Piano Recital by Chelsea de Souza>
The Silk Road
A Tale of Musical Trade between East and West
A lecture recital
Chelsea de Souza, piano
In a programme of Claude Debussy: Pagodes from Estampes, Reflets dans l’eau from Images Bk. I, Toru Takemitsu: Rain-Tree Sketch, Frédéric Chopin: Preludes Op. 28, Nos. 15 (Raindrop) and 16, Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji: In the Hothouse and Reena Esmail: Rang de Basant:
About the Artist:
Chelsea draws inspiration from the diverse artists she has worked with, including classical greats such as Leon Fleisher, Andras Schiff and Richard Goode, Grammy-award winning popular groups like the Punch Brothers and Snarky Puppy, and international musicians like Israeli jazz pianist-composer Alon Yavnai and Palestinian-American oud player Simon Shaheen. Her recent grant from New Music USA for her project “Blurred Origins: Redefining Culture through Music” funds the commission of a new work for cello and piano that refocuses discussions of culture around the individual, with particular emphasis on Asian-American voices. A singer as well, Chelsea was co-director of Oberlin’s longest-running all-female a cappella group ‘Nothing But Treble’.
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