SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL

SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SITE SANTA FE PRESENT IMPORTANT LIVING COMPOSERS IN MODERN MASTERS SERIES: ANNIE GOSFIELD, KAIJA SAARIAHO, ROGER KLEIER, AND JOHN HARBISON Santa Fe, NM - The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and SITE Santa Fe are pleased to co-present the Modern Masters series of new music, featuring concerts by four great living composers. On July 26, the Festival will offer an evening of works by American composers Annie Gosfield and Roger Kleier, and Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho. On August 9, the Festival will feature American composer John Harbison. Both concerts are at 6:30 pm at SITE Santa Fe. There will be concert previews by the composers beginning at 5:30 pm. Tickets are $15 for each concert or $27 for both with the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival subscription rate. Tickets for students are available at reduced prices. Tickets are available through Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival at 505-982-1890, and at the door the evening of the concert; advanced purchase is highly recommended. The concert on Friday, July 26 features a program of works by Annie Gosfield including The Manufacture of Tangled Ivory, Four Roses, and the world premiere of a 2002 Festival Commission String Quartet, Lighthearted and Heavyhanded. Works by Kaija Saariaho will be Sept Papillons (2000) and Spins and Spells (1996), and Roger Kleier will present Sighted Sub, Sank Same. Performers for the evening's concert are Marji Danilow, Felix Fan, Annie Gosfield, Roger Kleier, Gregg Koyle, and the Miami String Quartet. On Friday, August 9 the program will feature works by John Harbison including Mottetti de Montale (1980) and a 2002 Festival Commission, String Quartet No. 4. Performers for the evening are Janice Felty, Judith Gordon, and the Orion String Quartet. The 2002 presentation of the Modern Masters series represents the fourth year of a highly successful partnership between the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and SITE Santa Fe. Currently in its 30th season, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival continues to explore beyond the boundaries of traditional chamber music, offering programming that ranges from the beloved classics, to new composers such as the four featured this season, to contemporary jazz, world music, pop, and Broadway. SITE Santa Fe, a contemporary art museum, is committed to enriching the cultural atmosphere of Santa Fe by presenting exhibitions and interdisciplinary programs of local, national, and international importance. As part of SITE Santa Fe's Art & Culture series, the Modern Masters concerts reflect the collaboration and confluence of the arts in this community. SITE Santa Fe's Art & Culture series is partially supported by Lannan Foundation, LLWW Foundation, Madelin Coit and Alan Levin, Bobbie Foshay-Miller and Chuck Miller, and Marlene Nathan Meyerson. Concurrent with this event are SITE Santa Fe's exhibitions Sarah Morris: Capital, Gary Simmons, and John F. Simon, Jr, all of which are on view through September 8, 2002. SITE Santa Fe is located at 1606 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Exhibition hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 pm; Friday, 10:00 am - 7:00 pm. Admission is $5.00 for adults and $2.50 for students and seniors; members are free. Free public admission is offered on Fridays, made possible by a grant from The Brown Foundation, Inc., Houston. Free guided tours are offered on Fridays at 6:00 pm and Saturdays and Sundays at 2:00 pm. Tours in Spanish are by appointment. SITE Santa Fe gift certificates are available. Call 505.989.1199 for more information. This press release is partially funded by the City of Santa Fe Arts Commission and the 1% Lodgers' Tax. Modern Masters Composer Biographies Annie Gosfield Annie Gosfield is a composer, keyboardist, and improviser based in New York City. She divides her time between composing for chamber ensembles and performing with her own group. Her music combines traditional and non-traditional techniques, and is often inspired by unorthodox and non-musical sources. She has led ensembles performing her work at Lincoln Center as part of the yearly Bang on a Can Festival; Festival Musique Actuelle in Victoriaville, Canada; and Musique Action Internationale in Nancy, France; among others. Ms. Gosfield studied piano with French jazz pianist Bernard Peiffer and Horowitz student Alexander Fiorillo, and studied composition at North Texas State University and the University of Southern California. John Harbison John Harbison is one of America's most prominent composers. Among his principal works are three string quartets; three symphonies; the cantata The Flight Into Egypt, which earned him a Pulitzer Price in 1987; and three operas including The Great Gatsby, which was commissioned by The Metropolitan Opera and premiered to great acclaim in December 1999. Harbison's music is distinguished by its exceptional resourcefulness and expressive range. He has written for every conceivable type of concert performance, ranging from the most intimate to the grandest. His pieces embrace jazz along with pre-classical forms of Schutz and Bach, the graceful tonality of Prokofiev, and the rigorous atonal methods of later Stravinsky. Roger Kleier Roger Kleier is a guitarist, composer, and improviser who began playing electric guitar at age 13 after discovering Captain Beefheart and Hendrix on the radio airwaves of Los Angeles. He studied composition at North Texas State University and the University of Southern California, and during his studies he developed a strong interest in non-idiomatic improvisation and alternative techniques for the guitar. His unique style draws equally from improvisation, contemporary classical music, and the American guitar traditions of blues, jazz, and rock. Much of his compositional work involves the development of a broader vocabulary for the electric guitar through the use of extended techniques and digital technology. Kaija Saariaho Kaija Saariaho is a Finnish composer who lives and works in Paris. She studied composition under Paavo Heininen at the Sibelius Academy and later at the Musikhochschule in Freiburg with Brian Ferneyhough and Klaus Huber, receiving her diploma there in 1983. In 1982 she attended courses in computer music at IRCAM in Paris, where the computer became an important element of her composing technique. SITE Santa Fe is located at 1606 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, NM. Hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 10 am - 5 pm, Friday, 10 am - 7 pm. Docent tours on Fridays at 6 pm, Saturday and Sunday at 2 pm. Tours in Spanish are by appointment. Call 505.989.1199 for more information. Contact: Press Office Tel: 505.989.1199 Fax:505.989.1188 email: press@sitesantafe.org   Top of Page