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Maya Beiser: Uncovered is a collection of startling classic rock tunes, re-imagined and re-contextualized, in stunning performances by Maya Beiser. A “cover tune” can be an homage to the original, but these “uncovers,” in new arrangements by evan Ziporyn, attempt to do more – to evoke the unprecedented power of the music of Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, nirvana, Janis Joplin, Howlin’ Wolf, and Ac/dc. Maya’s Uncovered album was in the top 10 on the Billboard classical chart upon release in August 2014. The San Francisco Chronicle raved, “With this electrifying disc, the avant-garde cello virtuoso Maya Beiser transforms herself into something of a rock ’n’ roll diva.” “The first time I heard Janis Joplin I felt shaken to the core,” Maya says. “Somehow her unique, raw expression snuck its way into the inner shrine where, until then, only the likes of Bach and Schubert were allowed to enter. It felt so sacrilegious that I was giddy with guilt. Just imagine a young acolyte of any dogma, experiencing her first transgression.” Maya’s performances in Uncovered are incendiary, in line with New York magazine’s assessment that “Beiser is not the sort of musician who zigzags around the planet playing catalog music for polite and sleepy audiences. She throws down the gauntlet in every program.” raised in the Galilee Mountains in Israel and surrounded with the music and rituals of Jews, Muslims and christians while immersed in the study of classical cello repertoire, Maya has dedicated her work to reinventing solo cello performance in the classical arena. “I approach each of these ‘uncovers’ like an open canvas,” she says, “constructing layers of sound, rhythm, harmony, color and melody – building and experimenting until it feels right.” With an arm’s length list of performances from the Sydney opera House to carnegie Hall to the World expo in nagoya, Japan, to the royal Albert Hall (and the deep discography to go with it), Maya is not so much ready to take the world by storm as already directing a creative whirlwind of a career in ever-widening circles. catch her in Uncovered and hear for yourself.

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mohammed FairouzKol Nidreimichael gordon All Vowsj.s. bachPrelude in G Majorsteve reichCello Counterpointevan ziporynTsmindao Ghmertomichael harrisonJust Ancient Loops

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steve reich’s iconic work, Cello Counterpoint, written for Maya in 2003 and scored for cello soloist with seven pre-recorded cello parts. Maya’s 2011 TED Talk featured Cello Counterpoint with Bill Morrison’s film (watch online)

Just Ancient Loops, a 25-minute piece by Michael Harrison that unveils every aspect of the cello – from its most glorious and mysterious harmonics to earthy, rhythmic pizzicatos. Morrison’s film for the piece makes use of archival footage, chemical processes and animation to present a unique view of the heavens.

michael gordon’s All Vows is a reimagination of Kol Nidre, the central prayer of the Yom Kippur service. The music was commissioned for Maya in 2006, through the generosity of the Maria and Robert A. Skirnick Fund for New Works at Carnegie Hall. Of his new film for All Vows, Bill Morrison says, “As in my previous work with Michael [Gordon], the film will highlight the fragile and corporeal nature of ancient filmstock – the implication of an unknowable future as reflected through a dissolving historic document.”

Throughout her adventurous and versatile career, maya beiser has redefined the concert experience, creating music that transcends genres with large sonic and visual canvases. The Boston Globe declares, “With virtuoso chops, rock-star charisma, and an appetite for pushing her instrument to the edge of avant-garde adventurousness, maya beiser is the post-modern diva of the cello.” New York magazine writes: “beiser is not the sort of musician who zigzags around the planet playing catalog music for polite and sleepy audiences. she throws down a gauntlet in every program.”

Over the past 20 years bill morrison has built a filmography of more than 30 projects that have been presented in theaters, museums, galleries and concert halls worldwide. His work often makes use of rare archival footage in which forgotten film imagery is reframed as part of our collective mythology. Variety calls him, “one of the most adventurous American filmmakers.”

maya beiser films for cellowith films by Bill Morrison

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