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23 Nov 2012, 2:00 pm

Concert at the Belkin: State of Mind

  • Paolo Bortolussi

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    Flutist Paolo Bortolussi is a soloist, chamber artist and new music pioneer. Raised in Halifax, NS, he has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician across Canada, the US and abroad. A specialist in contemporary music, Bortolussi is the flutist and co-director of the Nu:BC Collective, a new music and multimedia arts ensemble in residence at UBC. To date he has premiered over one hundred and fifty solo and chamber works. In 2016, Bortolussi released his first solo album, Israfel – music for flute and electronics, on the Redshift label, which includes works by Keith Hamel, Larry Lake, John Oliver and Kaija Saariaho. Currently principal flutist with the Vancouver Island Symphony, Bortolussi has appeared as soloist with the VIS as well as the Albany (NY) Symphony and the Turning Point Ensemble, and has performed with the Aventa Ensemble, the Vancouver Opera Orchestra, the Vancouver Intercultural Orchestra, as well as the Vancouver and Victoria Symphony Orchestras. Bortolussi is on the music faculty of the University of British Columbia, Kwantlen Polytechnic University and Trinity Western University. He holds a BMus in performance from the University of Ottawa as well as Masters and Doctoral degrees from Indiana University. He is currently director of the UBC Contemporary Players.

     

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  • Sean Buckley

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  • Julia Chien

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  • Corey Hamm

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  • Sarah Ho

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  • Sarah Kwok

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  • Laine Longton

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  • Chris Morano

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  • Michael Morimoto

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  • Gabriele Thielmann

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  • Gary Wong

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Join us for a concert by the UBC Contemporary Players at the Belkin Art Gallery. Ensemble directors Corey Hamm and Paolo Bortolussi present S P O T S, a program that celebrates the innovation and experimentation of 1970s California explored throughout the Belkin’s current exhibition, State of Mind. All are welcome. Admission is free.

S P O T S

Corey Hamm and Paolo Bortolussi, Directors

George Crumb (b. 1929) – Myth (1974)
Julia Chien, Sean Buckley, Gary Wong, Chris Morano

Frederic Rzewski (b. 1938) – Spots (1986)
Michael Morimoto saxophone, Gabriele Thielmann violin, Sean Buckley vibraphone, Michael Bemmels guitar

Alejandro Golijov (b. 1960) – Yiddishbbuk (1992)
Sarah Ho and Gabriele Thielmann violins, Sarah Kwok viola, Laine Longton cello

 

Image (above): Bas Jan Ader, I’m Too Sad to Tell You (still), 1971. Courtesy of Bas Jan Ader Estate, Mary Sue Ader-Andersen and Patrick Painter Inc.

Conceived and developed by Shelly Rosenblum with Corey Hamm and Paolo Bortulossi

  • Paolo Bortolussi

    Presenter

    Flutist Paolo Bortolussi is a soloist, chamber artist and new music pioneer. Raised in Halifax, NS, he has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician across Canada, the US and abroad. A specialist in contemporary music, Bortolussi is the flutist and co-director of the Nu:BC Collective, a new music and multimedia arts ensemble in residence at UBC. To date he has premiered over one hundred and fifty solo and chamber works. In 2016, Bortolussi released his first solo album, Israfel – music for flute and electronics, on the Redshift label, which includes works by Keith Hamel, Larry Lake, John Oliver and Kaija Saariaho. Currently principal flutist with the Vancouver Island Symphony, Bortolussi has appeared as soloist with the VIS as well as the Albany (NY) Symphony and the Turning Point Ensemble, and has performed with the Aventa Ensemble, the Vancouver Opera Orchestra, the Vancouver Intercultural Orchestra, as well as the Vancouver and Victoria Symphony Orchestras. Bortolussi is on the music faculty of the University of British Columbia, Kwantlen Polytechnic University and Trinity Western University. He holds a BMus in performance from the University of Ottawa as well as Masters and Doctoral degrees from Indiana University. He is currently director of the UBC Contemporary Players.

     

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  • Sean Buckley

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  • Julia Chien

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  • Corey Hamm

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  • Sarah Ho

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  • Sarah Kwok

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  • Laine Longton

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  • Chris Morano

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  • Michael Morimoto

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  • Gabriele Thielmann

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  • Gary Wong

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