Review of the Lou Harrison Centennial Concert at the ICA

On Thursday, October 12th, Mr. Harrison's Gamelan was presented at The Institue of Contemporary Art/Boston.

The ICA and MIT presented a celebration of composer Lou Harrison. MIT'S Gamelan Galak Tika joined violinist Johnny Gandelsman and pianist Sarah Cahill to present Harrison's work. The concert featured the premiere of MTA Professor and Section Head Evan Ziporyn's By the Numbers, a piece dedicated to Harrison.

Please find the Boston Musical Intelligencer Review's article on the performance.

Photo by Derek Johnson.

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