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Awarded "Ensemble of the Year" in Rhode Island in its inaugural season in 2015, ENSEMBLE / PARALLAX is a new music and multimedia consort based in New England that performs 20th century masterworks alongside 21st century, avant-garde music in the European aesthetic ranging from composers such as Schoenberg, Dallapiccola, and Boulez to Hosokawa, Haas, Francesconi, Nono, Sciarrino, Berio, Grisey, Furrer, Feldman, Vanoni, Ortiz, Manzoni, and its Artistic Director, Farzinpour, alongside multimedia and video art in collaboration with award-winning artists from around the world including Ionee Waterhouse, Zebbler, David Webber, Maura McDonnell, Russell Chartier, A-li-ce, Wolfgang Lehmann, and Jessica Richmond. In only five seasons, E/P has commissioned and premiered over a two-dozen compositions and multimedia pieces, as well as numerous U.S. and regional premieres of compositions. Moreover, E/P is the only ensemble in the world that commissions and performs a new multimedia work alongside every single piece of music it performs. E/P has collaborated with numerous multimedia artists from around the world
ENSEMBLE / PARALLAX kicked off its 5th season on September 26 with the first of two 4-city multimedia tours (the second one will ensue in April 2020) with an all Italian program, featuring soprano, Kathleen Roland-Silverstein, performing two stunning pieces by iconoclastic composer, Salvatore Sciarrino: Infinito Nero (Black Infinity) and Le voci sottovetro (The Voices Under Glass), alongside Stanford professor Patricia Alessandrini's gripping work, Nachtgewâchse, accompanied by strikingly captivating videos by multimedia artists and directors Wolfgang Lehmann and University of Central Oklahoma professor, David Webber.
The season will continue with a performance at Stonehill College and will end the season with another 4-city tour featuring the beautifully mesmerizing electro-acoustic multimedia chamber opera, Island of Peoples, by Berklee College of Music professor, Gabriele Vanoni with Malo Lacroix’s gorgeous accompanying video, alongside the world premiere of a companion piece to Island of Peoples titled Intolleranza 2020 by Peyman Farzinpour. The tour will take E/P to Providence, Boston, NYC, and Philadelphia.
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Performing Group
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Nonprofit - Independent
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2015
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Performing Group
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Nonprofit - Independent
Year Founded:
2015
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Music - NewAdditional Disciplines:
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$5,000 - $80,000State of Residence:
Rhode IslandMinimum Number of Performers:
6Maximum Number of Performers:
40