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8:00 PM

Concert for cello solo and duo

New Music Concert|performed by Stephen Marotto and Peter Ko, cello

  • Goethe-Institut Boston, Boston, MA

Stephen Marotto and Peter Ko perform contemporary works for violoncello as part of our New Music from Germany concert series. 

Program:
Karola Obermüller cello solo ca. 10 min
Pression (1969/2010) ca. 8 min by Helmut Lachenmann 
Cello Playing as Meteorology by Liza Lim ca. 10 min
AA-GA 1 by Younghi Pagh-Paan ca. 13 min.
"Jackson Pollock" by Morton Feldman 8-9 min
Extensions 5 by Morton Feldman 5 min

 

Peter Ko

PETER KO is a San Diego based cellist active as a soloist, chamber musician, and collaborator with composers and artists. As a performer, his training and projects have taken him across the USA, Mexico, Canada, and Europe, performing in festivals such as soundSCAPE, SICPP, Darmstädter Ferienkurse, the Green Box Arts Festival, and Neofonía Festival de Música Nueva Ensenada. Peter currently serves as principal cellist for the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus, is a part of the Redwood Piano Trio, and has been featured with Brightwork New Music, Project [BLANK], and San Diego New Music.

Stephen Marotto

Dr. Stephen Marotto, D.M.A., Violoncello A native of Norwalk, Connecticut, Stephen has received a Bachelors degree with honors from the University of Connecticut, and Masters and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from Boston University. Stephen’s formative teachers include Michael Reynolds, Kangho Lee, Marc Johnson, and Rhonda Rider. A passionate advocate for contemporary music, Stephen plays regularly with chamber groups throughout New England and also performs on various new music concert series in the Boston area and beyond. Stephen has attended music festivals at the Banff Centre, Cortona Sessions for New Music and SoundSCAPE festivals in Italy, and the and the Summer Course for New Music in Darmstadt, Germany. Stephen has a wide range of musical interest that include contemporary chamber music, improvisatory music, electroacoustic music, as well as bluegrass and folk. As a soloist, Stephen has commissioned several new works for the instrument, and is concerned with expanding and augmenting the tonal pallet of his instrument both with and without technology. In his spare time, Stephen is an avid hiker and outdoorsman. Praised as “particularly moving” (San Diego Story) and showing “extraordinary musicianship with unbroken focus” (San Diego Union Tribune),