Nathan Mertens and Kenta Saito with Tomoko Kashiwagi
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 at 7:30pm CDT
Galvin Recital Hall
Nathan Mertens and Kenta Saito, saxophone; Tomoko Kashiwagi, piano
Nathan Mertens is assistant professor of saxophone at the University of Colorado Boulder, and an active soloist and chamber musician throughout the world. A lecturer at Japan’s Senzoku Gakuen College of Music and First Prize winner at the 2019 Adolphe Sax Competition, Kenta Saito serves as concertmaster of the Blitz Philharmonic wind ensemble in Tokyo. Tomoko Kashiwagi is associate professor of piano and collaborative piano at the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville as well as artistic director of Fayetteville’s Chamber Music on the Mountain. The trio presents a program highlighting contemporary Japanese composers.
Nobuhito Sato, The Rabbit and the Myth
Eiki Miyauchi, From the Posthumous Works
Ryota Ishikawa, The Dance of Joy
Miho Hazama, Sonata No. 1
Rika Ishige, Down Down Down
Masa Matsuura, Dreaming Stone
Tickets are $10 for the general public and $5 for students with valid ID.
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70 Arts Circle Drive
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Located in the Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, this 400-seat hall features a 40-foot glass wall offering views of Lake Michigan and the Chicago skyline. Undulating walls of Forest Stewardship Council–certified wood, covered with a thin layer of African moabi wood, provide optimal acoustics, and the hall is equipped with state-of-the-art sound and video equipment for recording.