An expansive re-imagining of the traditional art song recital, the 21c Liederabend combines leading contemporary composers with world-class librettists, and cutting- edge multimedia, sound and lighting design to create an immersive series of concerts.

I. WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL
A project of Beth Morrison Projects and VisionIntoArt, co-curated and co-directed by Beth Morrison and Paola Prestini, in collaboration with the LA Phil.

II. THE KITCHEN

A collaboration with Beth Morrison Projects.

WORKS BY COMPOSERS
Mason Bates, Theo Bleckmann, Douglas J. Cuomo, Daniel Felsenfeld*, Peter Golub*, Ted Hearne, Gabriel Kahane, Phil Kline, David T. Little, Matt Marks*, Missy Mazzoli*, Milica Paranosic, Russell Platt, Paola Prestini*, Kamala Sankaram, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Gregory Spears, Julia Wolfe, Du Yun*, Lev Zhurbin, John Zorn
*WORLD PREMIERES

LIBRETTISTS
David Grimm, Royce Vavrek

PERFORMANCES BY
Timo Andres, Lisa Bielawa, Theo Bleckmann, Tony Boutte, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Lori Cotler, Martha Cluver, Corey Dargel, Helga Davis, Charlotte Dobbs, Du Yun, Rinde Eckert, Abigail Fischer, Kate Geissinger, Ted Hearne, Mellissa Hughes, Gabriel Kahane, Sofia Rei Koutsovitis, Phil Moffa, Kathryn Mulvahill, Kirsten Sollek, Toby Twining, Amelia Watkins, Shara Worden, Glen Velez

FEATURED ACTORS
John Buffalo Mailer & Melvin Van Peebles

PROJECTION DESIGN
S. Katy Tucker

LIGHTING DESIGN
Marcus Doshi

FILMS
Murat Eyuboglu, Ali Hossaini, Carmen Kordas, Stephen Taylor, S. Katy Tucker

III. GALAPAGOS ART SPACE

ETHEL accompanied by the VisionIntoArt ensemble and quartet

COMPOSERS
Caleb Burhans, Leah Coloff Corey Dargel, Osvaldo Golijov, Judd Greenstein, Ted Hearne, David T. Little , Missy Mazzoli, Nico Muhly, Milica Paranosic, Paola Prestini

Commission: Kamala Sankaram

FEATURED SINGERS
Hila Plitmann, Helga Davis, Abigail Fisher, Amelia Watkins, Anne-­‐Carolyn Bird, David Adam Moore,  Kamala Sankaram Isaiah Robinson, Daniel Gundlach, the rapper SKIM

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