Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre presents “PORTAL: Anna Koch”

Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre presents “PORTAL: Anna Koch” on Friday 8th March 2024, 7.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m.at the UC Recital Room, 3 Hereford Street, Christchurch

Pricing: $15 – $20 + BF

Austrian new-music and improvisation specialist Anna Koch opens this latest PORTAL, an innovative contemporary music series created and produced by composer Reuben Jelleyman.
Part of her solo world tour, Koch’s collaboration with taonga puoro practitioner Ariana Tikao, alongside the performance of new solo works by Dylan Lardelli and Jelleyman, will showcase her virtuosic command of bass clarinet.

Sponsored by Austrian Embassy Canberra, The New Austrian Sound of Music and Boosted Arts.

Artist’s Biography
Anna Koch is an Austrian bass clarinet player specialising in contemporary and improvised music. Anna is making a solo world tour as a selected ‘New Austrian Sound of Music‘ artist 2023/24, collaborating with musicians around the world.
Anna is a performer in numerous leading new music ensembles in Vienna, and has performed in ensembles and as a soloist at festivals such as Wien Modern, Bang on a Can (USA), Klangspuren Schwaz, Impulskonzerte Graz, Styriarte, Imago Dei and Expo Shanghai (2010)

This event is part of Off Centre, an arts festival that shows off the best of Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre – eclectic, exuberant, accessible. With around 40 events, the place will be filled with music, comedy, theatre, and vibrant entertainment. One day, two nights, it’s all happening on the 8-9 March 2024. Full details at www.artscentre.org.nz/whats-on/off-centre/

Contact: info@artscentre.org.nz