PIANO SPHERES: House on Fire: Carbon Copy

Piano Spheres is a concert series for contemporary and 20th Century classical piano that I have been attending since 2006. It's always worth attending.
Date: February 10 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Venue: 2220 Arts + Archives
2220 Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90057

Tickets: $25 General $15 Seniors and Students

House on Fire, a trio consisting of Andrew Anderson, Wells Leng, and Richard An, was formed around their common interest in new music and is centered around their shared focus as pianists. When performing or commissioning repertoire for three pianists, we frequently encounter the matter of homogeneity: How do you write for three people who ostensibly do the same thing? The pieces on this program each contend with the “three pianist” conundrum in different ways. Some put the performers on keyboards of distinct timbres to encourage a multiplicity of sounds. Others play into the “sameness” and employ the implicit uniformity of the keyboard to create a selfsame texture.
PROGRAM:
Tristan Perich – qsqsqsqsqqqqqqqqq
Erin Rogers – Cold Countries (premiere, Piano Spheres commission)
Matthias Kranebitter – Pitch Study No. 2 / The 88 Piano Keys
Yifeng Yvonne Yuan – I wrote you a letter. (A letter is what I wrote to you.)
Erich Barganier – Interstate Glitches VII – Salton City – Los Angeles
Richard An – Carbon Copy (premiere)

Wells Leng – repas à plusieurs plats (premiere)

BIOGRAPHY:
House on Fire is a new music ensemble consisting of Wells Leng, Richard An, and Andrew Anderson. Though centered around their shared focus as pianists, each member’s multi-instrumentalism allows for expanded repertoire including cello, percussion, toy piano and other keyboard instruments.
Close friends since their time at the California Institute of the Arts, the group was formally introduced in December 2021, and is dedicated to the performance of new and experimental music, as well as the work of Southern California composers, championing the music of its own members and close collaborators.
We get along like a house on fire.

Critics have called Piano Spheres “A nourishing, lasting LA invention” and one of “our most imaginative, best-planned, courageous and stimulating concert series.” Perhaps the LA Times said it best: “Clearly, Piano Spheres is intent on promoting new musical piano culture, not only by affording a handful of L.A.’s finest [pianists] a regular showcase, but also helping to expand and update the existing solo piano repertoire and offer needed encouragement to young composers.”

To date, Piano Spheres’ core artists and renowned guest artists have presented 830 works for piano by more than 300 composers from across the globe, of which 92 are women and 254 are American. These works include solo, duo piano, piano chamber music, and piano vocal music, comprising 126 premieres, 44 of which were commissioned by PS itself. Past performances are presented both on our website and the Piano Spheres YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@PianoSpheres