After introductory remarks by the Austrian Ambassador Christian Prosl, the fund’s general secretary, Hannah Lessing, as well as the U. S. Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, Ambassador Christian Kennedy, and the U. S. Special Representative for Holocaust Era Issues, the Honorable Stuart Eizenstat gave powerful and emotional speeches.
Each attendee was presented with a copy of the anniversary publication of the National Fund–a two volume history of the fund and a impressive collection of memories from Holocaust survivors.
Seda performed selections from her Viennese Piano Music of the Turn of the Century program, which she presented in April at the Austrian Cultural Forum in New York City.
if you missed the HYDRA concert on December 11, here you can watch the video of our performance (with Sam Solomon on percussion). Even if this video cannot capture the effect of the electronics with 32 loudspeakers I guess it will still stimulate your appetite for the next HYDRA series. I hope you enjoy the video of Winternacht as much as we enjoyed performing it! Let us know what you think!
“Thank you all for coming out to Killian Hall yesterday night! I hope you enjoyed listening to the concert as much as I enjoyed playing it for you! I also wanted to thank you for your generous contibutions to the African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) which will help improve health care for many communities across the African continent.”
– Seda
Video of Sound Check –Hans Tutschku: Zellen Linien
You’re cordially invited to a special music event in Cambridge on September 25. Noted MIT piano instructor and Harvard Fellow Seda Röder will give a benefit concert at MIT’s Killian Hall focusing on contemporary German piano music.
The concert will explore the nexus between tradition and innovation. Ms. Röder will introduce each work of the program, which includes pieces by the following distinguished composers:
Alban Berg
Hans Werner Henze
Helmut Lachenmann
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Hans Tutschku
The final piece of the program, Hans Tutschku’s Zellen Linien, brings together “man and machine.” By adding computer-generated sounds to the live performance of the pianist, the audience will be able to experience a unique soundscape moving through a three-dimensional listening space.
Details
Where: Killian Hall. MIT
Rm. 14W-111, MIT Hayden Library Bldg, 160 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA
For a map click here When: September 25, 2009 @ 8pm Suggested donation is $10