This Thursday, October 19th at 7:30 pm is a free discussion and performance on Ancient Greek Music by Ensemble De Organographia at the Pillsbury Theatre, 560 Music Center. Visit HERE for the event details on Facebook. For the full program of the evenings selections visit HERE.
Ensemble De Organographia has presented numerous concerts, lecture-demonstrations in the U.S., Germany, Norway, Japan, Turkey, Greece, Israel, and Jordan. They have performed at the Getty Center, the Getty Villa, the Smithsonian Institution, the Cleveland Museum of Art, Oberlin Conservatory, Case Western Reserve University, the Bodrum Knights of St. John Museum in Turkey, the Amman Music Conservatory in Jordan, and the Regensburg Old Town Hall in Germany. They have been featured on numerous radio and television programs including NPR's Millennium of Music, Performance Today, and the all-Russian Kultura's Novosti Kulturi. They are also instrument builders whose early woodwinds are played by Piffaro, Ciaramella, and other ensembles worldwide. Their recordings on the Pandourion label include "Music of the Ancient Greeks" and "Music of the Ancient Sumerians, Egyptians and Greeks" ( available at http://www.northpacificmusic.com/Sumerians.html ), excerpts of which were used in a TED Talk by Michael Tilson Thomas on the history of musical notation. They appeared in the recent movie "Buddymoon" released by Orion Pictures, and recorded music on ancient instruments for the recent remake of "Ben-Hur."
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