Phenomenal pianist Kathleen Supové makes her New Music Springfield debut with a concert featuring a World Premiere by Thomas Flaherty as well as works by Mary Kouyoumdjian, Rahilia Hasanova, Randall Woolf, and two pieces by Supové herself.

The performance will be in the Studio Theatre at the UIS Performing Arts Center.

“What Ms. Supové is really exploding is the piano recital as we have known it, a mission more radical and arguably more needed.” Anthony Tommasini, New York Times
In May, 2012, Supové received the John Cage Award from ASCAP for “the artistry and passion with which she performs, commissions, records, and champions the music of our time.”
Ms. Supové annually presents a series of solo concerts entitled THE EXPLODING PIANO. She has performed with Yamaha Disklaviers, laptop orchestras, robots, and XReality. She has premiered countless works by a Who’s Who of contemporary composers in the US and around the world. Upcoming projects include a collection of works based on Migration. She has collaborators from many genres of music, including contemporary, classical, techno, jazz and ambient.
As a composer, Ms. Supové has been commissioned by Bargemusic, Ladies First, The Illustrated Pianist project, Kyo Shin An Arts, the Brooklyn Arts Council, and twice by the New York State Council on the Arts.

This concert and the NEW MUSIC SPRINGFIELD program are partially supported by a generous “Good Idea” grant from the UIS Provost’s Office and by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council.