Bloodlines Interwoven
Bloodlines Interwoven
INAUGURAL BLOODLINES INTERWOVEN FESTIVAL
JUNE 10–16
120 Broadway
Tivoli, NY 12583
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Featured Festival Artists:
Adam O’Farrill (trumpet), Alicia Hall Moran (voice), Amir ElSaffar (trumpet), Du Yun (composer, performance art), Jeffrey Zeigler (cello), Jen Shyu (voice, lutes and zithers), Layale Chaker (violin and voice), Maeve Gilchrist (Celtic harp), Martha Redbone (voice), Matt Garrison (electric bass), Mino Cinélu (percussion, voice, guitar), Nasheet Waits (drums), Rajna Swaminathan (percussion), Susie Ibarra (percussion), Kaoru Watanabe (Japanese percussion and flutes)
Weekend daytime artists include Hassan Hakmoun, Imani Uzuri, Adam Rudolph, Samora Pinderhughes, and Arun Ramamurthy.
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The week-long Bloodlines Interwoven Festival will feature artist talks, workshops in traditional and contemporary music, evening-length concerts featuring world premieres by acclaimed composers, intimate sunrise performances, late-evening fireside music-making, and curated storytelling and discussion sessions. All will be led by Festival Artistic Director Kaoru Watanabe, a renowned instrumentalist and composer, and feature a multicultural collective of world-class musicians.
As part of this initiative, the fifteen featured artists—whose work is informed by their diverse creative, ethnic, and geographic backgrounds—are currently deep in a months-long residency at Baryshnikov Arts in Manhattan, where they are sharing the stories of their ancestors, artistic process, and artistic vision in multiple “Gatherings,” in order to collectively create new musical compositions that draw from the interweaving of each other’s narratives. This unique artistic process will culminate in the festival.
Kaoru Watanabe’s work is grounded in traditional Japanese music while imbued with contemporary jazz, improvisation, and experimental music elements. His signature skill of infusing Japanese culture with disparate styles has made him a much-in-demand collaborator working with such iconic artists as Wes Anderson, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Laurie Anderson, Jason Moran, Yo-Yo Ma, Japanese National Living Treasure Bando Tamasaburo, Eva Yerbabuena, Silkroad Ensemble, and Rhiannon Giddens. A trained jazz musician, he lived in Japan for a decade, where he became the first American to become a performer and Artistic Director of the iconic taiko drumming ensemble Kodo. Each collaboration, each note, and each interwoven bloodline deepens his understanding of the world and his place within its vast musical landscape.
SCHEDULE*
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Monday, June 10, 2024
6:00 PM–7:30 PM | Meet the Artists: Musical Dialogue
Venue: Blackbox Theater (Indoors)
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
6:00 PM–7:30 PM | Meet the Artists: Musical Dialogue
Venue: Blackbox Theater (Indoors)
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
6:00 PM–7:30 PM | Meet the Artists: Musical Dialogue
Venue: Blackbox Theater (Indoors)
Thursday, June 13, 2024
6:00 PM–7:30 PM | Meet the Artists: Musical Dialogue
Venue: Blackbox Theater (Indoors)
Members-Only Event | Barn Concert and Reception
Venue: To Be Announced
Friday, June 14, 2024
5:00 PM–6:30 PM | Meet the Artists: Musical Dialogue
Venue: Blackbox Theater (Indoors)
7:00 PM–8:30 PM | Interwoven Concert I
Venue: Mountain Stage (Outdoors)
9:00 PM–10:00 PM | Fireside Music
Venue: Studio Complex Grounds (Outdoors)
Saturday, June 15, 2024
12:00 PM–6:00 PM | Music in the Field
Venue: Various Locations on the Grounds (Indoor and Outdoor)
6:00 PM Members-Only Event | Pre-Concert Reception
Venue: To Be Announced
7:00 PM–8:30 PM | Interwoven Concert II
Venue: Mountain Stage (Outdoors)
9:00 PM–10:00 PM | Fireside Music
Venue: Studio Complex Grounds (Outdoors)
Sunday, June 16, 2024
11:00 AM–3:00 PM | Music in the Field
Venue: Various Locations on the Grounds (Indoors and Outdoors)
3:00 PM–4:30 PM | Interwoven Concert III
Venue: Mountain Stage (Outdoors)
*schedule subject to change