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PERFORMING ARTS PERFORMING MAGAZINE INSIDE JULY / AUG 2018 / AUG JULY A season inspired by human togetherness, plus 300 years of the Crescent City, behind the scenes with Nitin Sawhney, and more StanfordLive_Magazine_july/aug_Cover-RK.indd 1 6/5/18 1:40 PM EAP full-page template.indd 1 4/27/18 1:28 PM CONTENTS Stanford Live Staff P—5 & Sponsors Welcome P—6 Upcoming Events P—8 Campus Partners P—12 Scene & Heard P—14 The Ties That Bind Behind the Scenes P—32 and Unbind Membership P—34 By Natalie Jabbar Stanford Live & P—36 Bing Concert Hall Stanford Live’s new lineup Donors showcases the universal aspects of our shared humanity. Calendar P—38 PAGE —20 Plan Your Visit P—39 Infographic Infographic 300 years of the Crescent City Six degrees of Nitin Sawhney p—16 p—28 Artist Voices Featurette Wynton Marsalis on the spirit A conversation with Inua Ellams of New Orleans about his Barber Shop Chronicles p—18 p—30 Featurette How Nitin Sawhney wrote music for a dance without dancers p—24 3 “ City National helps keep my financial life in tune.” So much of my life is always shifting; a different city, a different piece of music, a different ensemble. I need people who I can count on to help keep my financial life on course so I can focus on creating and sharing the “adventures” of classical music. City National shares my passion and is instrumental in helping me bring classical music to audiences all over the world. They enjoy being a part of what I do and love. That is the essence of a successful relationship. Michael Tilson Thomas Conductor, Educator and Composer The people you trust, trust City National. 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EAP full-page template.indd 1 5/4/18 11:10 AM July/Aug 2018 STANFORD LIVE MAGAZINE JULY / AUG 2018 Volume 10, No. 6 STAFF FOUNDATION & GOVERNMENT PARTNERS Paul Heppner Chris Lorway Publisher Executive Director Susan Peterson Bryan Alderman Design & Production Director Assistant Director of Development Rory Brown Ana Alvira, Robin Kessler, Operations Manager Stevie VanBronkhorst Production Artists and Graphic Design Diana Burnell Assistant Ticket Office Manager Mike Hathaway Robert Cable Sales Director Communications Manager IN-KIND PARTNERS Ryan Davis Amelia Heppner, Marilyn Kallins, Associate Director of Engagement and Public Programs Terri Reed Robert DeArmond San Francisco/Bay Area Account Executives Web Developer Brieanna Bright, Laura Evans Joey Chapman, Ann Manning Director of Music Programs, Education, and Engagement Seattle Area Account Executives Drew Farley Technical Manager Carol Yip Ben Frandzel Sales Coordinator Institutional Gifts and Community Engagement Officer Elisa Gomez-Hird MEDIA PARTNERS HR and Administrative Associate Sierra Gonzalez Director of Marketing, Communications, and Patron Services Maurice Nounou Assistant Director of Ticketing and Sales Noreen Ong Paul Heppner Executive and Contracts Administrator President Egan O’Rourke Stanford Live’s 2017–18 season is generously supported by Mike Hathaway Audio/Video Assistant Manager Helen and Peter Bing. Vice President Kimberly Pross Underwriting for student ticket discounts for the 2017–18 Kajsa Puckett Director of Production season is generously provided by the Bullard family. Vice President, Jeremy Ramsaur Marketing & Business Development Lighting Manager Genay Genereux Nicola Rees Accounting & Office Manager Director of Development Toni Rivera Shaun Swick Operations Coordinator Senior Designer & Digital Lead Ivan Rodriguez Barry Johnson Artist Liaison/Cabaret Manager Digital Engagement Specialist Mike Ryan Director of Operations, Frost Amphitheater Ciara Caya Customer Service Representative & Bill Starr Administrative Assistant House Manager Krystina Tran Marketing Manager Corporate Office 425 North 85th Street Seattle, WA 98103 p 206.443.0445 f 206.443.1246 [email protected] PHOTO CREDITS 800.308.2898 x105 www.encoremediagroup.com On the cover: Honji Wang and Sébastien Ramirez, photo Johan Persson. Page 6: Illustration by Hybrid Design. Page 12: Photo 1 courtesy of the Cantor Arts Center; 2 Li Huayi 李華弌 (China, b. 1948), Wind Nourishes, Rain Moistens, 2016. Ink and gold on paper. Collection of Akiko Yamazaki and Jerry Yang. Pages 14 & 15: Photos 1, 2, and 3 by Harrison Truong; 4, 5, and 6 by Joel Simon; Encore Arts Programs is published monthly by Encore Media 7 by Azar Kafaei; 8 by Jessica Yeung. Page 21: Photo by Azar Kafaei. Page 22: Photo by Marc Brenner. Page 24 & 26: Photos by Johan Persson. Page 25: Photo by Suki Dhanda. Page 29: Nitin Sawhney photo by Suki Dhanda. Page 30: Photo by Marc Brenner. Group to serve musical and theatrical events in the Puget Page 32: Photo 1 courtesy of Cal Performances, 2 by Joel Simon. Page 34: Photo by Joel Simon. Page 33: Photo 2 by Joel Simon, Sound and San Francisco Bay Areas. All rights reserved. 4 by Azar Kafaei. ©2018 Encore Media Group. Reproduction without written permission is prohibited. 5 WELCOME CHRIS LORWAY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR “One of the things that’s beautiful about New Orleans is how culturally rich we are and how well we have worked together. People call us a gumbo. It’s really important that we get focused on the very simple notion that diversity is a strength, it’s not a weakness.” —MITCH LANDRIEU In planning the 2018–19 program, we went for the Arts and individual donations) has Stanford Live presents down a number of paths probing universal allowed us to invite several artists to spend a wide range of the finest and deeply-felt expressions of life, love, and an extended period of time on campus. performances from around the loss. How do artists with various cultural Kicking this off is multidisciplinary artist Nitin world, fostering a vibrant learning backgrounds and histories ritualize these Sawhney who, as you will see, has his fingers community and providing dis- foundational stages of being? in many pots. His new work Dystopian Dream— tinctive experiences through the coproduced by Stanford Live—was developed performing arts. With its home at As we researched these ideas, we found with the brilliant dancers/choreographers Bing Concert Hall, Stanford Live is ourselves returning to the city of New Wang Ramirez and will be a core component simultaneously a public square, a Orleans, a place that embodies this nexus of Nitin’s residency with us. sanctuary, and a lab, drawing on of living like no other. Conveniently, it is also the breadth and depth of Stanford the 300th anniversary of its founding, so who In addition, Nigerian-born London writer University to connect perfor- better to talk about the city and its cultural Inua Ellams tells us about his play Barber mance to the significant issues, legacy than the legendary Wynton Marsalis Shop Chronicles, which I’m excited to bring to ideas, and discoveries of our time. who joins us for a public conversation in Stanford after sold-out runs in London. September. His lyrical statement in this issue Finally, our summer lineup offers a tip of the on the Crescent City was originally written hat to a few of next year’s programs. Classic as a tribute to the New Orleans Saints’ first Albums Live returns to the lawn outside the Super Bowl victory. Bing with music by artists who have played Frost (which will re-open next May). 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EAP full-page template.indd 1 5/11/18 11:18 AM JULY / AUG 2018 / AUG JULY JAZZ CLASSICAL CLASSICAL/POP Or Bareket Merola Opera Lucia Upcoming Events Upcoming Duo Program Micarelli With special guest Schwabacher Camila Meza Summer Concert KEY: WHEN: VENUE: WHEN: VENUE: WHEN: VENUE: AMPLIFICATION SUNDAY, BING CONCERT SATURDAY, BING CONCERT SUNDAY, BING CONCERT JULY 1 HALL STUDIO JULY 7 HALL JULY 8 HALL 7:00 PM 7:30 PM 7:00 PM AUDIENCE INTERACTION Born in Jerusalem and In this special Bing Concert The Bing welcomes the raised in Buenos Aires and Hall performance, opera’s young violinist best known Tel Aviv, Or Bareket is one greatest moments will come for her collaborations of the most in-demand and to life as the young artists with Chris Botti and her versatile bassists on the NYC of the famed Merola Opera role on HBO’s Treme. jazz scene. In this intimate Program perform staged show, he performs duets with vignettes with orchestra. pianist Nitai Hershkovits and guest guitarist Camila Meza. Copresented with the Stanford Jazz Festival For the full calendar, visit live.stanford.edu. 8 EAP full-page template.indd 1 4/27/18 1:06 PM EAP full-page template.indd 1 4/27/18 1:06 PM JAZZ POP/WORLD Jazz on Música en the Green el Jardín Miles to Hip-Hop Latinas Take Over! WHEN: VENUE: WHEN: VENUE: FRIDAY, BING CONCERT SATURDAY, BING CONCERT JULY 13 HALL LAWN JULY 14 HALL LAWN 6:30 PM 6:00 PM Three bands perform at this Grammy Award–winning outdoor concert: the Miles rapper Mala Rodríguez and Electric Band; Kev Choice, a Mexican electronica band musician, emcee, and hip-hop Sotomayor take the stage for artist; and Sidewalk Chalk, a an evening of Latin hip-hop horn-driven unit that blends and dance.