Residency sponsored by NEC board member Bruce Hauben and the Helen G. Hauben Foundation
Jazz pianist/composer Uri Caine, who has stretched the boundaries of jazz and improvisation by drawing on jazz and folk traditions as well as the classical music of Bach, Mahler, and Wagner, will lead two masterclasses and coach a student performance of his music, March 14-16 at New England Conservatory. His residency is sponsored by NEC board member Bruce Hauben and the Helen G. Hauben Foundation. The masterclasses, at 1 p.m. in NEC's St. Botolph Hall on March 14 and 15 and the Jazz Masters Concert on March 16 at 8 p.m. in NEC's Jordan Hall are free and open to the public.
Born in Philadelphia, Caine studied composition at the University of Pennsylvania with George Crumb and George Rochberg. He also studied piano with Bernard Peiffer and with Vladimir Sokoloff at the Curtis Institute. He embodies the Third Stream--or perhaps Fourth or Fifth Steam--ideal. His Jewish heritage, his classical and jazz training, and his interest in electronics combine in ambitious hybrids that are often challenging but always inventive. Caine's first two CDs, Sphere Music and Toys, paid homage to jazz pianists Thelonious Monk and Herbie Hancock. His third CD, Urlicht/Primal Light, featured arrangements of the music of Gustav Mahler and he has released two additional Mahler discs since then.
In 1997, Caine released the CD Wagner in Venezia. This ambitious work had Caine arranging the music of Richard Wagner for a small ensemble, along with church bells, for a live recording at Cafe Quadri in St. Mark's Square, Venice. Caine has also released recordings of Schumann's Dichterliebe cycle, as well as a version of Bach's Goldberg Variations that interleaves straight renditions of the movements with interpretations by DJs and jazz musicians. Besides his recordings and performances as a leader, Caine has also worked in groups with Don Byron, Dave Douglas, Rashid Ali, and Arto Lindsay. He has performed both at jazz festivals, including Monterey and Newport, as well as classical festivals including Salzburg and Great Performers at Lincoln Center.
Caine has received commissions from the Vienna Volksoper, The Seattle Chamber Players, Relache, The Beaux Arts Trio and the Basel Chamber Orchestra. The Pennsylvania Ballet performed the “Goldberg Variations" in 2002, choreographed by Val Caniparoli. Caine was the Director of the Venice Biennale for Music in September 2003, where he also premiered his new work The Othello Syndrome. Recent performances included playing his arrangement of the Beethoven Diabelli Variations with the Cleveland Orchestra in February 2004. In June of 2004, the JVC Jazz Festival featured the pianist in Meet Uri Caine: A Man of Ideas, a series of concerts with a different theme each night, including his Mahler Project; the Goldberg Variations; Blue Wail, a quartet he has featuring saxophonist Greg Osby; Bedrock, his electronic group; and two nights devoted to his eponymous trio.
For more information, call the NEC Concert Line at (617) 585-1122.
Jazz pianist/composer Uri Caine, who has stretched the boundaries of jazz and improvisation by drawing on jazz and folk traditions as well as the classical music of Bach, Mahler, and Wagner, will lead two masterclasses and coach a student performance of his music, March 14-16 at New England Conservatory. His residency is sponsored by NEC board member Bruce Hauben and the Helen G. Hauben Foundation. The masterclasses, at 1 p.m. in NEC's St. Botolph Hall on March 14 and 15 and the Jazz Masters Concert on March 16 at 8 p.m. in NEC's Jordan Hall are free and open to the public.
Born in Philadelphia, Caine studied composition at the University of Pennsylvania with George Crumb and George Rochberg. He also studied piano with Bernard Peiffer and with Vladimir Sokoloff at the Curtis Institute. He embodies the Third Stream--or perhaps Fourth or Fifth Steam--ideal. His Jewish heritage, his classical and jazz training, and his interest in electronics combine in ambitious hybrids that are often challenging but always inventive. Caine's first two CDs, Sphere Music and Toys, paid homage to jazz pianists Thelonious Monk and Herbie Hancock. His third CD, Urlicht/Primal Light, featured arrangements of the music of Gustav Mahler and he has released two additional Mahler discs since then.
In 1997, Caine released the CD Wagner in Venezia. This ambitious work had Caine arranging the music of Richard Wagner for a small ensemble, along with church bells, for a live recording at Cafe Quadri in St. Mark's Square, Venice. Caine has also released recordings of Schumann's Dichterliebe cycle, as well as a version of Bach's Goldberg Variations that interleaves straight renditions of the movements with interpretations by DJs and jazz musicians. Besides his recordings and performances as a leader, Caine has also worked in groups with Don Byron, Dave Douglas, Rashid Ali, and Arto Lindsay. He has performed both at jazz festivals, including Monterey and Newport, as well as classical festivals including Salzburg and Great Performers at Lincoln Center.
Caine has received commissions from the Vienna Volksoper, The Seattle Chamber Players, Relache, The Beaux Arts Trio and the Basel Chamber Orchestra. The Pennsylvania Ballet performed the “Goldberg Variations" in 2002, choreographed by Val Caniparoli. Caine was the Director of the Venice Biennale for Music in September 2003, where he also premiered his new work The Othello Syndrome. Recent performances included playing his arrangement of the Beethoven Diabelli Variations with the Cleveland Orchestra in February 2004. In June of 2004, the JVC Jazz Festival featured the pianist in Meet Uri Caine: A Man of Ideas, a series of concerts with a different theme each night, including his Mahler Project; the Goldberg Variations; Blue Wail, a quartet he has featuring saxophonist Greg Osby; Bedrock, his electronic group; and two nights devoted to his eponymous trio.
For more information, call the NEC Concert Line at (617) 585-1122.
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