Ariana Kim: Plucked
GRAMMY®-nominated violinist/composer and educator Ariana Kim's PLUCKED explores the Asian diasporic experience through music and performance art shining light on the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community of Minnesota and the United States.
THE PROGRAM:
Still Life Crumbles for violin and harpsichord
Tonia Ko
The Fairy and The Woodcutter for violin and piano
Soomin Kim
Apba Hagoo, Nah Hagoo for gayageum and violin
Ariana Kim
Have Yourself #92 for violin, video, and electronics
Piyawat Louilarpprasert
The Dream of a Lacquer Box for narrator and violin
Poetry by Kimiko Hahn, music by Ariana Kim
Wind of No Return
Steve Heitzeg
PERFORMERS:
Ariana Kim, violin and gayageum
Young-Nam Kim, violin
Tami Morse, harpsichord
Piyawat Louilarpprasert, video and electronics
Anna Hashizume, narrator
Tim Lovelace, piano
ABOUT LIQUID MUSIC:
Liquid Music (New York Times “Best of Classical”) is a leading producer of special projects in contemporary music, an internationally recognized laboratory for artists from across genre and disciplinary spectrums. This creative institution serves as a safe place for performers, composers and audiences to stretch and challenge their comfort zones – to discover, learn and be transformed.
Founded at The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra in 2012, Liquid Music became an independent LLC in 2020, owned and operated by artistic director Kate Nordstrum who has been widely praised for her programmatic vision, catholic tastes and “storied matchmaking” (Minneapolis Star Tribune). Through Liquid Music, Nordstrum has built a boundary-defying platform for collaboration and earned her reputation as “the most adventurous music curator in town” (MinnPost) and “Twin Cities’ curatorial powerhouse with international pull” (Minnesota Public Radio).