The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Fresh Ink 2009-10 Season
2009 Grantee
$100,000
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts was awarded $100,000 for its new music series Fresh Ink. The series will include Philadelphia debuts by Kristjan Järvi conducting the Absolute Ensemble, the string quartet Brooklyn Rider, and the trio 2 Foot Yard. Fresh Ink will also feature pianist Simone Dinnerstein, cellist Matt Haimovitz, and the return of the Kronos and JACK Quartets. JACK will be co-presented by Bowerbird. Fresh Ink concerts will offer the U.S. premiere of a new string quartet by Matthias Pintscher and 20 regional premieres of works by Mike Block, Charles Coleman, Philip Glass, Matt Haimovitz, Matt Herskowitz, Colin Jacobsen, Carla Kihlstedt, Jeff Myers, Gene Pritsker, Serge Provost, Christopher Rouse, Ana Sokolovic, Steven Stucky, Gilles Tremblay, and Luna Pearl Woolf. The series will also feature compositions by Elliott Carter, Osvaldo Golijov, Steve Reich, Wolfgang Rihm, Amon Tobin, Aleksandra Vrebalov, and Ramallah Underground.
Kimmel Center Inc’s mission is to operate a world-class performing arts center that engages and serves a broad audience from throughout the Greater Philadelphia region. Since its debut in 2001, the Center has established itself as one of the premier East Coast destinations for internationally-renowned performers of music and dance. Kimmel Center, Inc. owns, manages, supports and maintains The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, which includes Verizon Hall, Perelman Theater, Innovation Studio and the Merck Arts Education Center. Kimmel Center, Inc. also manages the Academy of Music, owned by the Philadelphia Orchestra Association. The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts and the Academy of Music serve as home to eight Resident Company performing arts organizations, including The Philadelphia Orchestra, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Ballet, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, American Theater Arts for Youth, PHILADANCO, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society and Peter Nero and the Philly Pops®. www.kimmelcenter.org
Kronos Quartet, photo by Jay Blakesberg