ZEITGEIST SECOND ANNUAL PIANO FESTIVAL
noon-1am
donation for the festival pass: $10
$5 for children over 4 and seniors
free for children under 5 and dogs
[running thirteen hours straight into the next day!]
organized by Gill Aharon
The Zeitgeist Second Annual Piano Festival, organized by the Zeitgeist
Gallery’s resident pianist Gill Aharon, celebrates Boston’s piano culture
and the Zeitgeist’s key role in fostering and sustaining that culture. The
gallery, hailed as the center for improvised music in Boston, has excellent
acoustics. And Aharon’s beautiful 7’ grand piano is a beautiful part of the
gallery’s aural and visual landscape. The piano, though not always an event
focus, is ever present. The PianoFest, the gallery’s second annual showcase
for various local piano talents and styles, shines a thirteen-hour spotlight
right onto this heart of the Gallery’s bea(s)t!
Gill Aharon, who will be sound recording the entire event, envisions the
PianoFest as collaborating across genres. He is providing an opportunity for
pianists with “desperately different styles” to find their commonality while
celebrating their differences. As of this writing*, the extremes and
in-betweens will be covered by David Maxwell, Greg Burk, Vardan Ovsepian,
Gabriel Guererro, Malone’s Trio, Joe Della Penna, Bob Toabe, Daniel Blake, John
McDonald, Dan DeChellis, Manisha Shahane, Steve Lantner, Kobi Arad, Jaques
Chanier, Gill Aharon, Daniela Schaechter, Thomas Luther, Dean Marcellana,
Hans Poppel, Gordon Beeferman and Michael McLaughlin. And in keeping with
this spirit of disparate collaboration within a gallery setting, visual
artist Kristen Mills will paint throughout the evening performances.
Aharon has structured the PianoFest to appeal to all different ages and
tastes. The music will have more of an “inside” feel earlier in the day,
moving on to more “outside” sounds as the day progresses, then later turning
back “in” on itself, before it finally leads back “out” in the wee hours. A
festival pass, which will also serve as a discount food coupon at the
neighboring Druid Pub, will allow the audience to do their own dropping in
and out of the Gallery as well.
[*Updates for specific performers and times will be posted on the Zeitgeist
Gallery’s website.]
Performance schedule:
Thomas Luther
When: 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Michael McLaughlin
12:35 PM - 1:05 PM
Pat Donaher
1:10 PM - 1:40 PM
Daniela Schaechter
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM
Dean Marcellana
2:20 PM - 2:50 PM
Jaques Chanier
2:55 PM - 3:25 PM
Manisha Shahane
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Kobi Arad
4:05 PM - 4:35 PM
Bob Toabe
4:40 PM - 5:10 PM
Dan Dechellis
5:15 PM - 5:45 PM
Joe Della Penna
5:50 PM - 6:20 PM
Elan Mehler
6:25 PM - 6:55 PM
Gordon Beeferman
7:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Gabriel Guererro
7:35 PM - 8:05 PM
Vardan Ovsepian
8:10 PM - 8:40 PM
Daniel Blake and John McDonald
8:40 PM - 9:25 PM
Hans Poppel
9:25 PM - 9:55 PM
Steve Lantner
9:55 PM - 10:25 PM
David Maxwell
10:30 PM - 11:15 PM
Seth Kaufman
11:15 PM - 11:45 PM
Greg Burk
11:45 PM - 12:15 AM
Gill Aharon Trio
12:20 AM - 12:50 AM
Background information on the majority of the participants (in alphabetical
order):
*Gill Aharon: keeper of the piano keys at the Zeitgeist Gallery. See
http://www.fabulousmusic.com/teachers.htm
*Kobi Arad:
http://www.asafsirkis.co.uk/albums.html
*Gordon Beeferman:
http://gordon.inkbox.org/
*Daniel Blake:
http://www.danielblake.net
*Greg Burk:
http://www.gregburk.com/
*Jacques Chanier:
http://www.xcent.com/aaj/directory/display-aaj-artist.asp?LastName=Chanier&ArtistID=658
*Dan DeChellis:
http://www.dandechellis.com/
*Gabriel Guererro:
http://www.angelfire.com/va3/lapso/English/biografia.htm
*Steven Lantner: currently leads the Steve Lantner Trio and Quartet and
performs throughout the Northeast. His two latest releases, “Voices Lowered”
and “Saying So,” received “best of the year” awards in 2001 and 2002,
respectively.
*Malone’s Trio:
http://www.malonestrio.com
*Dean Marcellana Trio (with Jorge Roeder, bass, & Randy Cloutier, drums):
recently, the group has appeared at the House of Blues (Cambridge), Limbo
Jazz Club (Boston), AS220 Club (Providence), and on WERS “The Jazz Oasis.”
*David Maxwell:
http://www.oafb.net/once169.html
and
http://www.tonecool.com/cds/1160.htm
*John McDonald: Boston Globe has cited him as a “fresh, inventive, urbane,
and keen-witted young composer” and “a splendid pianist … with a born
pianist’s command of colors, textures, dynamics.” See
http://www.tufts.edu/as/music/facultya.html
*Michael McLaughlin:
http://www.tufts.edu/as/music/appliedb.html#MIKE and
http://www.klezmershack.com/bands/nd/florence/nd.florence.html
*Kristen Mills:
http://www.kmillsstudios.com/
*Vardan Ovsepian: these days Ovsepian is performing with Mick Goodrick,
Frank Carlberg, Joshua Davis, Take Toriyama, Chris van Voorst van Beest, Hal
Crook, Bob Weiner, Tony Malaby and others.
*Hans Poppel:
http://www.gpechet-reber.ch/dossier_neu.pdf
*Daniela Schaechter:
http://www.danielaschaechter.com
*Manisha Shahane:
http://www.manishamusic.com/
The Fishlung Piano Series is a new music showcase held at the Zeitgeist
Gallery on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month. The series, which
often has a multi-media component, focuses on improvised and composed
acoustic music centered on the piano. Hosted by the Gill Aharon Trio, each
show features a minimum of two groups.
What:
Zeitgeist Second Annual Piano Festival
Who:
Fishlung Piano Series; organized by Gill Aharon
When:
Saturday, September 13, noon - 1:00 am
Where:
Zeitgeist Gallery,
1353 Cambridge St.,
Inman Sq., Cambridge;
for
information, 617-876-6060 or
www.zeitgeist-gallery.org
Admission:
Donation for the festival pass: $10 / $5 for children over 4 and seniors /
free for children under 5 and dogs
