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sAt, mAr 3 | 8 PMPerformance Space

TirthaVijay iyerPrasannanitin mitta

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tirthaVijay Iyer • Prasanna • Nitin Mitta

sAt, mAr 3 | 8 PM

Vijay iyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PianoPrasanna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Guitar, Voicenitin mitta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tablas

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Taking photographs, filming, or operating recording devices during the performance is strictly prohibited.

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Vijay iyer, a renowned pianist, was named Musician of the Year in the 2010 Jazz Journalists Association’s annual awards. He also received the 2010 eCHO Award (the “German Grammy”) for Best International ensemble with his trio, a Grammy nomination, and the DownBeat Critics poll award for rising star Jazz Group of the Year. tonight, he introduces his newest project, tirtha (pronounced “teer-tha”), an exciting and dynamic collaboration with two internationally renowned young Indian musicians living in the U.s. 

Prasanna, a pioneering guitarist, is a celebrated virtuoso of south Indian classical music as well as an accomplished composer in Western traditions. 

nitin mitta, a prodigiously gifted tabla player, has emerged rapidly as one of north America’s most in-demand Indian percussionists. 

performing original compositions by Iyer and prasanna, the trio generates an astonishingly full ensemble sound, achieving a natural and organic synthesis of traditions. the resulting 21st-century global chamber music is eminently listenable and vibrantly alive. Iyer says of this new project, “You can’t call it fusion, because we’re not self-conscious about the ingredients. We’re just drawing from who we are as citizens of the world.”

Find more information at guitarprasanna.com or primetimeprism.com/interviews/nitinmitta.html.

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sat, mar 31 | 8 pmthurber theatre at Drake Center

this special Wex-commissioned project features music by guitarist/composer Bill Frisell with visuals by filmmaker Bill Morrison and focuses on the devastating 1927 Mississippi river flood, which helped transform American music.

The Great FloodA film by Bill morrison

music composed and performed by bill Frisell with ron miles, tony scherr, Kenny wollesen

thu, aPr 19 | 8 pmperformance space

“#1 Best Jazz Album of 2011” —npr .org

Jazz alto sax ace Miguel Zenón draws from his critically acclaimed release Alma Adentro, stretching out on sensuous, classic puerto rican songs.

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