An upcoming visit from a pair of Juilliard Conservatory-trained string musicians should have broad appeal at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and the community.
ARKAI, an award-winning string duo composed of violinist Jonathan Miron and cellist Philip Sheegog, will perform at the UTC Fine Arts Center, 752 Vine St., on Monday, Oct. 24.
The free concert is open to the public and will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center’s Roland Hayes Concert Hall.
ARKAI will also participate in an on-campus workshop as part of its time at UTC.
ARKAI combines classical music with “rock band energy, jazz combo spontaneity and string quartet elegance,” notes a news release from UTC.
Past engagements have included performances at the Metropolitan Opera, Joe’s Pub, Rockwood Music Hall, the Juilliard School, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall and the 92nd Street Y in New York City, the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles.
“Letters from COVID,” the duo’s debut composition, was performed for an audience of more than 30,000 people from 182 countries at TED@PMI, a virtual event from the organizers of TED talks.
ARKAI was selected by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs and the Association of American Voices to participate in the 2021-2022 American Music Abroad season.
Through this program, ARKAI engaged in exchange programs with underserved audiences around the world with little or no access to American music.
ARKAI is currently creating its debut album, Aurora, in collaboration with Grammy Award-nominated producer Joel Hamilton.
Source: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga