CultureHub To Present The World Premier of OCTET By Paul Pinto

About the Performance

TWO EVENINGS OF PERFORMANCES BY BERGAMOT QUARTET AND THE RHYTHM METHOD COME TO CULTUREHUB NYC ON DECEMBER 5TH & 6TH

CultureHub is proud to present the world premiere of OCTET, a virtuosically surgical multimedia work for amplified string quartet and multi-channel video by Paul Pinto performed by Bergamot Quartet and The Rhythm Method.

OCTET continues Paul Pinto’s playful exploration of video and theatrical chamber music. The performance begins with a close-up on a tablescape of string instruments operated by four methodical musicians, their eight dexterous hands, and hundreds of pencils. Alternating through moments of Foreman-like precision and virtuosic irreverence, OCTET is a subtle and one-of-a-kind marriage of sonic slowness and visual anticipation.

Paul Pinto, who was hailed by The Wire as “one of the most exceptional composers in new music, with a sensibility that can handle deadly seriousness and wicked humour” collaborates with two quartets on this new work: Bergamot Quartet “radiates with an urgency to communicate something fascinating and rare” (The Baltimore Sun) performs on Friday December 5th and The Rhythm Method “trailblazing…skillful composer-performers” (The New Yorker) performs on Saturday, December 6th.

Tickets are $25 with $15 tickets available to students and seniors. See BOTH quartets for $35 by purchasing a ticket and receiving a discount code.

CultureHub presents

OCTET

composed and directed by Paul Pinto

video and sound engineered by Zach Herchen

Performed by:

Bergamot Quartet (Friday, December 5th at 7pm & 9pm)

Ledah Finck, violin

Sarah Thomas, violin

Martine Kinsella Thomas, viola

Irène Han, cello

The Rhythm Method (Saturday, December 6th at 7pm & 9pm)

Leah Asher, violin

Marina Kifferstein, violin

Carrie Frey, viola

Meaghan Burke, cello

Run time: 50 minutes

More information: culturehub.org/events/octet