Ned Rothenberg
Previous Performances:
8:00PM, December 5, 2017
The Stone, NY
Since the record release, Mivos and Rothenberg have performed and toured together extensively, including appearances at the Edgefest (Ann Arbor, Michigan), the University of Pittsburgh, Hallwalls (Buffalo, NY) and Roulette. Mivos premiered Rothenberg’s new string quartet Viewfinder in 2012. Both works will be performed again in June 2013 at The Stone.
“The group summoned subtle gradations of tone, before the final moments dissolved into an eerie, translucent sonic mist.”
“This is not about virtuosity, in spite of Rothenberg’s superb technique... Other kinds of music might entertain you, cheer you up or pump the blood, but his clarifies the mind and throws your soul wide open.”
“Rothenberg reconciles an unapologetically cerebral approach with accessibility and emotional expression. No mean feat indeed.”
“Mivos played with spontaneity and dexterity.”
Bio
photo by Lois Ellison
Composer/Performer Ned Rothenberg has been internationally acclaimed for both his solo and ensemble music, presented for the past 30 years in North and South America, Europe and Asia. He performs primarily on the alto saxophone, clarinet , bass clarinet, and the shakuhachi - an endblown Japanese bamboo flute. He leads the trio Sync, with Jerome Harris, guitars and Samir Chatterjee, tabla. Recent recordings include Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, Ryu Nashi (new music for shakuhachi), Inner Diaspora, The Lumina Recordings and Ghost Stories, all on Tzadik, as well as Live at Roulette with Evan Parker, Are You Be and The Fell Clutch, on Rothenberg’s Animul label.