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Texas Performing Arts presents Dream House Quartet

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Formed in 2018, Dream House Quartet fuses decades of musical mastery of classical and contemporary forms, featuring luminaries the Katia and Marielle Labèque on dueling pianos along with acclaimed composer-guitarists Bryce Dessner (The National) and David Chalmin (innocence, la terre invisible) performing radical new commissions from visionary composers and pivotal contemporary works of the last half century.

In its first-ever world tour, this all-star ensemble will bring singular interpretations of several highly influential works of minimalist pioneers and contemporary composers to Austin for the first time. The original double album Minimalist Dream House (released in 2013) gathered interpretations of compositions by pioneers of minimalism and their successors, including Philip Glass, Arvo Pärt, Thom Yorke, Aphex Twin and Brian Eno, artists who bend musical time and space as much as the Labèques, while enjoying the paradoxical freedom of minimalism’s limitations.

The Austin premiere of Dream House Quartet will feature highlights from the record as well as new works commissioned for the group by current luminaries Timo Andres, Hildur Guðnadóttir (Oscar winner for Best Score for Joker) and ensemble members Dessner and Chalmin.

Formed in 2018, Dream House Quartet fuses decades of musical mastery of classical and contemporary forms, featuring luminaries the Katia and Marielle Labèque on dueling pianos along with acclaimed composer-guitarists Bryce Dessner (The National) and David Chalmin (innocence, la terre invisible) performing radical new commissions from visionary composers and pivotal contemporary works of the last half century.

In its first-ever world tour, this all-star ensemble will bring singular interpretations of several highly influential works of minimalist pioneers and contemporary composers to Austin for the first time. The original double album Minimalist Dream House (released in 2013) gathered interpretations of compositions by pioneers of minimalism and their successors, including Philip Glass, Arvo Pärt, Thom Yorke, Aphex Twin and Brian Eno, artists who bend musical time and space as much as the Labèques, while enjoying the paradoxical freedom of minimalism’s limitations.

The Austin premiere of Dream House Quartet will feature highlights from the record as well as new works commissioned for the group by current luminaries Timo Andres, Hildur Guðnadóttir (Oscar winner for Best Score for Joker) and ensemble members Dessner and Chalmin.

Formed in 2018, Dream House Quartet fuses decades of musical mastery of classical and contemporary forms, featuring luminaries the Katia and Marielle Labèque on dueling pianos along with acclaimed composer-guitarists Bryce Dessner (The National) and David Chalmin (innocence, la terre invisible) performing radical new commissions from visionary composers and pivotal contemporary works of the last half century.

In its first-ever world tour, this all-star ensemble will bring singular interpretations of several highly influential works of minimalist pioneers and contemporary composers to Austin for the first time. The original double album Minimalist Dream House (released in 2013) gathered interpretations of compositions by pioneers of minimalism and their successors, including Philip Glass, Arvo Pärt, Thom Yorke, Aphex Twin and Brian Eno, artists who bend musical time and space as much as the Labèques, while enjoying the paradoxical freedom of minimalism’s limitations.

The Austin premiere of Dream House Quartet will feature highlights from the record as well as new works commissioned for the group by current luminaries Timo Andres, Hildur Guðnadóttir (Oscar winner for Best Score for Joker) and ensemble members Dessner and Chalmin.

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Bass Concert Hall
2350 Robert Dedman Dr.
Austin, TX 78712
https://texasperformingarts.org/season/dream-house-quartet-2023-bass-concert-hall-austin-texas

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