ICE/Xenakis

In the fall of 2008, ICE gave the US premiere of Iannis Xenakis’s opera Oresteia. This summer, the recording of that concert will soundtrack a marionette version of the opera, directed by Luca Vigetti, to be held at the Swedish Cottage Marionette Theater in New York’s Central Park.
On the same day, ICE’s own Nathan Davis [...]

During an interview about the new piece he wrote for ICE, composer Ryan Ingebritsen recalls hearing the ensemble’s Xenakis show at the MCA Chicago.
“It gripped you from the inside and pulled your insides out…”
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