Ear Pollen Part 2: Elliott Sharp & Klimchak

Name: Ear Pollen Part 2: Elliott Sharp & Klimchak
Start: 2025-02-01T16:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-01T17:00:00-05:00
Location: 535 Means Street, Atlanta, GA

Schedule

Sat Feb 01 2025 at 04:00 pm to 05:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

535 Means Street, Atlanta, GA | Atlanta, GA

A monthly improv duet series at the Atlanta Contemporary. The twelfth installment, at 4 p.m. on Feb 1st pairs Klimchak with composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist Elliot Sharp. He is the subject of the documentary Doing The Don't and has been featured on NPR's All Things Considered. Sharp's composition Storm of the Eye, composed for violinist Hilary Hahn, appeared on her Grammy-winning album In 27 Pieces. His latest opera Die Grösste Fuge premiered in Bonn as part of Beethoven@250 and his opera Filiseti Mekidesi premiered at the RuhrTriennale in 2018 . Sharp's collaborators have included Qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan; pianist Cecil Taylor; Ensemble Modern; pop singer Debbie Harry; blues legends Hubert Sumlin and Pops Staples; Arditti, JACK, and Kronos quartets; jazz greats Jack Dejohnette and Sonny Sharrock; media artists Christian Marclay and Pierre Huyghe; Radio-Sinfonie Frankfurt; and Bachir Attar, leader of the Master Musicians Of Jajouka.
Ear Pollen concerts are free, but Atlanta Contemporary is limiting attendance so be sure and RSVP:
https://atlantacontemporary.org/events/ear-pollen-pt-2-3-2