About this Event
7pm
Tyondai Braxton is a musician and composer of electronic and notated music who has been writing and performing music since the mid-1990s. The former front man of experimental rock band Battles, Braxton has focused on his own work since 2010, including his critically acclaimed album Central Market, which has been performed by world-renowned orchestras such as London Sinfonietta, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra and HIVE, a multimedia project for three percussionists and two modular synthesizer performers which premiered at the Guggenheim in New York. Braxton has been commissioned to compose for various ensembles and organizations, including the BBC Concert Orchestra, the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bang on a Can All Stars, Kronos Quartet, Alarm Will Sound, Yarn/Wire, Carnegie Hall, Black Mountain College, and many more. He has collaborated with the likes of legendary composer Philip Glass, and iconic visual artist Thomas Demand at the 2017 Venice Biennale. Most recently, he released the recording of his work Telekinesis for orchestra, choir, and electronics with Metropolis Ensemble, The Brooklyn Youth Chorus, and The Crossing.
This concert will serve as one of the very first public performances in support of his new alum Splayed Werks, due out August 21st on Erased Tapes.
Event venue & nearby stays
Sinquefield Music Center, 1101 University Avenue, Columbia, United States
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