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Fundacja Tone
Polish Cultural Institute in New York
and Goethe-Institut New York
present:
UNSOUND FESTIVAL NEW YORK
Electronic / Experimental Music
Friday, April 1, 2011 - Sunday, April 10, 2011
Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theater, (Le) Poisson Rouge, BAMcinematek, Issue Project Room, Judson Church, Abrons Arts Center, Public Assembly,
Wyoming Building, Littlefield, Greenwich House Music School
New York,
NY
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In 2010, Krakow's Unsound Festival crossed the Atlantic for the first time, working with New York organizations, promoters and venues to create the first Unsound Festival New York, showing the many faces of creative music, from modern club sounds to post-classical and experimental. The festival triggered a wave of interest from the public and press, excited not only by legendary names in electronic music making their first appearances in the city, but also an array of underexposed East European artists who took the stage beside lauded contemporaries.
Unique cross-border collaborations will be on show, many taking place for the first time during a lead-up to the main festival called Unsound Festival New York LABS, where artists will be encouraged to try new things. Smaller experimental shows will be contrasted with a huge festival opening night curated with Sacrum Profanum, Unsound's sister festival from Krakow, including the New York debut of one of Europe's great chamber orchestras, Sinfonietta Cracovia, performing work by Steve Reich, the Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki and the Unsound-commissioned "Music for Solaris". Unsound Festival New York will highlight music pioneers, some established and others overlooked, revealing their influence on a younger generation of artists. A broad range of panels, workshops and Q&A's will build a context of dialogue to help take it all in.
This is a festival that reaches out and creates surprising connections, between artists, in programming and in venues, stretching from Lincoln Center to underground spaces in Brooklyn. Unsound Festival New York's aim is to delight, challenge and subvert expectations.
Festival's website: unsound.pl
Ticket Information
A limited number of Unsound Festival New York passes are available via ISSUE Project Room, at Brown Paper Tickets. These are valid for all ticketed shows from April 6-10. Tickets need to be exchanged for ID passes at Goethe-Institut Wyoming Building, open during the festival from April 1-10. Passes do not give access to Unsound LABS events.
Individual tickets for all events are sold by the venues and organizations presenting the shows. Passes do not guarantee access to free events. Please be early to ensure you get a place.
Presented by Fundacja Tone, the Polish Cultural Institute in New York and Goethe-Institut New York.
In cooperation with The Trust For Mutual Understanding, The Adam Mickiewicz Institute, City of Krakow, Krakow Festival Office, 6 Zmyslów, Austrian Cultural Forum New York, Instituto Cervantes de New York, Czech Center New York, Consulate General of Finland in New York, Royal Norwegian Consulate General in New York, Pro Helvetia, Backspin Promotions, Bedroom Community, Beyond Booking, The Bunker, The Blackened Music Series, Electronic Music Foundation, European Cities of Advanced Sound, FRKWYS, Greenwich House Music School, International Cities of Advanced Sound, ISSUE Project Room, Kiss&Tell, (Le) Poisson Rouge, Littlefield, Goethe-Institut Wyoming Building.
Program
Calendar of events
Artists
NY festival office
Festival partners & credits
Festival website
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