Morton Feldman, Three Voices (1982)

Sep 29 | Doors 20:00 | Concert 20:30
Karl-Marx-Straße 28, Berlin

"Three Voices" is a 1982 composition by Morton Feldman, written in homage to Philip Guston and Frank O’Hara and dedicated to Joan La Barbara. A singer performs one of three vocal parts while being accompanied by pre-recordings of the two other parts.

Soprano Nina Guo is interested in the sounds of recent and ongoing times, and her performance practice includes interpreting notated music, improvising, and collaborating on interdisciplinary projects. As a contemporary music specialist, her upcoming performances include solo appearances with Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt) and Decoder Ensemble (Hamburg), and recently, she has been featured at festivals like Acht Brücken (Köln), Passion:SPIEL at the Deutsches National Theater (Weimar), and Music in Time at Spoleto Festival (Charleston). She is also a member of Opera Lab Berlin.

Nina’s own projects include several duo collaborations. Departure Duo, a contemporary music soprano+double bass duo with Edward Kass, released its debut album "Immensity Of" on New Focus Recordings (NYC). Nina&Augustė, her improvisation duo with sound artist Augustė Vickunaitė, created a 22 hour radio piece for Radio Art Zone. In collaboration with artist Leonie Brandner, Nina made "Mossopera", a long duration installation opera for two voices, dictaphones, and ceramic resonators.

In the last years, radio has become an important part of her practice, and her live comedy variety show, The Entertainment, is hosted by Cashmere Radio (Berlin) and supported by DMR Neustart Kultur.

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