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The Friction Quartet

47 Commissions, over 100 premieres. Performances at Carnegie Hall. Residencies across the world, including as First Ensemble-in -Residence at SF’s Center for New Music. Ensemble Website.

Dr. Kyle Adam Blair - Piano

Staff Pianist, Lecturer UCSD. Soloist with La Jolla Symphony. Pianist for Project [Blank], performances with Bang on a Can, at the Ojai Festival, and Mark Morris Dance Company. Website

Leighton Fong - Cello

Has taught at UC Berkeley since 1997, Principal Cellist of California Symphony, Eco Ensemble, Empyrean Ensemble, SF Contemporary Chamber Players. Cellist, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble. Website

Dr. Eija Kankaanranta - Kantele

Lecturer, Sibelius Academy (Helsinki, Finland). Premieres including the piece she will play. Soloist with Avanti! Chamber Orchestra. Multiple collaborations with Saariaho. Website

Dr. Matt Kline - Bass

Assistant Professor, Southwestern College. Performances with Ensemble Modern, MusikFabrik, Talea Ensemble, LA Philharmonic’s Monday Evening Concerts. Website

Kaitlin Miller - Harp

American Harp Society Concert Artist, 2022-24. Winner of the American Harp Society National Competition and the Anne Adams Competition. Performances with LA Chamber Orchestra, Pacific Symphony. Website

Eric Moore - Cello

Taught at Pacific Union College, former principal cellist of six orchestras including the La Jolla Symphony. “Album of the Year” from Time Out New York and The Wire with the Wet Ink Ensemble. Website

Jessie Nucho - Flute

Co-Artistic Director, Ninth Planet. Founding Member, Siroko Duo. Flutist, After Everything. Performances with Wild Rumpus, Ensemble Mik Nawooj, and Frequency 49. Website

Dr. Daniel Pesca - Piano

Assistant Professor, the Eastman School of Music. Former Artist-in-Residence at the University of Chicago. Performances at the Library of Congress and the Kennedy Center. Has premiered over 150 works, including as concerto soloist. Website

Anna Presler - Violin

Associate Professor, Cal State Sacramento. Grammy-nominated New Century Chamber Orchestra. Violinist, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble. Website

Natalie Raney - Cello

Faculty, San Francisco Conservatory of Music Pre-College. Performances at the Kennedy Center and Bing Hall. Winner, Barbara Fritz Chamber Award. Cellist, One Found Sound. Website

9:00

Welcome To The Festival

12:00

Pre-Concert Lecture

1:00

CONCERT #1

Im Traume - Cello and Piano (1980)

Laconisme de l’aile - Flute and Electronics (1982)

Jardin Secret II - Harpsichord and Electronics (1986)

Nymphea - String Quartet and Electronics (1987)

—Intermission—

Petals - Cello and Electronics (1988)

Oi Kuu - Bass Flute and Cello (1990)

…de la Terre - Violin and Electronics (1991)

Fall - Harp and Electronics (1991)

4:00

Performer Round-Table

6:30

Pre-Concert Lecture

9:30

Post-Concert Reception

10:00

Brunch with the Performers

12:00

Pre-Concert Lecture

1:00

CONCERT #3

Trois Rivières - Percussion Quartet (1994)

—Pause—

Six Japanese Gardens - Percussion and Electronics (1994)

Ciel étoilé - Percussion and Bass (1999)

—Pause—

Serenatas - Percussion, Piano and Cello (2008)
Offrande - Organ and Cello (2014)

4:00

Performer Round-Table

6:30

Pre-Concert Lecture

9:30

Post-Concert Reception

10:00

Brunch with the Performers

12:00

Pre-Concert Lecture

1:00

CONCERT #5

Prelude - Piano (2007)

Calices - Violin and Piano (2009)

Cloud Trio - Violin, Viola and Cello (2009)

—Intermission—

Tocar - Violin and Piano (2010)

Dreaming Chaccone - Cello (2010)

Aure - Violin and Cello (2011)

Frises - Violin and Electronics (2011)

4:00

Performer Round-Table

6:30

Pre-Concert Lecture

9:30

Closing Reception