Art & Art Making in a Changing Cultural Landscape
The San Diego Symphony’s annual January Festival returns in its fourth year entitled, Hearing the Future. Throughout the festival, which runs January 9 - 27, the organization explores and celebrates the power of music and art to give voice to the evolution and revolutions in the world at large. The festival, curated by composer-conductor Matthew Aucoin (b.1990), will shine a spotlight on the music being made today – from composers and performers who are still in high school, to a 90-year-old jazz master. The festival will also explore the way music from the past — from Haydn, Beethoven and Berlioz to the creators of African-American spirituals — engaged with the most urgent issues of their time.
BUILDING THE FUTURE: A Conversation About Art & Art Making in a Changing Cultural Landscape - Matthew Aucoin, festival curator, Rafael Payare, San Diego Symphony music director designate, Gerard McBurney, creative consultant and artists and musicians from San Diego Symphony and American Modern Opera Company (AMOC) will provide a preview of the festival and discuss how artists reflect today’s changing cultural landscape, and what inspires them in creating the art of the future. This event will include performances of music by Aucoin and music from throughout the festival. The audience is invited to stay after the event to chat and mingle with the panelists, musicians and fellow arts-lovers over a drink.
