ArtsThursdays: "We Call This Home" performance by Fabian Almazan
When:
Thursday, May 09, 2024 7:00p -
10:00p
Thursday, May 09, 2024 7:00p -
10:00p
Where:
Paine Concert Hall
3 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Admission:
FREE
Hosted by:
Categories:
Accessible Spots, Good for Groups, Music, University
Event website:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/artsthursdays-the-vijay-iyer-trio-tickets-696658934627?aff=oddtdtcreator
“We Call This Home” is a poignant multimedia work based on Almazan’s ethnographic research of South Florida’s “sacrifice zones,” or areas that bear the brunt of environmental harm due to pollution, factories and economic disinvestment.
Free and open to the public; RSVP requested but not required.
Fabian Almazan, piano
Linda May Han Oh, bass
Mark Whitfield II, drums
Samuel Tommie, spoken word & flute
Artist Bio (partial):
Cuban-American pianist/composer Fabian Almazan found his musical roots as a child in Havana where he first became involved in the classical piano tradition. Most recently, Almazan can be heard in such films as Harriet, Chi-Raq, Red Tails and Miracle at St Anna.
Awards include 2 Grammy nominations, the SWR New Jazz Meeting commission, the Copland Fund, the Jerome Fund for Emerging Composers Award, the Jazz Gallery Residency, Rockerfeller Brothers Residency, Cintas Foundation Award in Composition and the Sundance Composers’ Lab.
