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Venue: Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

Address: 500 S. Goodwin Ave. , Urbana

Cost: Flex: 28 / SC 23 / Stu 19 / UI & Yth 14 Single: 30 / SC 25 / Stu 21 / UI & Yth 16

Entry Age: all

posted 2:08 pm Jul 15
modified 1:27 am Sep 27

Bang on a Can All-Stars with special guests Glenn Kotche and Lee Ranaldo

Part rock band, part classical ensemble, part jazz sextet, the Bang on a Can All-Stars emerged from the energy and excitement of New York’s now legendary Bang on a Can Festival. The New York Times describes it as “a fiercely aggressive group, combining the power and punch of a rock band with the precision and clarity of a chamber ensemble.” The All-Stars routinely perform in their local venues Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, as well as mounting more distant stages—the BBC Proms, the Sydney Opera House, the Venice Biennale, and Paris’s Théâtre de la Ville.

The Krannert marathon will be an eclectic 12-hour smorgasbord with listeners coming and going as they please and many staying straight through as the All-Stars perform with Glenn Kotche, percussion phenom of indie rock’s Wilco, and Lee Ranaldo, co-founder of Sonic Youth. Where else but Krannert are you going to get up close and personal with these guys—all day long?

The group’s instrumentation hints at its aesthetic. Clarinet, cello, keyboard, electric guitar, bass, and drums—the line-up was chosen to give voice to a huge range of musics and styles, and the players have the backgrounds and expertise to match. Each performer is completely at home with new music but has lived somewhere else as well: collaborating with Yo-Yo Ma, leading a gamelan, backing Mikhail Baryshnikov, touring with Paul Simon and Bob Dylan. The musicians bring such “otherworldly” experiences back to their life with the All-Stars, and this mixing creates intense, hard-rocking performances.

There is not yet a name for this kind of music. Strap yourself in for a joy ride through the sound of a new generation!


For more information, visit:
www.bangonacan.org/