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Kleijn

Katinka Kleijn: Oil-Free Blush Newly Commissioned Works for Solo Cello

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  • ABOUT Katinka Kleijn

    Katinka Kleijn is a member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE). Solo credits include appearances with the Chicago Symphony, The Hague Philharmonic, Chicago Sinfonietta, and Marlboro and Ravinia Festivals. In 2010-2011 she performs as soloist with the Chicago Symphony under Charles Dutoit in Penderecki’s Concerto for three cellos, and with ICE and pianist Pierre-Laurant Aimard at Lincoln Center. Kleijn also performs with duo Relax Your Ears and progrock band District 97. Profile

  • ABOUT Marcos Balter

    The music of composer Marcos Balter has been described by critics as "vital, imaginative, (...) surrealistic" [New York Times], and "a virtuosic equilibrium of colliding particles (with) both intricate clarity and convincing trajectory" [Boston Globe]. His works have been championed by many of today's most prestigious and adventurous new music ensembles. He completed his doctoral studies in music composition at Northwestern University. He is the Director of the Music Composition program at Columbia College Chicago. Profile

  • ABOUT Megan Grace Beugger

    Megan Grace Beugger is a composer whose music is characterized by her use of gestures, and innovated timbres. Her awards and honors include 2008 "Emerging Composer" by the New York Arts Ensemble competition, winner of the 2007/2008 New Music Project Call for scores, and her duo, "and of the same," was performed on a new music series at the Munich Philharmonic Gasteig. Her music has been recorded by the JACK string quartet and Arditti cellist Lucas Fels.

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  • ABOUT Pablo Chin

    Pablo Chin is a Costa Rican composer. Chin studied composition with Alejandro Cardona, Fredrick Kaufman, Aaron Cassidy and Jay Allan Yim. He was the guest composer at the V Seminar of Music Composition in Costa Rica and at the New Music Miami International Society of Contemporary Music (ISCM) Festival 2008. Chin's music has also been performed at the III Festival Internacional de Musica Clasica Contemporanea in Peru, the Forum of Caribbean Composers in San Jose, Costa Rica, and at the ICMSN 2007 at the University of York, UK.

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  • ABOUT Phyllis Chen

    Praised by the New York Times for her “delightful quirkiness matched with interpretive sensitivity,” Phyllis (Oberlin BM, Northwestern MM, Indiana University DM candidate) is a pianist, toy pianist and multimedia artist that performs original multimedia compositions and works by contemporary composers. Phyllis also founded the UnCaged Toy Piano, a composition competition to further expand the repertoire for toy piano and electronics.  Phyllis is a member of ICE. Profile

  • ABOUT Du Yun

    Born and raised in Shanghai, China, Du Yun is an internationally-performed composer and musician. Hailed by the New York Times as “cutting-edge… to whom the term ‘young composer’ could hardly do justice’’ she is equally adept at writing for concert halls, art shows, experimental theatres, modern dances and pop songs.  She is an alumnus of Shanghai Conservatory, Oberlin Conservatory (BM), and Harvard University (PhD). Presently she serves on the composition department of SUNY-Purchase.

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  • ABOUT Nomi Epstein

    Dr. Nomi Epstein’s music has been performed throughout the US and Europe with commissions from Seth Josel, Janet McKay, Joe Bergen, and the NEC and Roosevelt Percussion Ensembles.  She has been a faculty member at UIC, Northwestern, and Roosevelt, and teaches piano/theory at the British Music School of Chicago and the Old Town School of Folk Music.  Upcoming projects include a collaboration with the New York based, British sculptor Jane Benson for a 2011 exhibition at the Henry Street Settlement in NY.  Profile

  • ABOUT Sebastian Huydts

    Sebastian Huydts is director of Keyboard Studies at the Music Center of Columbia College Chicago. A pianist, he has performed solo, with orchestra and in chamber music throughout Northern Europe and the Midwest and has appeared on Dutch, Spanish and Chicago radio. As a composer, Huydts has written repertoire for solo instruments as well as various ensembles ranging from duo to orchestra. He regularly performs with CUBE.

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Recorded on November 14, 2010.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra cellist Katinka Kleijn premieres a new work for solo cello by avant-garde composers Marcos Balter, Megan Beugger, Phyllis Chen, Pablo Chin, Nomi Epstein, Sebastian Huydts, and Du Yun. Titled Oil-Free Blush and jointly commissioned by Kleijn and the Chicago Humanities Festival, the work is inspired by recent findings on the carcinogenic properties of cosmetics. It comprises seven movements, each written by a different composer and titled after a chemical compound found in makeup. Kleijn, who is also a member of the progressive rock band District 97, will discuss the work with moderator Andrew Patner and several of its composers. In this way, the program introduces the Festival audience to a new piece of music while providing insight into the ways contemporary classical music is conceived and created.

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