Intimate Classics Series – Matt Herskowitz- California Center for the Arts
November 10 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
$30 – $66
Tickets $30 – $66 including service fees. Tickets can also be purchased at the Box Office without service fees.
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Classical and Jazz Infusion
Matt Herskovitz, virtuoso classical/jazz pianist
Experience classical masterpieces by Bach, Chopin, Ravel and Gershwin (Rhapsody in Blue)
as never before—wildly reimagined with Matt’s amazing visionary jazz interpretations.
Uniquely combining the superlative technique of a classical virtuoso with his prowess in jazz, world music and free improvisation, pianist, composer and arranger Matt Herskowitz has carved out a unique and personal voice in music. Over the course of the last decade, Matt has produced a series of critically-acclaimed recordings, premiered his works in settings from New York’s Central Park to Germany’s Köln Philharmonie, collaborated with top classical, jazz and pop artists, and has performed at music festivals across the globe.
In 2017 Matt was featured on the BBC show Music Matters: Spirit of Bach to discuss his innovative arrangements of Bach, which can be heard on his albums Bach XXI (Avanti Classic, 2015) and Bach Reimagined (Enja Records, 2018). In 2009, Matt premiered his piano concerto,Undertow, with Absolute Ensemble, a cross-genre chamber orchestra that commissioned the work, at the Köln Philharmonie in Cologne, Germany in a concert broadcast on WDR German television across Europe. After a performance in Toronto’s Koerner Hall, the Globe and Mail wrote: “Pianist Matt Herskowitz’s ‘Undertow’ took the F-minor Sinfonia, the spookiest of all the Inventions, and rode its sliding bass line through a secret-agent opening, a section of rugged math-rock that had me thinking of King Crimson, and a grand passacaglia that drew out the tragic implications of Bach’s original. It ended on the brink of a high tutti cadence, and I would have been happy to hear the whole 20-minute piece repeated right away.” Matt’s 2007 solo release, Matt Herskowitz Plays George Gershwin, featuring Matt’s original solo arrangements of the Concerto in F, Cuban Overture and Rhapsody in Blue, was nominated for Quebec’s prestigious Prix Opus, and has received accolades from jazz and classical critics alike.
