Beyond 12 – LaGrange College, Georgia

Wednesday, April 8, 2015 @ 3:30PM – LaGrange College (LaGrange, GA)

Grammy® nominated pianist Aron Kallay‘s playing has been called “exquisite…every sound sounded considered, alive, worthy of our wonder” (LA Times). “Perhaps Los Angeles’ most versatile keyboardist,” (LaOpus) Aron has been praised as possessing “that special blend of intellect, emotion, and overt physicality that makes even the thorniest scores simply leap from the page into the listeners laps.” (KPFK) Aron’s performances often integrate technology, video, and alternate tunings; Fanfare magazine described him as “a multiple threat: a great pianist, brainy tech wizard, and visionary promoter of a new musical practice.”

Aron has performed throughout the United States and abroad and is a fixture on the Los Angeles new-music scene. He is the co-founder and board president of People Inside Electronics (PIE), a concert series dedicated to classical electroacoustic music, the managing director of MicroFest, Los Angeles’ annual festival of microtonal music, and the co-directer of the underground new-music concert series Tuesdays@MONK Space. He is also the co-director of MicroFest Records, whose first release, John Cage: The Ten Thousand Things, was nominated for a Grammy® award for Best Chamber Music Performance. Aron has upcoming recordings on MicroFest, Cold Blue, and Populist records. In addition to his solo work, Aron is currently a member of the Pierrot + percussion ensemble Brightwork newmusic, the Varied Trio, and the Ray-Kallay Duo. He is on the faculty of the University of Southern California and Chapman University.

PROGRAM

Paths of the Wind – Bill Alves
The Weasel of Melancholy – Eric Moe
Tercos – Veronika Krausas
A History of Elevators in Film – Holland Hopson
All the Pretty Colours of the Rainbow – Brian Shepard

More or Less, More Than Less – Brian C. Moon
Underbelly – Stephen Cohn
The Blur of Time and Memory – Alexander Elliot Miller
I’m Worried Now – Monroe Golden

The “Beyond 12″ performances in Alabama are made possible by grants from the Alabama State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Thanks to Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center and Moog Music for sponsoring Aron Kallay’s appearance at {re}HAPPENING.