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The Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra presents Summer Concert VICO & Friends
In the triumphant finale of our summer concert series, the Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra, conducted by Janna Sailor, performs a new arrangement of Nomaden by visiting composer Joël Bons (The Netherlands). Bons is a long-time VICO friend and collaborator, and founder of our “sister orchestra” in Amsterdam, the Atlas Ensemble, which brings together musicians from China, Japan, Iran, India, Syria, Armenia, Azerbaidjan, Turkey and Europe. Nomaden, originally written for cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras and the Atlas Ensemble, won the 2019 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, often described as the ‘Nobel Prize of music’.
This concert also features the world premiere of Ripple, Pitch, Rise, Ritual by Robyn Jacob, a rising star in Canada’s new music scene who has been commissioned by Re:Naissance Opera, Chor Leoni, Architek Percussion, Little Chamber Music, and many more.
Also on the bill: Suite concertante: à cette époque-là by VICO Composer-in-Residence Farshid Samandari, which was recorded and released by the VICO on our 2020 album In the Key of the World.
Featuring
Janna Sailor, conductor
Mark Ferris, violin | Yuel Yawney, violin | Jun Rong, erhu | Lan Tung, erhu | Yun Song, erhu | Sarah Kwok, viola | Sungyong Lim, cello | Laine Longton, cello | Ali Razmi, setar | Douglas Hensley, tar | Dai-Lin Hsieh, zheng | Mark Haney, contrabass | Geronimo Mendoza, oboe | Liam Hockley, clarinet | Mike Brown, bass clarinet | Paul Hung, flute | Tim Chan, sheng | Bijan Rahmani, percussion | Brian Nesselroad, percussion | Gregory Samek, percussion
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