PinkNoise is a New York-based chamber ensemble dedicated to musical improvisation and compositions in acoustic and electronic mediums as a reaction and response to the conditions of our community and our society. Our mission is to reveal how improvisation in musical performances lies at the intersection of historical and contemporary works, and how it is a synthesis of multifarious cultures and styles from the past and the present that connect us to our conscience in society. We also believe in performing new works by composers in acoustic and electronic mediums and collaborating with visual artists and writers to present music as a collaborative and interdisciplinary art form.
Each member of the ensemble is a performer, composer, and creator committed to inverting, translating, reflecting, and transcending the boundaries of both old and new music to present a kaleidoscopic range of performances that connect us to our sensibilities and conscience.
PinkNoise is a recipient of grant awards from the Amphion Foundation and the Fritz Reiner Center for Contemporary Music.
Program:
Pierre Boulez - Sonatine for flute and piano
Liza Lim - Inguz for cello and clarinet
Vivian Fung - Humanoid for solo cello and electronics
Jonah Haven - bent kiddo for solo piano***
Julie Zhu - three waves for violin, clarinet, cello, and electronics*
Ryan Carraher - Interregna for improvising ensemble*
Simon Kanzler - 284 fragments of an imagination of self for flute and piano*
*world premiere
**co-commissioned by Han Chen and Metropolis Ensemble