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Gene & The Percussionists - The Percussion Music Of Gene Pritsker - at Le Poisson Rouge

Courtesy of Gene Pritsker | Posted on May 27, 2017

Where

Le Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker St
New York, NY
Map
212-796-0741

When

Thu, June 22, 2017
6:00 pm

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Composer Gene Pritsker presents a concert of his music for percussion. “Over the years I have written many percussion compositions, from solos to chamber music to percussion ensembles, etc. I decided to have a concert featuring some of these older compositors as well a few world premieres”. Four stellar percussionists and a poet will join Gene to perform solos, duos, chamber pieces, as well as compositions with Di.J. & Samplestra (pre recorded electronics). The concert will feature: Patti Cudd on ghatam (an ancient clay pot percussion instrument of South India), Michael Lipsey on talking drum (an hourglass-shaped drum from West Africa), Cesare Papetti on darbuka (a middle eastern goblet drum)...

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