The pioneering German composer Carola Bauckholt is fond of using noisy sounds, particularly ones produced by unconventional means. Her work focuses on the phenomena of perception and understanding, and her music blurs boundaries between visual arts, musical theater, and concert music. The adventurous International Contemporary Ensemble performs a selection of her works spanning 20 years, anchored by Oh, I See, written for clarinet, violin, cello, video, and two balloons. Featuring an onstage discussion with Carola Bauckholt and George Lewis, Columbia professor and Artistic Director of International Contemporary Ensemble. Tickets starting at $20.

“What is not music? To find sounds in my environment, in my daily life, is a form of enjoying life.”
—Carola Bauckholt

Miller Theatre‘s influential Composer Portraits are deep-dive immersions into a single living composer’s work, and have been hailed as “utterly indispensable,” “essential,” “endlessly important,” and “invaluable” repeatedly by The New York Times and The New Yorker, among others.

Date and Time: Thursday, February 8, 2024, 8PM

Location: Miller Theatre at Columbia University, 2960 Broadway (at W. 116^th St.), New York, NY 10027

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