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Black Box Music
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Experience a bold evening of invention as Simon Steen-Andersen’s internationally celebrated Black Box Music makes its long-awaited Toronto debut. With a percussionist’s gestures projected onto an enormous screen to trigger sound, image, and surprise, this is a musical performance as you’ve never seen or heard it before.
Also on the program: a tribute to the masterful Pierre Boulez in honour of his centenary, a luminous multi-cello work by Kaija Saariaho, and the world premiere of new work Break My Hands! by NMC’s Composer-in-Residence, Rashaan Allwood.
Expect spectacular virtuosity, humour, and pure sonic adventure.
Featuring:
- Simon Steen-Andersen —Composer
- Rashaan Allwood —NMC Composer-in-Residence & Spoken Word
- Amahl Arulanandam —Cello
- Beyond This Point:
- Adam Rosenblatt —Percussion
Programme
- Rashaan Allwood (CAN) Break My Hands! (2025 World Premiere) for 1 piano, 6 hands
- Pierre Boulez (FRA) Messagesquisse (1976-77) for solo cello and 6 cellos
- Kaija Saariaho (FIN) Neiges (1998) for 12 cellos
- Simon Steen-Andersen (DNK) Black Box Music (2012) for percussion solo, video, and ensemble
Musicians List
Black Box Music:
Adam Rosenblatt — Percussion Box Soloist
Anthony Thompson — Clarinet
Sheba Thibideau — Bassoon
Christine Passmore — Horn
Declan Scott — Trumpet
David Pell — Trombone
Gregory Oh — Piano
Ryan Scott — Percussion
Michael Murphy — Percussion
Beverley Johnston — Percussion
Sanya Eng — Harp
Rob MacDonald — Electric Guitar
Clara Nguyen-Tran — Viola
Amahl Arulanandam — Cello
Jesse Dietschi — Double Bass
Wallace Halladay — Saxophone
Fish Yu — Media Director
Break My Hands!
Gregory Oh — Piano
Stephanie Chua — Piano
Wesley Shen — Piano
Rashaan Allwood — Spoken Word
Messagesquisse:
Amahl Arulanandam — Solo Cello
David Hetherington — Cello
Peter Eom — Cello
Drew Comstock — Cello
Paul Widner — Cello
Sabina Sandvoss — Cello
Andrew Ascenzo — Cello
Neiges:
David Hetherington — Cello
Amahl Arulanandam — Cello
Peter Eom — Cello
Drew Comstock — Cello
Paul Widner — Cello
Sabina Sandvoss — Cello
Andrew Ascenzo — Cello
Joanne Yesol Choi — Cello
Rebecca Morton — Cello
Mary-Katherine Finch — Cello
Christopher Hwang — Cello
Joshua Samuels — Cello
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