The RCAS 20th Anniversary Season continues this fall with the acclaimed tenor Timur. In this passionate and humorous concert, Kazakh-American opera singer Timur uses the Soviet songs of his childhood to ask pressing questions about the intertwined forces of identity, politics, and history. He is joined by pianist Matt Podd and violinist Yvette Cornelia Holzwarth.
Tickets: $70*
Featured Artists
Timur Bekbosunov, tenor
Yvette Cornelia Holzwarth, violin
Matt Podd, piano
About the Artists
Qazaq-American GRAMMY Award-nominee tenor altino TIMUR collaborated with many celebrated composers, including David T. Little (Black Lodge), Thomas Adès (Powder Her Face), Tod Machover (VALIS), Evan Ziporyn (A House in Bali, Oedipus), Louis Andriessen (Theater of the World), Gerarld Barry (Salome, The Importance of Being Earnest), Vera Ivanova (The Double), David Lang (Anatomy Theater), Michael Gordon (Acquanetta), Anne LeBaron (Crescent City, LSD, Silent Steppe Cantata), Daniel Corral (Collapse, Zoophilic Follies), Mohammed Fairouz (Pierrot), Silvano Bussotti (Silvano), Kate Moore (The Dam), Erling Wold (Uksus), Veronika Krausas (Hopscotch), John Kennedy (One Body), Tobias Picker (An American Tragedy), Dave Soldier (Naked Revolution), Charles Bernstein (To Beauty), Joel Goldsmith (Sonnet), and Nick Urata (Ruby Sparks). Learn more at: www.theoperaoftimur.com
Matt Podd is a pianist, composer, arranger, and music director based in Brooklyn, NY. His devotion to craft and creativity shine in all of his music making, whether on-stage, or behind the scenes. Matt brings a joyful intensity to his music, specializing in jazz/blues, gospel, and groove. As both an improviser and classically-trained musician, Matt remains in demand as an active performer and collaborator with singers, musicians, and ensembles of all kinds. He has appeared with some of New York City's finest musicians at Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Town Hall, St. Patrick's Cathedral, and Symphony Space.
Matt Podd has worked on stage and behind the scenes as an arranger and orchestrator for such world-class acts as Jason Mraz, Barbra Streisand, Dave Matthews, Darlene Love, The Boston Pops, The New York Pops, The National Symphony Orchestra, Reneé Fleming, Joshua Bell, Jason Robert Brown, Gregory Porter, Sy Smith, Darren Criss, Stephanie J. Block, Brian D'arcy James, the Young People's Chorus of NYC, Time for Three, and many other artists, choirs, and ensembles.
Photo by Hanna Arista, www.hannaharista.com
Violinist Yvette Cornelia Holzwarth is a musician of rare versatility who builds soundscapes where genres dissolve. Based in Los Angeles, she has established herself as a "hybrid" artist—equally at home in orchestral string sections, experimental theater productions, improvisational world music ensembles, as well as her own original work.
Her career is defined by this large dynamic range. Yvette has performed and recorded with legends and pop icons including Stevie Wonder, George Benson, Ariana Grande, Kamasi Washington, Van Dyke Parks, and The Backstreet Boys. Yet, her artistry is most distinct in her cross-cultural collaborations. As a duo partner to guitarist Miroslav Tadić, she explores the intersection of Balkan folklore and Americana; their debut album LUKA (Croatia Records) was praised by critics as a "magical musical fabric" woven by two world-class musicians.
A dedicated advocate for new music, Yvette is a founding member of the Desert Quill Quartet and the chamber collective Bridge to Everywhere, an ensemble known for its celebration of cultural diversity. Learn more at: www.yvetteholzwarth.com