PSO Hosts 'Behind the Music' with Composer Sebastian Currier Tonight

Sebastian Currier talks about how and why he compresses the symphonic form into a ten-minute work-Microsymph-tonight, March 13 at 5:30 pm, at the Princeton Symphony Orchestra's Behind the Music discussion forum. Princeton Symphony Orchestra Music Director Rossen Milanov hosts and offers his own insights into preparing Mr. Currier's work for live performance. There is an opportunity for audience members to participate during a question and answer period. The event will be held at the Institute for Advanced Study's Wolfensohn Hall, 1 Einstein Drive.

PSO Behind the Music is free and open to the public. Reservations requested. Visit princetonsymphony.org to order your free ticket or call (609) 497-0020.

Sebastian Currier is Artist-in-Residence at the Institute for Advanced Study. Recipient of the prestigious Grawemeyer Award in 2007, he represents the finest in American composition. He has gained additional recognition in receiving the Berlin Prize, Rome Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and an Academy Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Currier's music has been enthusiastically embraced by violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, who commissioned and premiered his violin and piano piece Aftersong, and violin concerto, Time Machines. Members of the Berlin Philharmonic dedicated a full evening to Currier's extensive chamber music output in October 2005, including the premieres of Remix for mixed ensemble and Crossfade for two harps.

Mr. Currier's Microsymph will be performed at the Sunday, March 15 PSO Classical Series Concert Soulful Reflections at 4 pm, at Richardson Auditorium, on the campus of Princeton University. Tickets available on line: princetonsymphony.org or by phone (609) 497-0020.

Photo by Jeffrey Herman