New Music at the Atlas: Janus Trio

04/05/2012 20:00, Atlas Performing Arts Center

Brooklyn based janus trio was formed in 2002 with the goal of presenting and creating new repertoire for the trio through commissioning projects and works-in-process collaborations. Named after Janus, the Roman god whose double-faced image peers into the past and future, the trio maintains the established tradition for the instrumentation while breaking new ground into unexplored sonic frontiers. Beginning with Debussy and including Toru Takemitsu, André Jolivet, Sophia Gubaidulina and Kaija Saariaho, composers have been allured by this intriguing combination of something bowed, something blown and something plucked. janus has added over twenty new pieces to the trio library through individual submissions and collaborative projects with universities.

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