Nathan Mertens and Kenta Saito with Tomoko Kashiwagi
When:
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
7:30 PM - 9:45 PM CT
Where: Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, Galvin Recital Hall, 70 Arts Circle, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Cost: Tickets are $10 for the general public and $5 for students with valid ID.
Contact:
Concert Management Office
(847) 467-4000
Group: Bienen School of Music Concerts and Events
Category: Fine Arts
Description:
Nathan Mertens and Kenta Saito, saxophone; Tomoko Kashiwagi, piano
Nathan Mertens is assistant professor of saxophone at the University of Colorado Boulder, and an active soloist and chamber musician throughout the world. A lecturer at Japan’s Senzoku Gakuen College of Music and First Prize winner at the 2019 Adolphe Sax Competition, Kenta Saito serves as concertmaster of the Blitz Philharmonic wind ensemble in Tokyo. Tomoko Kashiwagi is associate professor of piano and collaborative piano at the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville as well as artistic director of Fayetteville’s Chamber Music on the Mountain. The trio presents a program highlighting contemporary Japanese composers.
Nobuhito Sato, Rabbit & Myth
Masa Matsuura, Dreaming Stone
Rika Ishige, Down Down Down
Paul Creston, Sonata
Alfred Reed, Ballade
Eiki Miyauchi, From the Posthumous Works
Youmi Kimura (arr. M. Yanagawa), Always With Me