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On Saturday, March 27 at 8 PM, the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) will host the Music of Helmut Lachenmann, a rare US performance of one of the most influential living European composers, interpreted by two exciting new music ensembles.

The German composer Helmut Lachenmann is known for his musique concrète instrumentale – music that uses an iconoclastic vocabulary of instrumental sounds, recombined to create imaginary timbres. The result can be uncanny: imagine a string quartet able to sound like a forest floor, the murmurs of a crowd, or the loose strings of a broken banjo. Lachenmann’s demanding, imaginative music will come alive in this concert by SIGNAL, one of the most exciting chamber orchestras playing in America today, and the JACK Quartet, praised for its “explosive virtuosity” by the Boston Globe.

The composer will be in attendance, performing a work for piano and taking the speaking role in a large ensemble piece with SIGNAL.

Tickets are required for this event and available through the EMPAC box office for $15, $10 for students, seniors, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute faculty and staff, or $5 for Rensselaer students (appropriate identification is required for any discounted tickets). Parking for this event is available in the Rensselaer parking lot on College Avenue.

Additional event information can be found on the EMPAC website, http://www.empac.rpi.edu/.

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