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The Kraków-based Unsound Festival curated by Unsound Artistic Director Mat Schulz challenges traditional presumptions of contemporary composition with unique staging unlikely instrumentation and passionate presentation. Unsound performers draw liberally and without prejudice from the traditions of electronic experimental jazz classical music folk and beyond. The festival’s return to Lincoln Center promises audiences a sonic tour of unpredictable ingenuity with unforgettable experiences that blur genre and push the boundaries of the audio avant-garde. This year’s lineup features John Cale Sinfonietta Cracovia playing Mica Levi Lucrecia Dalt RP Boo & Gary Gwadera Heinali & Andriana-Yaroslava Saienko Aleksandra Słyż & Sinfonietta Cracovia and more. https://www.lincolncenter.org/series/lincoln-center-presents/s/Unsound%20New%20YorkCurated by Mat Schulz Unsound Artistic Director
Unsound is co-organized by Fundacja Tone and co-presented by the Polish Cultural Institute New York. This project is co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland from the Culture Promotion Fund in partnership with the Adam Mickiewicz Institute.
RP Boo & Gary Gwadera
Thursday October 30 2025 at 7:30 pm
David Rubenstein Atrium
1887 Broadway New York NY 10023
FREE
This one-night-only Unsound program at the David Rubenstein Atrium unites America and Poland through modern musical traditions for a rhythmically wild concert showcasing the beauty and energy of footwork. The heavily syncopated high-velocity sound of footwork fuses Chicago house Hip-Hop R&B and drum and bass into energetically unstoppable dance music. Electronic producer and musical innovator RP Boo's 1997 track "Baby Come On" is regarded as the genesis of the genre and he remains one of footwork's most respected DJs. Footwork's impact reaches all the way to Poland where Łódź-based drummer Gary Gwadera has reimagined its uniquely American sound through the prism of Polish folk traditions on his album Far far in Chicago. Tonight they perform together live in a new Unsound-commissioned work. Another act will be added to the lineup.
There are two ways to access this free event: 1. General Admission first-come first-served. Just show up! 2. Fast Track opening the Monday before the event at noon. Or become a Member and get a Fast Track pass for priority entry all year long.
https://www.lincolncenter.org/series/lincoln-center-presents/rp-boo-andamp-gary-gwadera
Sinfonietta Cracovia Plays Mica Levi / Lucrecia Dalt / Aleksandra Słyż
Saturday November 01 2025 at 7:30 pm
Alice Tully Hall
1941 Broadway New York NY 10023
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The November 1 Unsound concert is an international celebration of sound in three acts featuring cutting-edge composers hailing from Central Europe South America and the United Kingdom. We begin with a work for strings and electronics called Pure Voices by experimental Polish composer Aleksandra Słyż presented by one of Poland's leading chamber ensembles the Sinfonietta Cracovia. The evening continues with an official album launch of A Danger to Ourselves the hotly anticipated new album from "gleefully cerebral" (Pitchfork) Colombian musician Lucrecia Dalt. Dalt's distinctive sonic signature includes touches of avant-pop adventurous sound design and Latin rhythm all couched within her vividly personal narrative. We conclude with Sinfonietta Cracovia performing new and old works by the London-based composer Mica Levi including: MAKING LOVE - FLAG - THOUGHTS ARE BORN - SLASHER. Levi is known for scoring films by Jonathan Glazer (The Zone of Interest Under the Skin) and their work with Nan Goldin (Memory Lost Sirens).
To make the arts more accessible tickets are available on a Choose-What-You-Pay basis. There is a suggested ticket price of $35.00 as well as options to pay more or less.
https://www.lincolncenter.org/series/lincoln-center-presents/sinfonietta-cracovia-plays-mica-levi-lucrecia-dalt-aleksandra-slyz
John Cale's Steam on Glass / Heinali & Andriana-Yaroslava Saienko
Sunday November 02 2025 at 7:30 pm
Wu Tsai Theater David Geffen Hall
10 Lincoln Center Plaza New York NY 10023
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Heinali and vocalist Andriana-Yaroslava Saienko's 2025 album Гільдеґарда (Hildergard) is a striking recontextualization of the music of the pioneering 12th century composer Hildegard von Bingen. By drawing on Ukrainian folk singing singular modular synthesis techniques and ancient wisdom Heinali and Saienko reflect and process contemporary wartime experiences. The headlining artist for the night is John Cale one of modern music's most innovative voices and a founding member of The Velvet Underground. Cale presents Steam on Glass – evolving sound clouds exploring noise improv and experimentation while tracing his New York City lineage. He showcases his vast repertoire of songs from the academic experimentation that led to the formation of The Velvet Underground to his multi-genre stepping stones and current works.
To make the arts more accessible tickets are available on a Choose-What-You-Pay basis. There is a suggested ticket price of $35.00 as well as options to pay more or less.
https://www.lincolncenter.org/series/lincoln-center-presents/john-caleand39s-lessemgreatersteam-on-glasslessemgreater-heinali-andamp-andriana-yaroslava-saienko
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