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An evening of boundary-breaking chamber music that blurs the line between pop and the avant-garde. Brightwork reimagines classics by The Beatles, Sonic Youth, and Prince through the lens of cutting-edge contemporary composition. The program features works by Pulitzer Prize winner Anthony Davis, Nina Shekhar, Kurt Rohde, Sarah Gibson, Dana Kaufman, and Luciano Berio, fusing familiar melodies with the exploratory textures of 21st-century chamber music.

Brightwork newmusic
Brightwork newmusic is a Los Angeles-based chamber ensemble formed in 2013 by pianist Aron Kallay. The group is built around a sextet instrumentation (piano, violin, cello, flute, clarinet, percussion) and focuses on presenting high-caliber performances of contemporary classical music alongside landmark works from the past hundred years. Their mission is to revitalize the art of new music on the West Coast—commissioning living composers, premiering their works, and inviting listeners into the creative process.

At a Brightwork performance you can expect a polished and fearless ensemble of musicians, many of whom are recognized in the professional music scene, delivering precise, responsive playing and tightly integrated chamber music under modern aesthetic standards.