Event Info
Pianist-composer Sylvie Courvoisier, a native of Switzerland, has earned just renown for balancing two distinct worlds: the deep, richly detailed chamber music of her European roots and the grooving, hook-laden sounds of the downtown jazz scene in New York City, her home for more than two decades.
Guitarist and composer Mary Halvorson has been described as “a singular talent” (Lloyd Sachs, JazzTimes), ”NYC’s least-predictable improviser” (Howard Mandel, City Arts), “one of the most exciting and original guitarists in jazz—or otherwise” (Steve Dollar, Wall Street Journal), and “one of today’s most formidable bandleaders” (Francis Davis, Village Voice). In recent Downbeat Critics Polls Halvorson has been celebrated as guitarist, rising star jazz artist, and rising star composer of the year, and in 2019 she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship.
About Bang on a Can’s Long Play
Bang on a Can presents Long Play, a three-day destination music festival, Friday, May 3 through Sunday, May 5, 2024 in Brooklyn, New York. Featuring 50+ concerts – with performances by Soundwalk Collective + Patti Smith, Jeff Mills’ Tomorrow Comes the Harvest, Steve Reich’s legendary Music for 18 Musicians, Deerhoof, BlankFor.ms + Jason Moran + Marcus Gilmore, Ligeti Quartet performs Anna Meredith, Raw Poetic and Damu the Fudgemunk, Bang on a Can All-Stars performing Ryuichi Sakamoto 1996, and more – Long Play is a supercharged musical ride through right now. Tickets and full lineup/schedule can be seen at longplayfestival.org!