TWO SEPARATE PERFORMANCES! 4PM & 8PM
$15 General Admission, $5 Student Tickets (available at the door)
Seated - Doors open at 3:30PM
Percussionist and marimbist Ayano Kataoka is known for her brilliant and dynamic technique, as well as the unique elegance and artistry she brings to her performances. She is currently Professor of Percussion at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and has been a season artist of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center since 2006 when she was chosen as the first percussionist for the society’s prestigious residency program, The Bowers Program (formerly Chamber Music Society Two), a three-season residency program for emerging artists offering high-profile performance opportunities in collaboration with The Chamber Music Society. A retrospective of her early life along with interviews and performances were featured on the CMS’ live stream program Artist Series in fall 2021.
Together with cellist Yo-Yo Ma at the American Museum of Natural History, Ms. Kataoka gave a world premiere of Bruce Adolphe’s Self Comes to Mind for cello and two percussionists, based on a text by neuroscientist Antonio Damasio, and featuring interactive video images of brain scans triggered by the live music performance. She presented a solo recital as part of the prestigious B to C (Bach to Contemporary) recital series at Tokyo Opera City Recital Hall, which was broadcast on NHK, the national public station of Japan.
Other highlights of her performances include a performance of Steven Mackey’s Micro-Concerto for Percussion Solo and Chamber Ensemble at Alice Tully Hall, a theatrical performance of Stravinsky's Soldier's Tale at the 92nd Street Y with violinist Jaime Laredo and actors Alan Alda and Noah Wyle, and performances of Bartok’s Sonata for Two Pianos and percussion with pianist Emanuel Ax. Her music festival appearances include Music@Menlo, Chamber Music Northwest, Yellow Barn, Lake Champlain, Caramoor, Bridgehampton, Skaneateles, Emerald City Music, ChamberFest West, and Salt Bay Chamberfest. Her performances can be also heard on the Deutsche Grammophon, Naxos, New World, Bridge, New Focus, and Albany recording labels.
Lukas Böhm studied at the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin and with the Berlin Philharmonic as a scholar of the Karajan Academy.
He has won international awards at the Concours International de Timbales in France and the Italy Percussion Competition. Along with his duo partner Ni Fan, he won first prize at the Universal Marimba Competition in Belgium in 2017 and first prize with two further special awards at the 19th OSAKA International Music Competition in Japan in 2018. Concert tours and guest professorships have taken him throughout Europe, to Asia, the USA, Canada and South America.
His achievements have been recognized with awards and scholarships from the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben, the Oscar and Vera Ritter Foundation, the International Ensemble Modern Academy, the Manfred Vetter Foundation for Arts and Culture, the Richard Wagner Stipendienstiftung, the Marie-Luise Imbusch Foundation and the Internationale Musikakademie zur Förderung musikalisch Hochbegabte in Deutschland.
FREE EVENT
G.A. Seated - Doors open at 7PM
The members of the Jazz faculty at Amherst College give a performance of jazz by women composers that is FREE and open to the public, no tickets required.
Claire Arenius, drums
Liam Birkerts, bass
Carl Clements, saxophone and flute
Geoff Cunningham, trumpet
Bruce Diehl, saxophone and flute
Darryl Harper, clarinet
Joe LaCreta, guitar
Ann Maggs, voice
Stephen Page, piano
David Picchi, bass
David Sporny, trombone
Eugene Uman, piano