MUSIC

Composer Portrait: Liza Lim

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
8:00 PM

Miller Theater at Columbia University
2960 Broadway, Morningside Heights, Manhattan

$20-$30; $17-$25 seniors; $15-$22 students & under 25
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Liza Lim is a very good composer — and a very interesting one. She’s Modernisitically gnarly, but can be lyrical when she needs to be. She incorporates various world music styles that catch her interest, but has an almost unique ability to do so without seeming merely eclectic — and, by keeping a respectful distance, absolutely not appropriative. Tonight, there’s a new piece played by the sovereign JACK Quartet; it was originally supposed to involve having them rope-tied to their instruments and maybe each other, but that part was removed. The other new piece, played by JACK’s amazing cellist, Jay Campbell, has each string of the cello attached by a string to the corresponding string of a violin across the stage, so when he plays his cello, he’s also causing sounds to emanate from the violin — in essence playing a duet with himself. Now THAT should be something to see and hear.

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