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Press Release

March 18, 2025

For Immediate Release

Press Contact:
Gail Wein - (646) 484-9691

CUTTING EDGE CONCERTS

New Music Festival Spring Season

Victoria Bond, Artistic Director

April 16: American debut of Danish ensemble Rudersdal Chamber Players presented by Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival


Rudersdal Chamber Players perform Victoria Bond's "Other Selves," plus premiere performances of piano quartets by Poul Ruders, Andrew Waggoner, and Elena Firsova

"a gift to New Yorkers thirsty for new sounds"

Time Out New York

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The Rudersdal Chamber Players from Denmark make their United States debut at Symphony Space on Wednesday, April 16 at 7:30 pm. The concert is presented by Victoria Bond's Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival. Tickets are $30, available here.


Called "unforgettable" by Fanfare Magazine Rudersdal Chamber Players – violinist Christine Pryn, violist Marie Stockmarr Becker, cellist John Ehde and pianist Manuel Esperilla have performed throughout Denmark and in Sweden, Norway, Germany, and Poland. In 2022 they released the world premiere recording of Poul Ruders’ chamber music, earning 5 stars from BBC Music Magazine among other critical accolades. The Whole Note praised the ensemble for "[lifting] the music .. off the page and into the ether with finesse and passion."


A centerpiece of the program is the East Coast premiere of a piano quartet by Ruders, whose work has been commissioned from the Berlin, BBC, and New York Philharmonic orchestras. Also on the program: the world premiere of Matter, Circle, Heart by American composer Andrew Waggoner, the U.S. premiere of Elena Firsova's Four Seasons, and Victoria Bond's piano trio Other Selves, which was commissioned by the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. Bond’s trio began as a ballet choreographed by Lynne Taylor-Corbett and is based on sculptures by Marjorie Michaels depicting scenes from a woman’s life. 

Inspired by Boulez's series, "Perspective Encounters", the composer and conductor Victoria Bond founded Cutting Edge Concerts in 1998. Along with performances by world-class ensembles and soloists, each program features on-stage discussions between host Victoria Bond and the composers.



The season continues on May 28 with pianist Min Kwon performing selections by Jessica Meyer, Victoria Bond, Paul Moravec, and others from her "America/Beautiful" project (tickets here). Full program details below.

Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival 2025 Spring Season

All concerts held at Symphony Space at 7:30 pm

(2537 Broadway at 95th St., New York, NY)

April 16: Rudersdal Chamber Players

Cutting Edge Concerts New Music Festival welcomes the Rudersdal Chamber Players from Denmark. Praised for their brilliant and passionate playing, the piano quartet has earned accolades for their performances throughout Europe and in the United States. Tickets


Program

Victoria Bond: Piano Trio "Other Selves"

Elena Firsova: Four Seasons (US premiere)

Andrew Waggoner: Matter, Circle, Heart (world premiere)

Poul Ruders: Piano Quartet (east coast premiere)

May 28: Pianist Min Kwon

Korean-born American pianist Min Kwon performs selections from her America/Beautiful project, in which she commissioned seventy composers to write variations on "America the Beautiful." Tickets


Program

Selected works from America/Beautiful project, including music by:

Jessica Meyer

Melinda Wagner

Justin Dello Joio *

Paul Moravec

Charles Coleman

Qasim Naqvi

Trevor Weston

Scott Ordway *

Victoria Bond

Leila Adu-Gilmore

Robert Sirota

David Sanford *

Wang Jie *

* World Premiere

About Victoria Bond

A major force in 21st century music, composer Victoria Bond is known for her melodic gift and dramatic flair. Her works for orchestra, chamber ensemble and opera have been lauded by The New York Times as "powerful, stylistically varied and technically demanding." Her compositions have been performed by the New York City Opera, Shanghai, Dallas and Houston Symphonies, members of the Chicago Symphony and New York Philharmonic, American Ballet Theater and the Cassatt and Audubon Quartets.  Ms. Bond is also an acclaimed conductor, and is the principal guest conductor of Chamber Opera Chicago, and has held conducting positions with Pittsburgh Symphony, New York City Opera, Roanoke Symphony, and Bel Canto and Harrisburg Operas.

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