that make up Kurtág’s Signs, Games and Messages. Half-heard melodies in a darkened room, they explore the sounds a single instrument can make, from the screeching slides of No 5, Chromatically Saucy, to the plangent beauty of No 19, Plaintive Tune. Many are touching memorial pieces – one is a homage to John Cage; each is full of piercing imagination. They are perfectly projected by the Armenian-American violist Kim Kashkashian…” #vivacemusicfestival #onlinefestival #onlinecourses #viola #kurtag #grammyaward #theguardian
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