Poster: Courtesy of designer Ana Marรญa Bermรบdez.
Tickets: $15 General Admission
๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐: Using promo code NHMStudent2024 during checkout, tickets are just $7!
*Doors will open as 2:30pm; museum exhibits will be accessible to concertgoers prior to the start of the program.
About Building Bridges to Greece:
This ambitious project aims to bring together Greeks, Philhellenes, diverse immigrant and other local communities, as well as supporters of Arts and Culture, by commissioning and performing daring works for contemporary classical bassoon, in collaboration with Greek composers internationally.
Whether youโre a Philhellene, an expat or immigrant, a music buff, a museum lover, a curious neighbor or all the above, mark your calendars and don't miss this extraordinary event at the National Hellenic Museum.
Founded by American bassoonist Ben Roidl-Ward (Assistant Professor of Bassoon at the University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign) and Greek composer Niki Harlafti (PhD in Composition, Northwestern University), Building Bridges has joined forces with The National Hellenic Museum for a concert featuring four new works for bassoon, electronics, and even music theater by Greek composers Stratis Minakakis (Boston, MA), Michalis Paraskakis (Athens, GR), Konstantinos Baras and Niki Harlafti (Chicago, IL). Each composer has developed a new piece focused on Hellenic themes, such as the instrumental sonification of Greek speech, modern realizations of the sounds of ancient Greek instruments, ancient Greek philosophy, and modern Greek society.
This program is presented with the generous support of the Luminarts Cultural Foundation and the Harry N. and Ruth F. Wyatt Fund.