Vancouver New Music Concert Series - Frederic Rzewski
By VNMS on March 4, 2008 - 3:16pm
One of the most prominent living American composers and a prodigiously talented pianist, he is also an old-fashioned iconoclast. He's blunt-speaking, cantankerous, focused on his art and intent on creating it with as much independence as possible from the institutions and bureaucracies that have congealed around it. Political and engaged, his music is strongly rooted in American tradition.
“You'd meet a businessman and they'd say, 'Oh, you're a musician, what kind of music do you make?' And I always used to stammer something. But then I found a way that seems to work well. I say 'I do traditional music.' And people seem to accept that. And it's true. I'm just a traditional musician." – Frederic Rzewski
Free artist chat at 7pm.
$20 regular/$15 students and seniors; single tickets are available at Sikora’s Classical Records (432 West Hastings Street) through Tickets Tonight (www.ticketstonight.ca / 604.631.2872) and at the door. A pass for all three concerts is available for $45/$30 and is available only through Vancouver New Music (837 Davie Street or 604.633.0861).
