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CENTER FOR THE ART OF PERFORMANCE AT UCLA 2013-2014 SEASON

2012-2013 Venues Royce Hall 340 Royce Drive Parking: Lot 5 Schoenberg Hall 445 Charles E. Young Dr., East Parking: Lot 2 Freud Playhouse at Macgowan Hall 245 Charles E. Young Dr., East Parking: Lot 3 Little Theater at Macgowan Hall 245 Charles E. Young Dr., East Parking: Lot 3 Fowler Museum at UCLA 308 Charles E. Young Dr., North The Actor’s Gang at The Ivy Substation 9070 Venice Blvd. Culver City 90232 Parking: Street/Lot

Ticket information : UCLA Central Ticket Office 310.825.2101 Subscription packages on sale April 23. Individual tickets on sale July 11. Ticket prices listed are advertised price. Season subscriptions in Theater, Dance, Spoken Word, Jazz, Roots/Folk, Global Music, Contemporary Music, Tune-In Festival L.A., Family and Royce Choice include a 15 percent discount off advertised price. Create-Your-Own subscriptions of five or more performances include a 10 percent discount. *Indicates no-discount shows. **Indicates UCLA student ticket price. All prices and programs are subject to change.

Calendar of Events

SEPTEMBER

The Moth: Saints and Sinners Spoken Word/ Royce Hall Tues., Sept. 10 – 8 p.m. $50/40/$35/$40/$25/$15** Outlaws and angels, on the cusp of darkness or drawn to the light. for true stories of haloes and horns, good and evil, the naughty and the nice and those who dabble on both sides of the spectrum. The Moth is an acclaimed not-for-profit organization dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling, and a recipient of a 2012 MacArthur Award for Creative & Effective CAP UCLA 2013-2014 Chronological Calendar Page 1 of 18

Institutions (MACEI). The Moth has presented more than 3,000 stories, told live and without notes, to standing-room-only crowds worldwide. The Moth podcast is downloaded more than 15 million times a year, and the Peabody Award-winning The Moth Radio Hour, produced by Jay Allison and presented by PRX, The Public Radio Exchange, airs weekly on radio stations nationwide. Directed by Meg Bowles, Catherine Burns and Sarah Austin Jenness

LACO 1: Mozart - Concerto, Turkish Classical Music / Royce Hall Sun., Sept. 22 – 7 p.m. $90/$55/$25 Jeffrey Kahane, conductor Benjamin Beilman, violin

Beethoven Twelve Contredanses for Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, "Turkish" Lutosławski Chain 2 Kodály Dances of Galánta

Complicite: Shun-kin Theater/Freud Playhouse at Macgowan Hall Thurs., Sep 26 – 8 p.m.(Performance and Benefit Gala) Fri.-Sun., Sept. 27-29 at 8 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., Sept. 28-29 at 2 p.m. $85/$50/$20 WEST COAST PREMIERE Based on the writings of Jun’ichiro Tanizaki; Directed by Simon McBurney ; Original Music by Honjo Hidetaro; In Japanese with English surtitles The mysterious world of shamisen player Shun-kin and her dutiful servant Sasuke sets the backdrop for a tale of devotion, passion and power, where beauty is unforgiving and love is blinding. This powerful performance from a Japanese cast—including film actress Eri Fukatsu and celebrated actor Yoshi Oida— is based on texts of Japanese author Jun’ichiro Tanizaki, who examined the sequestered lives of women in pre-modern Japanese society. He compared them to the traditional bunraku puppets which were designed mainly in the shape of a long kimono— only a head, feet and hands animate them. The suggestion, said Tanizaki, was that “for a woman who lived in the dark it was enough if she had a faint, white face—a full body was unnecessary.” Through intricately executed puppetry and Complicite’s inimitable physical style, Shun-kin explores the connections between beauty and violence, amplified by the singular craftsmanship of the company’s long-running exploration of theatrical animation. Founded in 1983, London’s Complicite is an internationally acclaimed theater company led by artistic director Simon McBurney . The company has won more than 50 major theater awards worldwide. September 26, 2013 CAP UCLA will host a fundraiser and benefit performance of Complicite’s Shun-kin . Proceeds go to underwrite CAP UCLA’s 2013-2014 theater series. Shun-kin is presented in association with RADAR L.A., an international festival of contemporary theater. Supported in part by the Royce Center Circle Endowment Fund.

Deer Tick Roots/UCLA Bruin Plaza Thu., Sept. 26 – 12 p.m. FREE Deer Tick is an alt-country band from Providence, Rhode Island—the brainchild of John McCauley, principal songwriter and front man. McCauley evolved the band from a solo project after years of do-it-yourself touring. He has honed his voice and sharpened his playing and now CAP UCLA 2013-2014 Chronological Calendar Page 2 of 18

leads one of the most interesting bands in the very crowded intersection of rock and roots music. The band is well-versed in a broad range of styles—roadhouse country, honky-tonk, the Bakersfield sound and more—and they use all of these languages to render a singular voice of rocking intensity. Live, the band is known for high-energy performances that combine the prolific original catalog of McCauley with a few well-placed (and perfectly executed) covers. Presented in association with the Student Committee for the Arts (SCA) as part of UCLA Welcome Week. Free and open to the public.

Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette, Gary Peacock: 30th Anniversary Tour Jazz/ Royce Hall Sat., Sept. 28 – 8 p.m. *$95/$90/$55/$45/$35/$15** Comprising what is irrefutably one of the most important jazz trios of all time, pianist Keith Jarrett , drummer Jack DeJohnette and bassist Gary Peacock have been interpreting standards and writing originals for three decades. In the process, they’ve reached musical heights that only true masters attain. Live, they straddle the line between straight ahead and free jazz like no other ensemble, using classic repertoire as a launching pad for spellbinding virtuosity, stunning rhythmic counterpoint and thoughtful solo work. With a near-psychic connection between them, Jarrett, DeJohnette and Peacock can lock into a groove or an idea where anything is possible.

OCTOBER

Lucy Guerin Inc: Weather Dance/ Royce Hall Thu.-Fri., Oct. 3 -4 at 8 p.m. *$50/$45/$40/$35/$30/$20** From Lucy Guerin, one of Australia’s most renowned choreographic talents, comes an atmospheric new dance work that embodies human patterns within those of the elements. Guerin has toured her work extensively in Europe, Asia and North America as well as to most of Australia’s major festivals and venues. She has been commissioned by Chunky Move, Dance Works Rotterdam, Ricochet (UK), Mikhail Baryshnikov’s White Oak Dance Project and Lyon Opera Ballet among many others. Her awards include the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Award, a New York Dance and Performance Award (a ‘Bessie’), several Green Room Awards, a Helpmann Award and an Australian Dance Award. Commissioned by Lucy Guerin Inc., Melbourne Festival, Brisbane Festival and Place des Arts Montréal. Supported in part by The Australia Council for theArts, Arts Victoria, Besen Family Foundation and Ian Potter Foundation.

Dave Holland Prism and The John Scofield Überjam Band Jazz/ Royce Hall Sat., Oct. 5 at 8 p.m. $60/$50/$40/$35/$30/$15** Dave Holland—one of the greatest upright bass players in jazz history—debuts his aptly-named Prism project in Los Angeles with this performance. The band features ingenious keyboardist Craig Taborn , former SFJAZZ Collective drummer Eric Harland and Kevin Eubanks , a brilliant who led The Tonight Show band for years. Combining the celebrated virtuosity of Taborn on electric and acoustic pianos and the soulful fire of Eubanks in the frontline with Harland’s matchless finesse and expressiveness, this decidedly plugged-in quartet is an explosive outlet for Holland at his best. Electric guitarist John Scofield returns to Royce Hall. This time around, he presents his raucous, electronic-infused Überjam Band featuring Andy Hess on bass, rhythm guitarist Avi Bortnick , and Tony Mason behind the drum kit. Together they create a dizzying fusion of jazz, funk, atmospheric and electronic music.

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Presented in association with The Jazz Bakery and the Angel City Jazz Festival–L.A.’s only non- commercial jazz and new music festival – a celebration of cutting-edge jazz at four exciting venues stretching over two weekends. Visit angelcityjazz.com for the complete lineup.

Idan Raichel Project Global Music/ Royce Hall Thu., Oct. 10 at 8 p.m. $75/$55/$40/$35/$30/$15** Idan Raichel began his musical journey by inviting collaborations from artists across generations and ethnicities—singing in languages as diverse as Hebrew, Spanish, Arabic, Amharic and Swahili. The resulting exceeded sales records in Israel, made Raichel his country’s biggest musical breakthrough, and sold more than half a million records worldwide. The Project was honored as the “Musical Group of the Decade” in Israel in2010. As described by : “His bind the voices together in somber minor-mode anthems paced by electronic beats, earnestly seeking to uplift.” The Project’s blend of African, Latin American, Caribbean and Middle Eastern sounds, coupled with a spectacular live show, captivates audiences worldwide.

Robert Wilson, Philip Glass, Lucinda Childs: Creating Einstein on the Beach Spoken Word/Royce Hall Sat., Oct. 12 at 1 p.m. $50/$40/$35/$30/$25/$15** In 1976, Philip Glass, Robert Wilson and Lucinda Childs premiered their epic non-narrative operatic collaboration entitled Einstein on the Beach . It has since been hailed as one of the greatest artistic achievements of the 20th century. By shattering conventions of traditional opera, Einstein on the Beach heralded an era of new possibilities. As part of our collaboration with LA Opera—who presents the work for the first time in Los Angeles in October of 2013—and in celebration of this momentous occasion, join CAP UCLA artistic and executive director Kristy Edmunds for a freewheeling conversation with Wilson, Glass and Childs as they return to Royce Hall in honor of their groundbreaking work. One of the most highly anticipated events of the LA Opera’s coming season, CAP UCLA will also cultivate additional opportunities for the UCLA campus and local arts communities to intersect with the creative passion and ideas behind this work. We will instigate campus curriculum opportunities based on themes from Einstein on the Beach , connect students with opportunities to experience it for free, develop additional enrichment activities related to the principal creators, offer documentary screenings and more. The chorus from the opera will also provide a free performance for K-12 students from across Los Angeles.

Robert Wilson: John Cage’s Lecture on Nothing Theater/ Royce Hall Tue., Oct. 15 – 8 p.m. *$60/$45/$40/$35/$30/$20** In a visually and acoustically inspiring homage to revolutionary composer and philosopher John Cage, American theater luminary Robert Wilson performs Lecture on Nothing , one of the central texts of 20th-century experimental literature. Originally delivered in 1949 by the composer himself at an artists’ club in New York, Lecture on Nothing eventually became part of his 1961 collection of essays entitled Silence . “I have nothing to say, and I am saying it. And that is poetry.”Cage wrote. Wilson’s compelling theatrical adaptation of Lecture on Nothing is accompanied by music from composer Arno Kraehahn and visual elements from video artist Tomek Jeziorski . His creative framework and live performance of this seminal work extends it beyond a theatrical performance to become a deeply personal homage to the influential life and work of an artist. One of the most significant theater-makers in American history, Robert Wilson is revered as a creator of landmark original works, including the 1976 large-scale opera Einstein on the Beach with composer Philip Glass and choreographer Lucinda Childs, which comes to Los Angeles for CAP UCLA 2013-2014 Chronological Calendar Page 4 of 18

the first time this October, presented by LA Opera in collaboration with CAP UCLA. Wilson’s work with major U.S. and European theaters and opera houses includes Parsifal, The Magic , Madame Butterfly and more. He is also an accomplished fine artist whose drawings, furniture designs and installations have been exhibited in museums and galleries internationally. Conceived, performed and directed by Robert Wilson Music by Arno Kraehahn Video by Tomek Jeziorski Associate Directors Ann-Christin Rommen and Tilman Hecker Dramaturgie Stephan Buchberger Man with binoculars Tilman Hecker Technical Director Reinhard Bichsel Presented in collaboration with Change Performing Arts.

Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby with Kentucky Thunder Roots / Royce Hall Fri., Oct. 18 – 8 p.m. $60/$50/$45/$35/$30/$15** Virginia cool meets Kentucky thunder in a quintessential collaboration between multi- instrumentalist virtuoso Ricky Skaggs and genre-bending pianist Bruce Hornsby . Combined, the pair lay claim to an astonishing 15 Grammy awards. They first collaborated on a track for a Bill Monroe tribute and went on to record an entire album together in 2007. The New York Times praised the depth of the partnership: “Whether they were playing Mr. Hornsby’s songs or reworking Bill Monroe’s repertory, the arrangements often reached back to Celtic drones and modal fiddle tunes, the sounds of an isolated rural America. With Mr. Hornsby on piano, another Americana also peeked in: the polytonality of Aaron Copland and of modal jazz harmony, which happens to dovetail with those Celtic drones.” In live performance, these pioneering voices of American music showcase the power of their musical connection and their effortless penchant for breaking apart musical categorizations.

Eva Ayllón: Celebrating Life, Festejando la Vida Global Music/Royce Hall Sat., Oct. 19 – 8 p.m. $65/$55/$45/$40/$35/$15 For more than 40 years, Afro-Peruvian singer Eva Ayllón has lifted theaters to their full capacity not only in Peru — where she can fill a stadium of 30,000 — but in venerable U.S. concert venues such as Carnegie Hall. After emerging in the early ‘70s, Eva immediately set a landmark by establishing herself as the leading proponent of Afro-Peruvian music. Eva’s recording career spans 20 albums including six Latin Grammy nominations. This fall, Eva will be spreading the joy of Black Peruvian music to North American audiences through her Celebrating Life, Festejando la Vida tour.In concert, Ayllón focuses on the elegant and lively genres of the coastal plains of Peru. She is known for singing the landó, the festejo, and the vals — all mestizo blends of Peru’s indigenous African and Spanish musical heritage.

LACO 2: Haydn - Concerto Classical Music/Royce Hall Sun., Oct. 20 -7 p.m. $90/$55/$25 Jeffrey Kahane conductor Jean-Guihen Queyras cello Laurie Rubin mezzo-soprano

Britten Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge Haydn Cello Concerto No.1 in C major Mozart Serenata Notturna, K. 239 Bruce Adolphe Do You Dream in Color? (West Coast premiere)

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They Might Be Giants Popular Music/Royce Hall Sat., Oct. 26 – 2 p.m. (Family Show) $30/$20/15** are what Time Out New York calls “…the unquestioned superstars of children’s music…” You may already be aware of this superlative, thanks to the group’s many raucous Royce Hall performances over the years. Your kids may get old but the exciting family- friendly stage show this duo consistently turns out never does. Join us again for a rousing afternoon of such TMBG kids’-music classics as the Grammy-nominated , the Grammy-winning and many more.

They Might Be Giants Popular Music/Royce Hall Sat., Oct. 26 – 8 p.m. $40/$35/$30/$25/$20/$15** They Might Be Giants has been doing its remarkable thing for more than 30 remarkable years and show no signs of slowing down. The duo’s 16th studio album, Nanobots , was released in spring 2013, offering up a musical landscape of black ops, microscopic robots, insect hospitals, and karate chops — as well as a sprinkling of mini-ruminations clocking in at well under the one- minute mark. For a group that has made a career out of crafting unforgettable melodies while deftly illuminating the odd, Nanobots is a remarkable achievement — 25 tracks that zig and zag in a myriad of new directions including the very adult topics of melancholia and alienation, while showcasing the band’s expert musicianship and undeniable skill at crafting perfect pop. This performance will showcase the new album as well as the classic TMBG tunes audiences have grown to love.

NOVEMBER

The Intergalactic Nemesis: Book One – Target Earth Theater/Royce Hall Sat., Nov. 2 – 8 p.m.; Sun., Nov. 3 – 2.p.m. $40/$35/$30/$25/$20** When The Intergalactic Nemesis Live-Action Graphic Novel premiered in 2010, more than 2,100 people turned out. Shortly thereafter, it was featured on NPR and Conan O'Brien. Now, in its second touring season, the production hits 40 venues around the US, UK, and Canada, including a run at the New Victory Theatre on Broadway. This one-of-a-kind all-ages show is not to be missed. The premise is simple: a period adventure story (with no small share of laughs) featuring Pulitzer-winning reporter Molly Sloan, her intrepid assistant Timmy Mendez, and a mysterious librarian named Ben Wilcott as they face the most serious threat Earth has ever known: an impending invasion of sludge monsters from the planet Zygon. The telling is what makes the experience of The Intergalactic Nemesis so incredibly unique: while three actors, one Foley artist, and one keyboardist perform all the voices, sound effects and music, more than 1,000 hand- drawn, full-color, hi-rez, blow-your-mind comic-book images blast from the screen, all performed LIVE.

Susan Marshall & Company: Play/Pause Dance/Royce Hall Sat., Nov. 9 – 8 p.m $50/$45/$40/$35/$30/$20** LOS ANGELES PREMIERE Cut across a soundtrack of rock guitar riffs and popular dance vocabulary, Play/Pause is the ultimate mash-up: postmodern dance-theater meets indie rock on both real and virtual stages. This evening-length dance work for six is set to an original commissioned score by Pulitzer Prize- winning composer David Lang and performed live by members of the groundbreaking electric guitar quartet Dither . In Play/Pause , Marshall ignores the distinction between high art and pop

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culture and embraces the collisions between them. She builds on the vocabulary of popular video dance by introducing complex structures and unfamiliar contexts, creating a world in which movement, touch and breath speak as loudly as the hyper-real and the larger-than-life. The stage work builds on themes developed in original online video dances and takes them in unexpected directions. The audience arrives at the performance with a familiarity of the online video and an expectation that influences and deepens their experience. Since 1985, Susan Marshall has created more than 40 dances for her company, as well as works for the Lyon Opera Ballet, Frankfurt Ballet and Mikhail Baryshnikov. The company has been featured at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, the Edinburgh International Festival, Spoleto Festival and Vienna Tanz, and has performed nationally at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Lincoln Center, Hanscher Auditorium, Krannert Center for the Arts, Fisher Center for the Performing Arts/Summerscape, and the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, among many others. The presentation of Play/Pause is made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and additional funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Chris Ware: Writing the Graphic Landscape Spoken Word/Lenart Auditorium at Fowler Museum Thu., Nov. 14 - 7:30 p.m. FREE Chris Ware is the award-winning cartoonist and acclaimed author of the graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth , which in 2009 was named as one of the “100 Best Books of the Decade” by The Times (London). He joins us for a conversation about his Innovative artistic approach that pushes the boundaries of visual storytelling, hosted by a special guest. Ware’s kaleidoscopic and interactively designed Building Stories was named the New York Times “10 Best Books of 2012.”His work has also appeared in many national and international art exhibits, including the Whitney Biennial exhibit in 2002 and currently at Galerie Martel in Paris.

Charles Lloyd & Friends featuring featuring Bill Frisell Jazz/Royce Hall Fri., Nov. 15 – 8 p.m. $60/$50/$40/$35/$30/$15** Comprising what is irrefutably one of the most important jazz trios of all time, pianist Keith Jarrett , drummer Jack DeJohnette and bassist Gary Peacock have been interpreting standards and writing originals for three decades. In the process, they’ve reached musical heights that only true masters attain. Live, they straddle the line between straight ahead and free jazz like no other ensemble, using classic repertoire as a launching pad for spellbinding virtuosity, stunning rhythmic counterpoint and thoughtful solo work. With a near-psychic connection between them, Jarrett, DeJohnette and Peacock can lock into a groove or an idea where anything is possible.

Chelsea Wolfe and Anna Calvi Rock/Royce Hall Sat., Nov. 16 – 8 p.m. $45/$40/$35/$30/$25/$15** California native Chelsea Wolfe ’s sound is best described in broad strokes: elemental, intense, radiant, intimate-yet-expansive, dark and sparkling. Hues of black metal and deep blues inform her ever-evolving electric folk. Her musical style acts as a warm force that wraps itself around the listener, encouraging uplift. Her vocals, at once haunting and soothing, combined with lyrics that illuminate life’s darker corners, reveal surprising truths and hidden beauty. Setting the stage for Wolfe is the equally enigmatic English singer-songwriter/guitar player Anna Calvi who writes achingly rich songs punctuated by lightning-speed riffs from her Fender Telecaster. A virtuoso player with brooding intensity, Calvi was nominated for the prestigious Mercury Prize in 2011. Co-produced by the UCLA Student Committee for the Arts. Supported in part by the Kevin Jeske Young Artists Fund.

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LACO 3: Beethoven - Pastoral Classical Music/Royce Hall Sun., Nov. 17 – 7 p.m. $90/$55/$25 Hans Graf conductor Alessio Bax piano Henri Dutilleux Mystère de l’instant Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491 Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F major, “Pastoral”

Young Jean Lee: WE’RE GONNA DIE Theater/The Actors' Gang at The Ivy Substation Wed.-Sat., Nov. 20-23 – 8 p.m.; Sun., Nov. 24 – 7 p.m. $40/$20** LOS ANGELES PREMIERE With her band ‘Future Wife,’ playwright Young Jean Lee hits L.A. for the first time, taking the stage in a life-affirming show anyone could perform, about the thing everyone has in common: we’re gonna die. You may be miserable, but you won’t be alone! In what The New York Times described as a “bizarre combination of pop concert and autobiographical lament for the human condition,” up-and-coming theater maker Young Jean Lee fearlessly launches herself into one of humanity’s most feared (and wholly inescapable) topics—mortality. Sad stories, harsh realities, tales of loss and tragedy, when delivered in Young Jean Lee’s deadpan style and paired with peppy pop tunes sung by the artist, alchemize into a moment of collective hope. Young Jean Lee is an OBIE award-winning playwright and director who has been called “the most adventurous downtown playwright of her generation” by The New York Times and “one of the best experimental playwrights in America” by Time Out New York .

Orchestra Italiana del Cinema presents Beyond ‘La Dolce Vita’: A visual-symphonic homage to Italian Cinema Music/Royce Hall Fri., Nov. 22 – 8 p.m. $65/$55/$45/$35/$30 The expert musicianship of the Orchestra Italiana del Cinema and high-definition film projection combine to form an unforgettable multimedia concert, celebrating the partnership between music and film. One of the most influential filmmakers of the 20th century, Federico Fellini is perhaps best known in the English-speaking world for La Dolce Vita , a film which has become synonymous with the culture of Italy. He won five Academy Awards, becoming the person who won the highest number of Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film in history. Together with the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Italian cultural institutes throughout the world, the Orchestra Italiana del Cinema celebrates the 20th anniversary of the death of this great Italian artist with a special tribute concert. Presented in association with Orchestra Italiana del Cinema and The Year of Italian Culture.

Jérôme Bel: Cédric Andrieux Dance/Royce Hall Sat., Nov. 23 – 8 p.m. $50/$45/$40/$35/$30/$20** In this illuminating solo work, leading French choreographer Jérôme Bel asks veteran dancer Cédric Andrieux to reflect on his life as a dancer and confront the question of what drives him as an artist. Integrating excerpts created by renowned choreographers like Merce Cunningham and Trisha Brown, Bel incorporates spoken word and movement, providing in intimate look at Andrieux’s career, narrated and danced by Andrieux himself. Andrieux was a featured dancer with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and Lyon Opera Ballet, has also worked with RoseAnne Spradlin and Chantal Yzermans, and was part of the New York cast of Alain Buffard’s Mauvais Genre . Cédric Andrieux is an intimate portrait of this acclaimed dancer that offers us

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remarkable insights into the iconic image of “the performer” as only Bel can. Born in Paris in 1962, Jérôme Bel studied at the Centre National de Dance Contemporaine of Angers and went on to dance for myriad choreographers in France and Italy. He is a significant figure in a group of contemporary European choreographers who question the fundamental parameters of their own practice—and of choreography in general. Bel is acclaimed for a unique provocation to strip away all stage artifice in an effort to create a more honest connection between the watchers and performers. His conceptual work is focused on altering expectations and his productions are legendary for stretching the boundaries of the philosophical underpinnings of dance.

DECEMBER

Jérôme Bel: The Show Must Go On Dance/Freud Playhouse at Macgowan Hall Thu., Dec. 5 – 8 p.m. Fri. Dec. 6 – 8 p.m. $35/$30/$20** The Show Must Go On examines the relationship between art and life, explores the clash of fine art and entertainment and challenges audience expectations. In a minimal set up characteristic of Bel’s work, a DJ plays clips of popular songs from past eras to more recent chart-toppers while dancers literally follow the instructions of the song lyrics. Surprisingly thought-provoking and poignant, it’s a show about how a choreographer uses signs to stir up emotions, evoke associations and create meaning as a dialogue with the imagination of the audience. This performance will be cast with local dancers. Both Jérôme Bel performances are supported in part by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Endowment Fund, the James A. Doolittle Endowment and the Roslyn Holt Swartz & Allan J. Swartz Endowment for the Performing Arts.

Mohammed Fairouz and David Krakauer: Music/Royce Hall Sun., Dec. 8 – 7 p.m. $50/$45/$40/$35/$30/$15** Poems and Prayers is an artistic statement about the power of music to transcend cultural and religious enmity. This concert spotlights the work of 28-year-old Arab-American composer , an acclaimed composer and an emerging compositional voice whose work is unique in its mediation. The UCLA Philharmonia will perform West Coast premieres of Tahrir (2011), a concerto written for and performed by David Krakauer ; Symphony No. 3 (Poems and Prayers ,2010) for mezzo-soprano and baritone soloists, chorus and orchestra and Kaddish , a rarely performed cantata by Russian-Jewish composer Alexander Krein. Featuring mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke plus the UCLA Chorale , UCLA University Chorus and the UCLA Philharmonia , all under the direction of UCLA Professor and Director of Orchestral Studies Neal Stulberg . Presented in association with principal sponsors The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music and the Mickey Katz Endowed Chair in Jewish Music.

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JANUARY

Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes: Penny Plain Theater/Little Theater at Macgowan Hall Thu.,-Sat Jan. 16 – 18- 8 p.m.; Sun., Jan. 19 – 7 p.m. $45/$20** LOS ANGELES PREMIERE This utterly masterful ‘end of the world romance’ is told through the brilliant theater artistry of the one-of-a-kind marionette maker Ronnie Burkett . Penny Plain sits in her overstuffed chair, listening to the news of civilization’s inevitable end, and then the outside chaos invades her sanctuary. With a cast including survivalists, a serial killer, a cross-dressing banker, talking dogs and mysterious strangers, Penny Plain is a poignant and disturbing drawing-room comedy of apocalyptic proportions. Ronnie Burkett is recognized as one of Canada’s foremost theater artists and has been credited with creating some of the world’s most elaborate and provocative puppetry. His company, Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes , sparked a renaissance in adult puppet theater—continuously playing to great critical and public acclaim across Canada and throughout the world.

Wayne McGregor | Random Dance: FAR Dance/Royce Hall Fri.-Sat, Jan. 24-25 – 8 p.m. *$50/$45/$40/$35/$30/$20** LOS ANGELES PREMIERE With FAR , multi-award-winning British choreographer Wayne McGregor takes a particular creative journey, inspired by the controversial Age of Enlightenment and by 18th-century French philosopher Diderot’s very first set of encyclopedia. The resulting choreography is bold, immediate, lush in detail, and McGregor’s link to cognitive research adds a cerebral dimension where neural-pathways inform a spectacular scenic backdrop. Since its 2010 premiere, FAR has picked up accolades for Wayne McGregor’s ever-insightful vision. McGregor is renowned for his physicality-testing choreography and collaborations across dance, film, music, visual art, technology and science. He is the Artistic Director of Wayne McGregor | Random Dance, Resident Company at Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London and a Resident Choreographer of The Royal Ballet. In January 2011, McGregor was awarded a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire). FAR is co-produced by Sadler's Wells, London, UK and Peak Performances @ Montclair State University, Montclair, USA and is made possible in part by a grant from the Association of Performing Arts Presenters Creative Campus Innovations Grant Program, funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

LACO 4: Mozart & Beethoven Classical Music/Royce Hall Sun., Jan. 26 – 7 p.m. $90/$55/$25 Matthew Halls conductor Margaret Batjer violin Andrew Shulman cello Allan Vogel Kenneth Munday Mozart Ballet Music from Idomeneo, K. 367 Haydn Sinfonia concertante in B-flat major Aaron Jay Kernis Musica Celestis Beethoven Symphony No. 1 in C major

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FEBRUARY

Mike Daisey: American Utopias Spoken Word/Royce Hall Thu., Feb. 6 – 8 p.m. $45/$40/$35/$30/$25/$15** Created and Performed by Mike Daisey Directed by Jean-Michele Gregory Mike Daisey is the preeminent monologist working in theater today, hailed by The New York Times as “the master storyteller” and called by many a modern day Mark Twain. In American Utopias he explores how we create public spaces where we act out our dreams of a better world. Daisey takes us everywhere to pursue the story: from Disney World and its nostalgic theme park perfection, to the drug-fueled anarchic excesses of Burning Man, to Zuccotti Park, where in the unlikeliest place the Occupy movement is born. Gunplay, giant glittery dildos, raving animatronic presidents, and brutal police actions come together to paint the landscape of our American dream.

Bassekou Kouyate plus True Blues (Corey Harris, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Guy Davis) Global Music/Royce Hall Sat., Feb. 8 – 8 p.m. $60/$45/$35/$30/$25/$15** Malian griot Bassekou Kouyate has taken the Ngoni—the four stringed African lute and ancestor of the banjo—and exuberantly hurtled it into the 21st century. His blistering band Ngoni Ba is comprised of four sizes of ngoni and features intricate, quick fingered music. Backed by percussion from the calabashes and tama (West African pressure drum) with Amy Sacko in lead vocals, this concert is an energizing ensemble of remarkable lineage. After performing with notable Malian musicians like Ali Farka Touré and Toumani Diabaté, Kouyate has pushed his instrument into the foreground of contemporary world music and multiplied it into a thrilling ensemble format. Opening the evening is Corey Harris ’ project True Blues , a live music companion piece to the eponymous Martin Scorsese documentary. The band features MacArthur Genius Grant winner Harris along with the cosmic Alvin Youngblood Hart and the great Guy Davis in a stripped-down acoustic set that brilliantly traces the West African ancestry of the blues.

Jóhann Jóhannsson featuring the American Contemporary Music Ensemble: Bill Morrison's The Miners' Hymns Contemporary Music/Royce Hall Fri., Feb. 14 – 8 p.m. $60/$50/$35/$30/$25/$15** This elegy, in film and music, to the coal-mining history of North East England, is the product of an exceptional creative collaboration between renowned filmmaker Bill Morrison (Decasia) and Icelandic musician and composer Jóhann Jóhannsson . Jóhannsson provides electronic music for this live performance of his eclectic score, accompanying the renowned American Contemporary Music Ensemble (ACME) and the UCLA Brass Ensemble , directed by Jens Lindemann . Collaged from rare archive film footage and drawing on the region’s brass music culture, The Miners’ Hymns celebrates the endurance, vibrant community and rich culture that characterized the lives of those who worked underground. This haunting and inspired documentary project “leaves the audience with the ineffable sense of being between times, landscapes and emotions,” according to . In 2012, The New Yorker ’s classical music critic Alex Ross named The Miners’ Hymns best film score of the year. Produced by Forma.

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Sandra Bernhard: I Love Being Me, Don’t You? Spoken Word/Royce Hall Sat., Feb. 15 – 8 p.m. $60/$50/$40/$30/$25/$15** Sandra Bernhard wears many hats with a rare agility and she dons them all in her one-woman show. Comedienne, torch singer and monologist, Bernhard’s live performances are an exciting hybrid of stand-up comedy and rockstar antics—a compelling mix of political satire and pop- culture commentary A respected actress (TV’s “Roseanne,” Martin Scorsese’s The King of Comedy ), singer and author, Bernhard’s career as comedienne began in L.A.’s famed Comedy Store in the ‘70s. Her first one-woman show, Without You I’m Nothing ran for six months off- Broadway and served as inspiration for an eponymous film and album.

Jack DeJohnette, Joe Lovano, Esperanza Spalding & Leo Genovese: The Spring Quartet Jazz/Royce Hall Sat., Feb. 22 – 8 p.m. *$60/$50/$40/$35/$30/$15** In the vibrant landscape of modern music, these four performers are powerful ambassadors of not only jazz alone, but of intersecting and evolving forms that reverberate across musical languages. They come together for a very special quartet configuration that showcases their shared artistic depth and individual breadth of influence. One of the most respected drummers in the world, National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Jack DeJohnette is capable of playing in any style while maintaining a well-defined voice, keeping him in constant demand as a player, bandleader, and sideman for over five decades. Grammy award winning saxophone giant Joe Lovano has distinguished himself as a prescient and path-finding force in the arena of creative music. Young bassist/vocalist/composer Esperanza Spalding received the 2011 Grammy for Best New Artist – becoming a trailblazer as the first jazz musician in history to win that award. The all-star frontline is rounded out by the amazing Argentine pianist Leo Genovese . Supported in part by the Ginny Mancini Endowment for Vocal Performance.

MARCH The Paul Dresher Ensemble Schick Machine Theater/Freud Playhouse at Macgowan Hall Sat., Mar. 1-8 p.m.; Sun., Mar. 2 – 2 p.m. $45/$30/$15** This fascinating collaboration between composer Paul Dresher , percussionist Steven Schick , director/writer Rinde Eckert , sound artist Matt Heckert and instrument inventor/builder Daniel Schmidt has produced a highly theatrical world of sonic surprises and visual delight that required audiences to relinquish all expectations of what an instrument should look like, how it should be played, and what sounds it can make. Indefatigable collector and inventor Laslo Klangfarben (played by Schick), is consumed by a grandiose plan to build a “machine” that will reconcile his memories of the past with his dreams for the future. As he creates, he is frequently seduced by unexpected sounds from random objects littering the stage and in the musical contraptions populating his crowded workshop. Brought to life by a talented team of multidisciplinary artists, this unique instrument and performance event explores a visually compelling world of mechanical devices, invented instruments and seemingly infinite sonic possibilities.

Naomi Shihab Nye: Writing the Poetry Landscape Spoken Word/Davis Courtyard at Fowler Museum Sat., Mar. 8 - 7:30 p.m. FREE Naomi Shihab Nye is an award-winning Palestinian-American writer, anthologist, educator and self-described “wandering poet.” She brings her wanderings to UCLA in conversation with a special guest host and will share insight into her creative process. Nye draws on her Palestinian- CAP UCLA 2013-2014 Chronological Calendar Page 12 of 18

American heritage, the cultural diversity of her home in Texas, and her experiences traveling in Asia, Europe, Canada, Mexico, Central and South America and the Middle East, using her writing to attest to our shared humanity. The author and/or editor of more than 30 volumes, Nye has been a Lannan Fellow, a Guggenheim Fellow and a Witter Bynner Fellow (Library of Congress).

Fred Hersch and Julian Lage Jazz/Schoenberg Hall Sun., March 9 - 7p.m. $35/$25/$15** Fred Hersch is a pianistic innovator in a highly expressive style that combines sumptuous emotion with technical mastery. Hersch creates luxurious, free-flowing, unashamedly gorgeous and idiosyncratic music. A mentor to at least two of the most important players on the scene in the last decade—Brad Mehldau and Ethan Iverson—for this evening Hersch once again pairs with a rising star, virtuoso guitarist Julian Lage . Hersch and Lage have been performing together regularly since 2011 to rave reviews. The two Grammy nominees will blend Hersch’s innovative and seasoned talents on the piano with Lage’s purity of tone and consistency of attack on the guitar for an unforgettable evening of emotive musical conversation at its most sublime.

Kronos Quartet with special guest Wu Man: 40th Anniversary Contemporary Music/Royce Hall Fri., March 14 – 8 p.m. $60/$50/$35/$30/$25/$15** San Francisco’s Grammy-winning, world-renowned Kronos Quartet celebrates 40 years with a career-spanning program steeped in the quartet’s trademark eclecticism. The evening includes two Los Angeles premieres: a new of Philip Glass’ Orion: China , featuring pipa virtuoso and longtime Kronos collaborator Wu Man; and the work for Kronos from the recipient of the fifth “Kronos: Under 30 Project” commission for young composers. The program also includes recent Kronos favorites such as the surging Death Is the Road to Awe from Clint Mansell’s score to The Fountain ; the Jewish blessing Sim Sholom , in an arrangement based on a 1913 recording by the great cantor Alter Yechiel Karniol; and an arrangement of Wagner’s mesmerizing Prelude to Tristan und Isolde . Complementing these newer works are two classics from the Kronos repertoire: Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki’s early Quartetto per archi and the work that inspired Kronos’ founding in 1973, George Crumb’s haunting, Vietnam War– themed Black Angels .

An evening with Estrella Morente Global Music/Royce Hall Sun., March 16 – 7 p.m. *$60/$45/$40/$35/$30/$15** LOS ANGELES DEBUT Spanish flamenco singer Estrella Morente ,the daughter of extraordinary cantaor Enrique Morente, has spent her entire life working within a centuries-old musical tradition. At the age of seven she embraced the flamenco tradition by performing live with her father. Known today in the U.S. for giving voice to Penelope Cruz’ character in acclaimed filmmaker Pedro Almodovar’s masterpiece Volver, Morente represents, to many, the future of the art form. Ben Ratliff of The New York Times proclaimed upon her U.S. debut five years ago that she “represents both where flamenco comes from and where it’s going.” Her remarkable ensemble carries her voice with textured guitar work and the subtle yet hypnotic artistry of palmas (or handclapping). In her Los Angeles debut, Estrella will grace the Royce Hall stage in a concert evening imbued with her elegance, passion and poise. Supported in part by José Luis Nazar Endowment for the Performing Arts. CAP UCLA 2013-2014 Chronological Calendar Page 13 of 18

LACO 5: Bach's Birthday Classical Music/Royce Hall Sun., March 23 -7 p.m. $90/$55/$25 James Feddeck conductor Jaime Laredo violin Jennifer Koh violin Mendelssohn “The Fair Melusina” Overture Anna Clyne Prince of Clouds (West Coast premiere) (LACO co-commission with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, IRIS Orchestra and the Curtis Institute of Music) Bach Concerto in D minor for Two , BWV 1043 Schubert Symphony No. 3 in D major

Imani Winds featuring Simon Shaheen: Zahir Contemporary Music/Schoenberg Hall Thu., March 27 – 8 p.m. $50/$25/$15** North America’s premier wind quintet Imani Winds plus special guest Palestinian-American oud and violin virtuoso and composer Simon Shaheen will perform a program featuring works by Shaheen, Miguel del Aguila, Valerie Coleman, Mohammad Fairouz and more. Imani Winds has established itself as one of the most successful chamber music ensembles in the . Since 1997, the Grammy-nominated quintet has taken a unique path, carving out a distinct presence in the classical music world with its dynamic playing, culturally poignant programming, adventurous collaborations, and inspirational outreach programs. With two member composers and a deep commitment to commissioning new work, the group is enriching the traditional wind quintet repertoire while meaningfully bridging European, American, African and Latin American traditions. Simon Shaheen has established himself as a virtuoso on two instruments Middle Eastern precursor of the lute. In addition to being a master player, he's also a renowned composer of Arabic and Western music and a teacher who has done a great deal to foster Arabic music in the West.

ETHEL featuring Kaki King: …And Other Stories Contemporary Music/Schoenberg Hall Fri., March 28 – 6 p.m. $50/$25/$15** Improvisational string quartet featuring American guitarist and composer Kaki King will perform work by King, Phil Kline, John Zorn, Bach and Aleksandra Vrebalov. ETHEL has been a post-classical pioneer since the group’s founding in 1998, invigorating contemporary concert music with exuberance, intensity, imaginative programming and exceptional artistry. With an eye on tradition and an ear to the future, ETHEL is a leading force in concert music’s reengagement with musical vernaculars, fusing diverse traditions into a vibrant sound that resonates with audiences the world over. The -based quartet is comprised of Ralph Farris (), Dorothy Lawson (cello), Kip Jones (violin) and Tema Watstein (violin). Hailed by as “a genre unto herself,” Kaki King is a true iconoclast, a visionary musician/artist whose singular work rightly stands out amongst the easily formatted. Over her decade-long career, the Brooklyn-based guitarist/composer has recorded five extraordinarily diverse and distinctive LPs, performed with such icons as , , and , contributed to a variety of film and TV soundtracks (spanning Golden Globe-nominated work on ’s Into The Wild to scoring – and appearing in as guitar-playing hand double – the CAP UCLA 2013-2014 Chronological Calendar Page 14 of 18

acclaimed 2007 drama, August Rush ), and played to ever-growing audiences on innumerable world tours. King has expanded and reconceived the role of the solo instrumental artist, constantly kicking at the boundaries of what’s expected.

An evening with yMusic Contemporary Music / Schoenberg Hall Fri., March 28 – 8 p.m. $50/$25/$15** The inventively modern six-piece chamber ensemble yMusic will perform work by Gyorgy Ligeti, Johnny Greenwood and San Francisco noise band Deerhoof. Hailed by NPR’s Fred Child as “one of the groups that has really helped to shape the future of classical music,” yMusic is a sextet of young performers equally comfortable in the overlapping classical and pop music worlds. The “six hip virtuosi” ( Time Out NY ) play a unique combination of instruments: string trio, flute, clarinet and . This exciting orchestration has inspired an expanding repertoire of works by some of today’s most important artists. Indie rock luminaries Annie Clark (St. Vincent), Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond) and Ryan Lott (Son Lux), have crafted instrumental works specifically for the ensemble. On yMusic’s debut album, “Beautiful Mechanical,” the group pairs these works with pieces by emerging composers Judd Greenstein, Sarah Kirkland Snider, and Gabriel Kahane, a result that was recently named Time Out New York’s #1 Classical Record of 2011. In addition to performing its own repertoire, yMusic serves as a ready-made collaborative unit for bands and songwriters. In the 2012-13 season, yMusic launches new projects with Dirty Projectors, Gabriel Kahane and Richard Reed Parry of Arcade Fire. Past collaborations have included work with The National, St. Vincent, My Brightest Diamond, Aaron and Bryce Dessner, Ra Ra Riot, and Justin Vernon of Bon Iver.

eighth blackbird and friends Contemporary Music /Royce Hall Sat., March 29 – 8 p.m. $55/$45/$40/$35/$30/$15** The Royce Hall performance from Chicago-based, Grammy-winning sextet eighth blackbird will include works by Tristan Perich and Bryce Dessner, as well as a live collaboration with members of all the Tune-In Festival ensembles to perform Louis Andriessen’s Worker’s Union and Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians . eighth blackbird—Tim Munro ( ) Michael J. Maccaferri () Yvonne Lam ( violin & viola) Nicholas Photinos , (cello) Matthew Duvall (percussion ) Lisa Kaplan ( piano)— combines the finesse of a string quartet, the energy of a rock band and the audacity of a storefront theater company. The Chicago-based, three-time Grammy-winning “super-musicians” (LA Times) entertain and provoke audiences across the country and around the world. In addition to its longstanding and fruitful relationships as Ensemble in Residence at the University of Richmond and University of Chicago, in 2012 eighth blackbird commences a three-year, Mellon Foundation-funded term as Ensemble in Residence at Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute of Music. eighth blackbird will also lead extended, one-time residencies at University of Texas at Austin and the University of Maryland.

Masters of Tradition: A Living History of Irish Music Roots/Royce Hall Sun., March 30 – 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. $55/$45/$35/$30/$25/$15** Masters of Tradition artistic director, fiddler Martin Hayes has gathered seven of the most compelling artists in Irish music. Masters of Tradition is named for the music festival held each August in the Irish coastal town of Bantry, County Cork. Hayes devised the festival, in CAP UCLA 2013-2014 Chronological Calendar Page 15 of 18

collaboration with the classical music organization West Cork Music, to create a space where the heart of traditional Irish Celtic music could be revealed. This Royce Hall debut will include performances of solos, duets, trios, and full-group collaborations, offering insight into the musical journeys that these performers—and the masterful, iconic music they play—have taken over the years. "Masters of Tradition lives up to its name...not to be missed." ~ The New Yorker

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Peter Brook / Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord: The Suit Theater/Freud Playhouse at Macgowan Hall Wed., April 9 –Sat. April 12 8 p.m./ Sat. April 12-Sun. April 13 2 p.m. $85/$15/$20** Based on The Suit by Can Themba, Mothobi Mutloatse and Barney Simon Direction, adaptation and musical direction by Peter Brook Marie-Héléne Estienne and Franck Krawczyk Renowned theater and film director Peter Brook brings us a music-filled adaptation of a poignant original story from South African writer Can Themba . The Suit is a tragic tale of betrayal and resentment as a scorned husband takes out his anger, pain and frustration on his wife. The suit her lover left behind takes on the symbolic embodiment of him and becomes the tool of her husband’s aggression. The suit is a constant and painful reminder of her adultery and through its presence, tension erupts, sorrow abides and the couple’s inability to heal is invoked. Set in apartheid-era South Africa, Brook’s innovative staging integrates live musicians performing African melodies and Schubert lieder. The original novel The Suit , written by Themba, was banned in his native country as he was exiled during apartheid. The play’s setting of Sophiatown—a teeming township that was erased shortly after Themba wrote his novel—is as much a part of the story as the unfortunate couple. The Suit was originally brought to the stage in the early ‘90s at Johannesburg’s Market Theater by Mothobi Mutloatse and Barney Simon. Brook then adapted the work for a French language production and now revives it again for English speaking audiences. Supported in part by the Merle & Peter Mullin Endowment for the Performing Arts and the Shirley and Ralph Shapiro Director’s Discretionary Fund.

David Wax Museum and La Santa Cecilia Roots/Royce Hall Fri., April11 – 8 p.m. $45/$40/$35/$30/$25/$15** Two vibrantly emerging groups in modern folk music will light up Royce Hall in a very special evening of colorful, passionate songs and stories. David Wax Museum is a folk band from Boston that has won over audiences nationwide with a brilliant fusion of Mexican Son with at least half a dozen forms of Americana. At the core are David Wax —a longtime scholar of Mexican music tradition on the jarana, the eight-stringed diminutive guitar of Veracruz—and Suz Slezak on fiddle and quijada (a traditional percussion instrument made from a donkey jawbone). Along with a rhythm section, the band sings songs about life, love and hope—all filtered through the varied musical traditions they have studied. Sharing the bill is La Santa Cecilia , exemplifying the modern-day creative hybrid of Latin culture, rock and world music. Hailing from L.A., where they are rising stars on the scene, the group draws inspiration from all over the world, deftly harnessing pan-American rhythms like cumbia, bossa nova, rumba, bolero, tango, jazz, rock and klezmer music. CAP UCLA 2013-2014 Chronological Calendar Page 16 of 18

Chick Corea and Béla Fleck Jazz/Royce Hall Thu., April 24 – 8 p.m. $75/$65/$45/$40/$35/$15** Jazz fans know Chick Corea and Béla Fleck as master musicians in their own right. In 2007 these two Grammy winners collaborated on a groundbreaking album, The Enchantment , which pushed both musicians to their limits as sonic explorers. As a duo, Fleck and Corea combine a variety of musical styles and flavors—from blues to bluegrass, and from classical to country. Fleck first saw Corea live when he was 17 and that night with Return to Forever changed the banjo player’s outlook on music. Melodic and richly tonal, the original compositions recorded by this compelling duo have a special way of taking hold of the listener. In live performance, they deliver a mesmerizing fusion of styles. Supported in part by the Evelyn & Mo Ostin Endowment for the Performing Arts.

Hossein Alizadeh & Hamavayan Ensemble Global Music/Royce Hall Sat., April 26 – 8 p.m. $75/$65/$45/$35/$30/$15** Hossein Alizadeh , composer / master of the tar and setar (ancient Persian lutes) is widely considered one of the most important figures in Iranian music. As a scholar and interpreter of the radif—the collection of ancient melodic phrases preserved through many generations by oral tradition—Alizadeh has for decades pushed the boundaries of convention. Hamavayan Ensemble was founded nearly 25 years ago as a platform for the famed Iranian composer to work with traditional instrumentation (tar, kamencheh, percussion) while adding the grace and beauty of female vocalists. In a return to the Royce Hall stage, the ensemble combines improvisation with precision, and poetry with whimsy.

LACO 6: Chopin - Piano Concerto No. 2 Classical Music/Royce Hall Sun., April 27 – 7 p.m. $90/$55/$25 Jeffrey Kahane conductor Natasha Paremski piano Hannah Lash Sound Investment commission (world premiere) Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 Haydn Symphony No. 102 in B-flat major

MAY Philip Glass Ensemble: La Belle et la Bête Contemporary Music/Royce Hall Fri., May 2 – 8 p.m. $95/$85/$55/$45/$35/$15** One of the most celebrated and unique works in Philip Glass’s recent career, his live interpretation of Jean Cocteau’s masterpiece La Belle et la Bête is also his most challenging experiment in synchronizing music with film. For this production, Glass removed the film’s original dialogue track and score by Georges Auric and replaced it with his own musical score played live by the Philip Glass Ensemble. The dialogue is performed live by the vocalists who are synchronized with the actors in the film. “Jean Cocteau’s work was central to the modern art movement of the 20th century. More than any other artist of his time, he again and again addressed questions of art, immortality and the creative process as subjects of his work. La Belle et la Bête is an extremely thoughtful and subtle reflection on the life of an artist. Presented as a simple fairy tale, it soon becomes clear that the film takes on a deeper subject-the very nature of the creative process.” —Philip Glass Philip Glass Ensemble performances supported in part by Heavensent Foundation. CAP UCLA 2013-2014 Chronological Calendar Page 17 of 18

Philip Glass Ensemble: Music in Twelve Parts Contemporary Music/Royce Hall Sat., May 3 – 4 p.m. $95/$85/$55/$45/$35/$15** One of the most revolutionary works of composer Philip Glass’s oeuvre comes to Los Angeles for the first time. Music in Twelve Parts , an epic performance work composed by Glass for his acclaimed ensemble between 1971-1974, is simultaneously a massive theoretical exercise and a deeply engrossing work of art. The score is the culmination of Glass’s explorations and theories on repetition and is widely considered to be both a masterpiece of minimalism and a seminal work of 20th-century music. Music in Twelve Parts is a not-to-be-missed evening for Glass fans and new-music enthusiasts. The performance is comprised of four approximately 50-minute segments plus two short intermissions and an hour-long dinner break, with an on-site meal option available for advance purchase. Philip Glass Ensemble performances supported in part by Heavensent Foundation.

Philip Glass: The Etudes Contemporary/Royce Hall Sun., May 4 – 7 p.m. $95/$85/$55/$45/$35/$15** A remarkable concert of solo piano work performed by one of the most influential American composers of the late-20th century. Philip Glass unveils his recently completed Etudes , more than 20 years in the making. Glass originally conceived the etudes as a set of 20 works for solo piano, a compositional undertaking that would allow him to expand his own technique and push the boundaries of piano tone and style. Throughout the 1990s, he completed 16 of the etudes, each of which take a unique approach to the instrument. The final four etudes were commissioned in celebration of Glass’s 75th birthday. An introspective portrait of the composer over two decades, The Etudes is an immersive journey into one composer’s personal soundscape as expressed in the depth and breadth of a single instrument.

LACO 7: Bach & Mozart Double Concertos Classical Music/Royce Hall Sun., May 18 – 7 p.m. $90/$55/$25 Jeffrey Kahane conductor & piano Jeremy Denk piano Bach Concerto No. 2 in C major for Two Keyboards, BWV 1061 Ligeti Piano Concerto Mozart Concerto No. 10 in E-flat major for Two Pianos, K. 365

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