French-born avant-garde percussionist and composer Jean-Pierre Drouet is a familiar figure in modern European experimental music, having worked with storied figures like Luciano Berio and Karlheinz Stockhausen, as well as creating his own bizarre multi-media extravaganzas. Drouet fell into friendship with Italian composer Luciano Berio and his vocalist wife Cathy Berberian; the three explored the United States together in the 1950s, where Drouet developed an interest in jazz and improvised music that would remain with him through the rest of his career. Besides his solo improvisations and work with collaborators ranging from the British jazz-rock guitarists John McLaughlin and Fred Frith to the avant-garde French saxophonist Louis Sclavis, Drouet has also written extensively for the theater, the ballet, and the concert stage.

Program

Vinko Globokar – Toucher (1973)

Georges Aperghis – Corps a corps (1978)

Frederic Rzewski – To the Earth (1985)

Giorgio Battistelli – Il Libro Celibe (1976)

Mauricio Kagel – (2 solos from) Exotica (1972)

Vinko Globokar – Ombre (1989)

Jean-Pierre Drouet – Improvisation on Zarb

Doors 7pm | Pre-show Talk 7:15pm | Concert 8pm | Reception 10pm

Tickets $35 regular | $25 member, senior, arts worker | $10 student

$35 Advanced at musicgallery.org