Lenka Hlavkova
The Presence of the Past
Bohemian National Hall, 321 East 73rd St.(between 1st and 2nd Aves.), New York, NY
Sopranos Jennifer Zetlan, Alice Teyssier, and Marisa Karchin, with members of the Washington Square Ensemble
Washington Square Contemporary Music Society presents a concert honoring Czech musicologist Lenka Hlavkova, in collaboration with Michael Beckerman, Dean of the Herb Alpert School of Music at UCLA, Seven premieres, written for this event, link music of the past with contemporary musical thought, re-creating an idea proposed and carried out by Professor Hlavkova before her untimely death in a random shooting at Charles University in 2023. Mr. Karchin's work, The Past as Present, will premiere along with music by David Sanford, Nina C. Young, Yoon-Ji Lee, Vasiliki Krimitza, Michael Beckerman, and Jacob Beranek.
Admission free