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You can't escape the tendrils of the industrial revolutions. Not only do you see its consequences everywhere you look, we're currently living in the Fourth industrial revolution - of autonomous machinery and AI.
In this rather unpianistic solo piano gig (think aeroplane drones, some animated projections, a monologue, even knives!), Ronan Apcar takes a look at the cultural phenomena and products of these industrial revolutions, presenting five solo piano works from contemporary Australian and modern American composers about commuters and factories, war and neoliberalism.
Paired with and joined by Maria Zhdanovich and Jack Overall in "Passing Electrical Storms," a collaborative improvised work originally created for Shaun Gladwell's extended reality artwork which simulates a medical "de-escalation of life."
It's all things machines in all its harrowing glory.
PROGRAM:
Leo ORNSTEIN "Suicide in an Airplane"
Kate NEAL & Sal COOPER "Commuter Variations"
Lynden BASSETT "Why Wait? Tomorrow Has Already Been Cremated In Hell"
Gerard BROPHY "Abraço"
Frederic RZEWSKI "Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues"
APCAR/OVERALL/ZHDANOVICH "Passing Electrical Storms"
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Ronan Apcar is a pianist with a reputation of versatility, edge, tenacity, and has been described as "a talent far beyond his age" (Limelight Magazine). Unafraid to experiment and challenge norms, his experience and fluency across all kinds of music - jazz to the avant-garde, classical to house - translates into his exciting work as a musician.
Photo by Gemma Tong
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Tempo Rubato, 34 Breese St, Brunswick VIC 3056, Australia,Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Brunswick
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