The ninth edition of the SALT New Music Festival and Symposium will stream virtually from UVicB次元官网网址檚 Philip T. Young Recital Hall on Jan. 7 and 8.
Its set will include concerts, workshops and discussions centred around musical experiences that are innovative, diverse and challenging, said festival co-director Ajtony Csaba. An emphasis will be put on the third aspect, pushing listeners beyond their typical perceptions of music.
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Pieces presented in this yearB次元官网网址檚 SALT festival will run the gambit from near-quiet to pulsating and loud, and lean on mediums from movement art to drums to electronic music.
Seven pieces streamed this Friday and Saturday will be world premieres from young B.C. composers, performed by and with the Victoria-based Tsilumos Ensemble, the festival organizers.
B次元官网网址淭here are pieces that ask the listener to zoom in and regard one specific aspect of artistic existence. ThereB次元官网网址檚 a piece that only uses the skin of a bass drum. Another piece asks that the performers barely move on their instruments,B次元官网网址� challenging them on the range of sound, Csaba said. Each will not only demonstrate B次元官网网址渢he bridge between kinetic theatre (dance) and music,B次元官网网址� they promise to be very challenging for listeners.
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VictoriaB次元官网网址檚 Wolf Edwards and members of the Victoria Composers Collective are among those who will be in the spotlight during the festival, as well as international composers Steven Kazuo Takasugi (USA), Bernhard Gander (Austria) and Gianluca Ulivelli (Italy).
Registration for the Zoom event can be made at .
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