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Music of the Whole World: Modes and Improvisations in Aural Traditions
May 16, 2012 at 7:00 pm
Vancouver Public Library Main Branch
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Welcome to the VICO
The Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra is a professional concert orchestra devoted specifically to performing new intercultural music on a grand scale. Founded in 2001, it was one of the first such ensembles in the world, and is currently the only one of its kind in Canada. The VICO’s core roster consists of 24 musicians, some of whom are trained in the Western (European) classical tradition, while others are performers in the musical traditions of cultures from all over the world (Asian, African, East Indian and Middle Eastern, among others). The VICO’s composers and musicians are on the cutting edge, writing and performing the Canadian music of the future. VICO’s mission is to be a fresh and relevant voice in the contemporary music of our country...a creative force for innovation, diversity and understanding.
"...Music that sounds like Vancouver looks." -- Alexander Varty, The Georgia Straight
TulipTV Interviews Joël Bons
The VICO was pleased to welcome Dutch composer Joël Bons back to Vancouver recently, to workshop the new piece he is writing for the orchestra, in preparation for the world premiere at our upcoming Imagined Worlds: Intertwined concert on March 31st at the Norman Rothstein Theatre. During Mr. Bons' visit he was interviewed by a local Dutch-language television show, TulipTV. The interview itself was in English, and has been posted on YouTube. Check out the embedded video beneath the cut...and catch a few glimpses of the orchestra rehearsing as well!
VICO and Laudate Singers Perform World Premieres by Bons, Chatman & Cooke
Imagined Worlds: Intertwined
With special guests Laudate Singers
Norman Rothstein Theatre (950 West 41st Ave., Vancouver)
Tickets ($28/$18) available here
The Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra brings its 10th anniversary season to a triumphant close with a concert featuring the 25-member ensemble and chamber choir Laudate Singers, premiering major new works commissioned by the VICO from Dutch composer Joël Bons and renowned Canadian composer Dr. Stephen Chatman. The programme will also include a new Canada Council commission by Coat Cooke for intercultural orchestra, Moshe Denburg’s El Ginat Egozfor choir, erhu, zheng and marimba, and works featuring two world famous virtuosi - Guilian Liu will perform a solo work for pipa (Chinese lute), and Hossein Behroozinia, on barbat (Iranian lute), will lead an Iranian sextet..
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