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John Zorn at 70
Barbara Hannigan + John Zorn

Thursday, November 16, 2023, 8PM

Miller Theatre at Columbia University

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This fall, Miller Theatre celebrates the 70^th birthday of New York musical icon John Zorn.

One of today’s leading sopranos, the extraordinary Barbara Hannigan teams up with a cast of new music superstars to perform five of John Zorn’s recent vocal works. This incredibly ambitious evening of song includes Star Catcher, a surrealistic fantasy that is both notated and improvised, which premiered last fall in Germany.

Barbara Hannigan by Marco Borggreve 960x1446 — Photo by Marco Borggreve

This event has ended

This fall, Miller Theatre celebrates the 70^th birthday of New York musical icon John Zorn.

One of today’s leading sopranos, the extraordinary Barbara Hannigan teams up with a cast of new music superstars to perform five of John Zorn’s recent vocal works. This incredibly ambitious evening of song includes Star Catcher, a surrealistic fantasy that is both notated and improvised, which premiered last fall in Germany.

Repertoire

John Zorn Star Catcher (2022)
John Zorn Split the Lark (2021)
John Zorn Liber Loagaeth (2021)
John Zorn Ab Eo, Quod (2021)
John Zorn Pandora’s Box (2013)

Performers

Barbara Hannigan voice
JACK Quartet
Jorge Roeder bass
Stephen Gosling piano
Sae Hashimoto vibraphone
Ikue mori electronics
Ches Smith drums

“All my compositions are platforms to enable creativity.”

— John Zorn

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