Join us for a Viola concert with internationally-acclaimed soloist Stephen Upshaw.

Tuesday, Feb 18 | 6-8 pm: St Saviour’s, Aberdeen Park, N5 2AR, London, UK

This concert is in conjunction with 'Madakaripura' by Tromorama. Refreshments will be served.

American violist Stephen Upshaw presents a set of works for solo viola that reflect the themes of nature, water, flow and process that are integral also to Madakaripura. A noted interpreter of contemporary music, Stephen has appeared regularly with the world's leading ensembles: Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Proton (Switzerland), Norrbotten NEO (Sweden), Le Balcon (Paris), Aurora Orchestra and the Bodø Sinfonietta (Norway). He has worked closely with many of today’s leading composers such as John Adams, Heinz Holliger, Julian Anderson, George Benjamin, and Christian Wolff, and has premiered works of Georg Haas, Sally Beamish (alongside the composer) Mark Simpson and Michael Finnissy, who both composed solo pieces for Stephen. Since 2015 he is also violist and artistic board member of London’s acclaimed Riot Ensemble. Stephen also has a strong interest in synthesizing music with other fields and has helped realise collaborative projects with the Boston Architectural College, Hofesh Shechter Company, Transport Theatre Company, Rambert Dance Company, and Parasol Unit Art Space. More information: www.stephenupshaw.com

Programme:

J.S. Bach Suite no. 3 - Prelude

Benjamin Graves - NocturNE

Heather Stephenson - Passacaglia

James Layton - Wandering

Marc Yeats - hȳran

About the exhibition:

‘Madakaripura’ is the first solo presentation in London of the Indonesian collective Tromarama (est. 2006, Bandung). The exhibition transport us to a historical waterfall, which is believed to be the last place where Gajah Mada (c. 1290 – c. 1364) – a central figure in Indonesian culture who used to be a Mahapatih or Prime Minister in the Majapahit empire – meditated before he reached Moksa, a term for various forms of emancipation and enlightenment. More information here.