3 Duos: Satoko Fujii/Carla/Mathias

3 DUOS: SATOKO FUJII/CARLA KIHLSTEDT; SATOKO FUJII/NATSUKI TAMURA

and CARLA KIHLSTEDT/MATHIAS BOSSI

Thursday, September 27, 8PM, Bezanson Recital Hall

Four musicians, three duos, two couples in one evening of music! Satoko Fujii (piano) and her husband Natsuki Tamura (trumpet); Carla Kihlstedt (violin) and her husband Mathias Bossi (percussion); and Satoko and Carla, known as Minamo, all perform. George Varga called Minamo high-wire improvisational duets that are risky, aesthetically challenging and frequently exhilarating.” “Fujii and Tamura’s sublime interactions and loquacious dialogue embodies near telepathy,” writes Troy Collin

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General Admission: $10; $5 students

Peter Brötzmann/Jason Adasiewicz

Thursday, September 6, 8PM, Bezanson Recital Hall

Nate Chinen of the New York Times chose the Duo’s only North American performance as one of his ten best concerts in any genre of 2011. “Brötzmann has abundant nonstandard technique, but what impresses in his playing isn’t the execution so much as the force of presence,” writes Chinen. “He recently turned 70, and he sounds almost invincible.” The saxophonist is joined by the “deft, dynamic young vibraphonist”, Jason Adasiewicz.

General Admission: $10; $5 students