kaufman music center presents ecstatic music

KAUFMAN MUSIC CENTER PRESENTS

Ecstatic Music®

Bell Orchestre – A Performance Film

MERKINHALL

2020-21

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All 2020-21 Kaufman Music Center performances are online, filmed in safe, socially distanced locations observing health and safety protocols, and streamed to the safety of your home.

Online Performance Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music CenterStreamed Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 7 pm ET

Kaufman Music Centerpresents

Ecstatic Music®

Bell Orchestre – A Performance Film

House MusicAlbum/Film Segments

I: Opening II: House III: Dark SteelIV: What You’re Thinking V: Movement VI: All the TimeVII: Colour Fields VIII: Making Time IX: Nature That’s It That’s All.X: Closing

This concert is generously underwritten by the Arthur F. & Alice E. Adams Charitable Foundation.

About the Artists

Montreal’s fabled avant-garde outfit Bell Orchestre comes together in the beautiful Canadian woodlands to create a unique performance film.

The group consists of six musical mavericks, including Arcade Fire members Sarah Neufeld and Richard Reed Parry, who continue to shift the boundaries of instrumental music with their highly anticipated new record House Music — an immersive ecosystem of an album to be released March 19 on Erased Tapes.

With the legacies of improvisation-exploring greats like Talk Talk, The Orb, Bitches Brew-era Miles Davis and the late Ennio Morricone in mind, on House Music, Bell Orchestre captures the impulsive, connective, mysterious poetics of musical invention happening in real-time. Both the album and this visual counterpart, directed by band member Kaveh Nabatian, unfold as one long piece, a recorded-then-sculpted improvisation that vastly expands their work, coalescing classical and electronic instrumentation in the creation of genre-defying musical worlds.

Watch/embed the segment V: Movement here: https://youtu.be/NE42rmI8k_k

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Bell Orchestre Pietro Amato, French horn/keyboards/electronics Michael Feuerstack, pedal steel guitar/keyboards/vocals Kaveh Nabatian, trumpet/gongoma/keyboards/vocals Sarah Neufeld, violin/vocals Richard Reed Parry, bass/vocals Stefan Schneider, drumsbellorchestre.com

Film CreditsDirector: Kaveh NabatianExecutive Producers: Ryhna Thompson, Robert RathsCinematographers: Nicolas Canniccioni, Philippe RoyAssistant Camera: Simon LarochelleProduction Manager: Brian NeumanEditors: Kaveh Nabatian, Matthew Hannam, Namai Kham PoColourist: SJ Smitherasedtapes.com

Produced by Erased Taped and Envision Management & Production https://www.envisionmanagement.com/ and https://www.erasedtapes.com/

About Ecstatic Music®

“A hotbed for visionary artistic hybridity.”“No series has better instincts in fomenting post-genre alchemy than Ecstatic Music.” – Steve Smith, The New Yorker

Experience Ecstatic Music® online! Get up close and personal with trailblazing artists and groundbreaking performances streamed directly to your home. Ecstatic Music has been hailed as “a who’s who of the music scene” (WQXR) and “audacious combinations and post-genre hybrids” (The New Yorker). Performances are followed by live post-concert talks with the artists and series curator Judd Greenstein.

Upcoming Ecstatic Music® Events

Thursday | May 6, 2021 | 7 pm // Conrad TaoSunday | May 9, 2021 | 7 pm // Seth Parker Woods


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Kaufman Music Center presentations in Merkin Hall are made possible, in part, with institutional support from: Arthur F. & Alice E. Adams Charitable Foundation, The Amphion Foundation, Assurant Foundation, Stephen & Mary Birch Foundation, Inc., BMI Foundation, The Edward T. Cone Foundation, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, The Hearst Foundations, Inc., The Elroy and Terry Krumholz Foundation, Linden Arts Fund for Children, The Frederick Loewe Foundation, Inc., The Lester & Grace Maslow Foundation, Tatiana Piankova Foundation, The Rodgers and Hammerstein Foundation, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc., Silver Mountain Foundation for the Arts, The Ted Snowdon Foundation, TD Charitable Foundation, and The Weininger Foundation, Inc.

Presentations in Merkin Hall are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and from the New York City Council through the good offices of Council Member Helen Rosenthal. Kaufman Music Center presentations in Merkin Hall are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Presentations in Merkin Hall are also supported, in part, by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.


See a Concert. Take a Class. Connect through Music.Founded in 1952 as a community music school, today’s Kaufman Music Center is home to Merkin Hall; Lucy Moses School, New York’s largest community arts school; Special Music School, New York’s only K-12 public school that teaches music as a core subject; and the acclaimed youth new music ensemble Face the Music.

Executive Director Kate Sheeran

Board of TrusteesOrli Shaham, ChairShahriar Rafimayeri, PresidentRosalind Devon, Honorary ChairElaine Kaufman, Honorary ChairCharles Dimston, Vice PresidentBethany Millard, Vice PresidentCathy White O’Rourke, Vice PresidentIrving Sitnick, Vice President Christina M. Mason, Treasurer Wendy Mosler, Secretary

Joel Beckerman Joshua BellJustin Berrie Damian Cavaleri Nikki Renée DanielsDanielle DimstonPhyllis FederSir James GalwayKara Hammond Nathalie JoachimDaniel KaufmanDavid B. Krieger Solange LandauDennis Lee Solomon Merkin Marjorie Penrod Sal Piscopo Jessica Rothstein William A. SchwartzJonathan Sulds Kara UnterbergPatricia Weinbach

Executive Director Emeritus,Founder, Kaufman Music CenterLydia Kontos

Founding Director,The Hebrew Arts School (1951-1985)Dr. Tzipora H. Jochsberger

AdministrationBrooke Bryant, Director of Development John Glover, Director of Artistic PlanningSean Hartley, Director, Theater@KaufmanKathy Hubbard, Chief Administrative OfficerJohn Johansen, Director, Marketing and CommunicationsIgal Kesselman, Director, Lucy Moses School and Music Director, Special Music SchoolLeslie Lehman, Director of Facilities

Merkin Hall StaffDavid Bridges, Client Services ManagerBen Young, Production ManagerKelsy Hillesheim, Box Office ManagerMargaret Evans, Program CoordinatorJenny Liao, Head House Manager

Chantal Emond Bourhis, Yannick Lewis, Xing Liao, Rocco Luongo, Kathleen Raab, House Managers

Michael Boyas, Shammah Campbell, Jorge Civico, Jacqueline Da Silva, Christian Gohler, Arcinello Jocson, Ken Ossip, Matthew Palmer, Jordan Peters, Tom Thornton, Rosemarie Urbanek, Ushers

Stephanie Armitage, Emily Ballou, Ann Barkin, Kelly Faustel, Sam Gordon, Amira Mustapha, Ariel Osborne, Carly Osnow-Levin, Rachel Rakov, Harry Rawlings, Eleanor Smith, Ted Sterns, Antoine Thrower, Leon Virgo, Katherine Yip, Stage Managers

Kurtis Bradley, Richie Clark, Jeremiah Eigenmann, Ken Feldman, David Hurtgen, Gil Shuster, Sound Engineers

Damon Whittemore, Recording Studio Manager

Richard Kwan, Bill Moss, Noriko Okabe, Recording Engineers

Leadership CouncilEtta BrandmanConnie GoodmanDavid KlafterRoy Niederhoffer

Artists CouncilTzvi AvniAlan MenkenFred SherryArnold SteinhardtEugenia Zukerman

Pianos by Steinway and Sons. The house harpsichord was built by Eric Herz in 1985 and donated by Mr. Joseph Wronker.

Kaufman Music Center gratefully acknowledges the generous support of Mollie and Abraham Goodman and the Goodman family.


Jill and Arthur CarusoEllen and Damian CavaleriCatharine Chang and Hooni KimGirlie Chang and Michael VermutJane and Joseph ChangRoger Chen and Eileen ShinTheodore CohnRebecca Cooper and Michael WaldmanD’Addario FoundationClaire and Eric DavenportSusan and Conrad De Jong Fund, Santa Fe Community FoundationManuel De La NuezBarbara and Richard DebsDana Devon and Neil SandPhilip Devon Family FoundationAlice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia UniversityGina Dizzia and Daniel FernandezHoward D. DorfmanEther Advisory Partners, Inc.Faber Future FoundationJuan Farias and Meredith DentonLidia and Ken FeyderFirst Manhattan Co.Bernice G. FleischerJudi Sorensen FlomJoele Frank and Laurence KlurfledArlene FriedlanderRichard GaddesArthur J. Gallagher & Co.Gilbert M. GastelumJeff Gates and Mike MoranJudy GettelfingerMark and Michelle GrahamMarsha GrayLawrence GublerGlenn GundersenSharon GurwitzMeredith HenryRochelle and David HirschHelen HovdesvenCleo and Joseph HungPaul HymanThe Isdell FoundationNathalie JoachimGreg Kammerer and Fred WhiteJudith and Sheldon KaufmanPatricia KennerJudith Kessler and Lee M. ArthursHenry KleinJane Klein

KAUFMAN MUSIC CENTER ANNUAL FUND SUPPORTERS Kaufman Music Center is grateful to the following supporters, who have provided leadership gifts of $1,000 or more to the annual fund between September 1, 2019 and August 31, 2020. Their generous contributions play a critical role in advancing the Center’s mission to stimulate appreciation of and participation in music through music performance and education.

Lilian and Jacob CohenCon EdisonThe Aaron Copland Fund for MusicCowen Charitable Lead UnitrustCredit SuisseThe Barbara Bell Cumming Charitable TrustGeorge DennisCharles Dimston and Elena AsribekovaDanielle DimstonThe Ferriday FundGoldman Sachs & Co.Anna and Mark GurevichKara HammondMargaret Jan and Alex ChiTom and Ann JohnsonDennis Lee and Migene KimJennifer and Tim KingstonKirkland & Ellis LLPDevorah Rose and David B. KriegerHarold I. and Faye B. Liss FoundationThe Frederick Loewe Foundation, Inc.The Lester & Grace Maslow FoundationSharon and Solomon MerkinNew York State Council on the ArtsRosemary and John O’BrienThe Patrina FoundationTatiana Piankova FoundationSal PiscopoShahriar and Noa RafimayeriOrli Shaham and David RobertsonJames RosenfieldJessica Rothstein and Kurt LageschulteThe Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels FoundationBeth and David E. ShawNataly and Dimitri SogoloffJonathan and Kathy SuldsKara UnterbergPatricia and Lawrence WeinbachWillkie Farr & Gallagher LLPVinson & Elkins LLPLuka and Niko Zylik

$5,000-$9,999Joshua BellCapital Counsel LLCThe Edward T. Cone FoundationJoyce CowinThe Gladys Krieble Delmas FoundationFranklin Philanthropic Foundation

$50,000 and AboveAnonymous (2)The Edwin Caplin Foundation and Mr. Chretien Risley, TrusteeSally CumminsE.H.A. Foundation, Inc. Phyllis and Sam FederJerome L. Greene FoundationHoward Gilman FoundationThe Hearst Foundations, IncElaine and Henry KaufmanBethany and Robert B. MillardHenry and Lucy Moses Fund, Inc.New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City CouncilNYC COVID-19 Response and Impact Fund in The New York Community TrustNational Endowment for the ArtsCathy White O’RourkeThe Morris and Alma Schapiro FundWilliam A. and Janet SchwartzVirginia B. Toulmin Foundation

$25,000 to $49,999Assurant FoundationAugustine FoundationJoel and Tracy BeckermanRosalind DevonAnn and Gordon Getty FoundationDinah JacobsDavid Klafter and Nancy KestenbaumSolange LandauThe Johnny Mercer FoundationWendy and Bruce MoslerMan Made MusicThe Mystery Lady of Santa FeEstate of Blanche ShapiroMarjorie Penrod and Eric WallarPwC Charitable Foundation, Inc.The Rea Charitable Trust

$10,000 to $24,999Arthur F. & Alice E. Adams Charitable FoundationJudy Hart AngeloArts and Letters Foundation, Inc.ASCAPThe ASCAP FoundationJohanna Roman BarishFrank & Lydia Bergen FoundationJustin BerrieStephen & Mary Birch Foundation, Inc.Cheswatyr Foundation

The Hyde and Watson FoundationThe Libby Holman FoundationSir James and Lady Jeanne GalwayJoyce Elsa GoodmanPeter GottsegenEstelle GrecoJudith and Robert HallBoyan Jovanovic and Mika KatoNikki Renée Daniels and Jeff KreadyKPMGSarah and Martin LeibowitzAnn and Michael LoebKatherine Schlatter and Joseph MauroMaverick Capital FoundationMedia The Foundation, Inc.Olga Nekrasova and Andy ArlukOne Day UniversityStephanie and Mark RamblerHon. Helen Rosenthal, New York City Councilmember, 6th DistrictHon. Linda Rosenthal, 67th District NY State AssemblymemberRita Fredricks SalzmanSilver Mountain Foundation for the ArtsRobert SirotaChris and Christa SomersMeryl StreepTD Charitable FoundationMichael Tuch FoundationVornado Realty TrustJoseph Walker and Nancy Walker JtwrosChristina and Lawrence WeeJoy and Graham Wyatt

$1,000-$4,999The Amphion FoundationArgentine Tango SocietyBotwinick-Wolfensohn Foundation, Inc.Jody and John ArnholdMargot AstrachanLaura and Manuel BardashBernard BerkowitzElaine S. BernsteinHelene BlueBMI FoundationJanet BraggFred BraidCynthia BrodskyThe Brownington FoundationBecke Buffalo and Lars HansonM. Faith BurtonCarole Cate and Darran Foster


$1,000-$4,999 continued Melissa Ko and Douglas HahnSidney Kohl Family FoundationLisa J. Kohl and Ricardo HornosThe Elroy and Terry Krumholz FoundationAnnik LaFargeJennifer Laing and Tom SchopflocherYvonne Lau and Derek TsuiMarcia LavipourLeap ArchitectureLeslie LehmanAaron LevySharon R. LinardBrad LinardLinden Arts Fund for ChildrenLoeb & Loeb, LLCPamela Luchansky and Chester KaplanEvelyne Luest and Aaron Kernis

Lila and Ron MarchChristina M. MasonKyle McCarthy and Ron BozmanAlexandra McCormack and Dimitrije MitrinovicKaren McKinnon and Ricardo ZuritaClare and Howard McMorrisTerence MeehanJoohee and Gabriel MeisterJanis and Alan MenkenJill and Michael NeibergHope and Joshua NewmanNancy and Morris W. OffitAmanda and Ned OffitJisoo Ok and Hector del Curto Sarah Paley and Robert KerreyClifford R. PalmerBarbara and Louis PerlmutterVeronique and Robert PittmanBarbara Rellstab

The Rodgers and Hammerstein FoundationElizabeth and John RoseJane and Alfred RossJanet SchlatterAlene Schneierson and Morris KrimolovskyGail SchorrDonna and Steven SchragisIan Seow and Madeline TokVirginia and Edward SermierKate SheeranMelanie Shorin and Greg S. FeldmanJennifer ShotwellMathieu C. ShrontzLeo Shull Foundation for the ArtsIrving SitnickGordon H. SmithThe Ted Snowdon FoundationSydney and Jon Stern

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc.Roni Tamari and Shai WosnerMarcy and David TannenbaumYodon Thonden and Kevin TonerSeymour Ubell and Marsha ToskBradley A. VernatterJay and Randi VodofskySally Davis Wasserman and Greg WassermanHadassah WeinerThe Weininger Foundation, Inc.Carol WincencThe Wise Family Charitable FoundationMargot WittyA. Ross WollenQian Xue and Kailuo WangTina Yu and Gary Lee

The Innovators CircleThe Innovators Circle is a leadership group for the most generous supporters of Kaufman Music Center’s Fund for Music Inno vation. The Circle recognizes its members for their commitment to exceptional artistic presentations at the Center by providing unparalleled access to Merkin Hall and its outstanding programs.

Arthur F. & Alice E. Adams Charitable FoundationNeal BrilliantEllen and Damian CavaleriRosalind Devon

Faber Future Foundation Phyllis and Sam FederJudy GettelfingerDinah JacobsHelen Hovdesven

Joan Mohr Shahriar RafimayeriCathy White O’RourkeOrli Shaham and David Robertson

Janet and Gil SpitzerLuka and Niko Zylik

Tzipora H. Jochsberger Society The Tzipora H. Jochsberger Society was recently renamed in honor of our founder, who passed away at age 96 in late 2017. The Society recognizes the following generous supporters, who have included Kaufman Music Center in their estate plans, making a difference during their lifetimes and beyond.Anne BlattHelene BlueIlse BlumenfeldSidney BreslerRosalind Devon

Phyllis and Samuel FederEmanuel and Ellen GenauerEstate of Anna GoldEstelle GrecoDinah Jacobs

Adele D. KappCarole A. KemackChristina M. MasonCathy White O’RourkeJohanna Roman Barish

Evelyn RonellBlanche ShapiroDorothy Silverstein

Celebration of Our Muse Kaufman Music Center gratefully acknowledges the generous supporters who made leadership gifts to our educational programs, in honor of the retirement of our longstanding Executive Director, Lydia Kontos. Under Lydia’s leadership, the Center’s educational programs grew significantly, making a transformative impact on the young people of New York City.

Apollo’s Circle$100,000 Elaine and Henry Kaufman

Muses$50,000 Rosalind DevonCharles Dimston and Elena AsribekovaBethany and Robert B. MillardHenry and Lucy Moses Fund, Inc. Janet and William Schwartz

Oracles$25,000 to $49,999Connie and Leonard GoodmanMigene Kim and Dennis LeeCathy White O’RourkeMarjorie Penrod and Eric WallarStephanie and Mark RamblerChrista and Chris Somers

Lyric Poets$10,000 to $24,999Sanford L. BatkinCarolina FariasPhyllis and Samuel FederJudith and Robert Hall Helen HovdesvenSolange LandauWendy and Bruce MoslerThe Mystery Lady of Santa FeBarbara Rellstab

Orli Shaham and David RobertsonJanet and Gil SpitzerRoni Tamari and Shai Wosner

Greek Chorus$1,000 to $9,999Arlene and Alan AldaMargot Astrachan ProductionJohanna Roman BarishHelene BlueRoger Chen and Eileen Shin

Greek Chorus comtinued$1,000 to $9,999 Lilian and Jacob CohenBetty Neal and Ronald A. CrutcherTodd Dimston and Melissa BankGina Dizzia and Daniel FernandezElizabeth and Adrian EllisJudi Sorensen FlomMichelle and Mark GrahamMariel Harris and Daniel Cooperman

Jane Huber and L. Chandler CarterHooni Kim and Catharine ChangThe Kontos/Busquet family (Nina, John, Laurent, and Nicholas)Yvonne Lau and Derek TsuiJenny X. LiaoEuching Lin and Wayne E. YangAlex and Brad LinardAnn and Michael LoebEvelyne Luest and Aaron Jay Kernis

Christina M. MasonKaren McKinnon and Ricardo ZuritaJoohee and Gabriel MeisterOlga Nekrasova and Andy ArlukAmanda OffitThe Edward John and Patricia Rosenwald FoundationThe Alfred and Jane Ross Foundation

Jessica L. Rothstein and Kurt LageschulteRita Fredricks Salzman Katherine M. Schlatter and Joseph P. Mauro Jack and Janet TeichJoy and Graham WyattLuka and Niko Zylik

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