Schedule of Event:

7:30pm: Imani Winds and Andy Akiho, steel pan

2024 GRAMMY winner Imani Winds joins forces with Pulitzer Prize finalist Andy Akiho for an innovative program featuring works by D'Rivera, Villa-Lobos and Akiho. Hailed as "strikingly virtuosic, immaculately tight, [and] stylistically agile" (Boston Musical Intelligencer), Imani Winds brings exceptional artistry to this compelling collaboration.

PROGRAM:
D'RIVERA: Kites (arr. Valerie Coleman)
AKIHO: The Synesthisia Suite
VILLA-LOBOS: Quinteto em forma de choros, W.231
AKIHO: BeLoud, Beloved, BeLonging

ABOUT IMANI WINDS:
Imani Winds is the 2024 GRAMMY® winner in the Classical Compendium category for Jeff Scott's "Passion for Bach and Coltrane" released on their recently formed record label, Imani Winds Media.

ABOUT ANDY AKIHO:
Andy Akiho is a "trailblazing" (Los Angeles Times) Pulitzer Prize finalist and seven-time GRAMMY®-nominated composer whose bold works unravel intricate and unexpected patterns while surpassing preconceived boundaries of classical music. Called "increasingly in-demand" by The New York Times, Akiho has earned international acclaim for his large-scale works that emphasize the natural theatricality of live performance. He is the only composer to be nominated for a GRAMMY in the Best Contemporary Classical Composition category in 2022, 2023, and 2024.

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