Music

Bianca Gismonti was born in a family of musicians. Since a very young age,she would attend her father's concerts, accompanied by her mother - actress Rejane Medeiros - and brother - guitarist Alexandre Gismonti.Her house was full of musical influences, being also a meeting point for dozens of important artists whom Bianca got to know. At age nine, she asked to start taking piano lessons. Already at fifteen, she launched her musical career as an accompanist to her father, on various stages around the world for many years.Her piano studies carried on at UFRJ University in Rio until 2005, when "Duo Gisbranco"(a piano duo with peer Claudia Castelo Branco)made its debut, having since recorded three albums and two DVDs,with allied musical partnerships with the likes of composer Chico César, cellist Jaques Morelembaum and singer Monica Salmaso.

See her live at Blue Note Beijing on June 3rd. For more information or to buy tickets, visit: https://www.showstart.com/event/54559

60 Miles

The Swiss trio 60 Miles did not take its name from a decade surely very rich in jazz, neither from a certain trumpeter with an emblematic silhouette (among others). But…

But it’s certainly jazz that 60 Miles propose. In our day, does a jazz still exist that refers only to itself and is nourished only by its own tradition ?

60 Miles choose to create its own music, inspired as much by Parker, Jarrett or Cohen as Led Zeppelin, Radiohead or Beethoven. A music formed in the great tradition of the trio, but without the usual codes. A music where the rhythmic games take the principal place, between the fascination of the numeric abstraction and the enjoyable celebration of the ambiguity.

After publishing their first album « ...Ou à raison », (Altri Suoni / 2015) 60 Mileshave played in Switzerland, France, Germany, China (Beijing / Dalian / Xiamen / Changsha / Shenzhen / Guangzhou) and south America (Brazil / Argentina). At the moment the trio is presenting the new record:« Last Summer » 2018

But why 60 Miles ? A question of space, but finally also a question of time…

As was said by another celebrity (but without trumpet) « the world is fix, in balance in a space of dimension four ». And Switzerland is not so big.

Program

Franz Schubert
String Quartet No. 14 “Death and the Maiden”
Intermission
Claude Debussy
String Quartet in G minor, op. 10

A brief introduction

Thanks to its noteworthy and exceptional scenic presence, the Hanson Quartet wins 2nd Prize atJ.Haydn Competition and three special Prizes (J.Haydn Prize, 20th century Prize and Audience Prize), in 2016 the 2nd Prize in Geneva International String Quartet Competition and in april 2015 the third Prize and Audience Prize at the 11th International Competition for String Quartet in Lyon. In 2014, he is also awarded of the European competition for music ensembles "FNAPEC" where he gets "Bourse de l'Académie des Beaux Arts". Since 2015 the four musicians are in residence at the Fondation Singer-Polignac and they are supported by the « Fondation Banque Populaire ».

Graduated from the Conservatoire Supérieur de Paris, the french quartet receives regularly advices from Hatto Beyerle, Johannes Meissl and Ebene Quartet. Thefour interprets of Hansons are particularly involved in research and understandingof the musical language. Thanks to its knowledge of the music repertoirefounding the string quartet, and especially Joseph Haydn, the Hanson Quartet builds up to itself a strong identity of discourse in which intelligence and a touch of humor get involved in the delicacy and the sensibility of its interpretation.

The quartet has performed in large halls as for exemple the Wigmore Hall, the Victoria Hall, the «Auditorium de la Maison de la Radio» in Paris, the « Opéra de Lyon », the« Salle Cortot » or the « Cité de la Musique ». The Hanson Quartet is regularly invited to play through over Europe (Germany, Norway, England, Austria, Italy, Swizerland, Portugal, Morocco…) and since september 2016 the Hanson Quartet is in residency at the French Radio (France Musique).

Johann Sebastian Bach

Cello Suite N° 3 in c major, BWV 1009 (Prelude)

Heinz Holliger Fantasiestück (2000-2001)
Johann Sebastian Bach (Allemande)
Luciano BerioLes mots sont allés (1978)
Johann Sebastian Bach (Courante)
Sofia GubaidulinaPrelude n°1- Staccato, Legato (1974)
Johann Sebastian Bach (Sarabande)
György Kurtág Az hit... (1998)
Johann Sebastian Bach (Bourrées I et II)
Witold LutoslawskiSacher Variation (1975)
Johann Sebastian Bach (Gigue)
György LigetiCapriccio (1952)

Estelle Revaz, Cellist

Born 1989 in Switzerland, Estelle Revaz studied the cello in Paris at the CRR with Xavier Gagnepain and subsequently at the Conservatoire with Jérôme Pernoo, as well as in Cologne with Maria Kliegel.
Her appearances as a soloist with orchestra and a repertoire ranging from Vivaldi to contemporary music have been highly acclaimed by reviewers and audiences in Europa, Asia, South Africa and South America. From the 2017/18 season onwards, Estelle will for three years be artist in residence with the Orchestre de Chambre de Genève conducted by Arie van Beek.
At the same time, she loves to play chamber music with pianists such as Finghin Collins, Frank Dupree or Gérard Wyss and is a member of the Trio Colomba with Sergey Ostrovsky (violin) and Irina Chkourindina (piano) as well as the Trio Window with Damien Bachmann (clarinet) and Christian Chamorel (piano). In 2016 with the Trio Window she went on tour in China playing in 8 cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chongqing and Nanjing.

Lines:

Saxophone: WU Letian

Piano: Sejin BAE

Bass: Zhang Ke

Drums: Xiao Dou

Piano: Richard Sussman

Bass:Zhang Ke

Drums: Anthony Vanacore

Richard Sussman is a jazz pianist, composer, music technologist, educator, and author. He has performed with many jazz & pop greats including Lionel Hampton, Lee Konitz, Houston Person, Randy Brecker, Donna Summer, Blood Sweat & Tears, and many others. Richard has recorded five critically acclaimed albums of original music as a leader. Known for his large ensemble arrangements and compositions, his music has been performed by the Village Vanguard Orchestra, Westchester Jazz Orchestra, Metropole Orchestra of Holland, and the American Composers Orchestra in New York, among others.

Richard has been a member of the jazz faculty at the Manhattan School of Music since 1986,where his responsibilities have included teaching and developing curriculum for jazz arranging&composition classes, and managing all aspects of the Electronic Music Technology Studios and related courses for the Jazz Department. Richard Sussman’s book “Jazz Composition and Arranging in the Digital Age” (Oxford University Press, 2012), has been hailed as a comprehensive and trend-setting text for jazz composers in the 21st century. Richard is a skilled and experienced clinician and has presented clinics and performances at many national and international conferences including IAJE, CMS, ATMI, and JEN.

Richard has received numerous awards including two NEA grants in Jazz Composition, an ASCAP Jazz Composition Award in 2008, and most recently a Chamber Music America New Jazz Works grant completed in December 2015. His extensive work in the field of film and TV has included projects for ABC, NBC, CBS, Disney, and Nickelodeon.

On the docket tonight is a pop-punk show organized local promoters FanZui TuanHuo!

Set to unleash their best pop-punk tunes and help you end the weekend on a high note are the female fronted All Unknown, punk-pop with a hip hop twist ensemble Need a Name, and pop-punk inspired bands Ying Ke Er, Dian Mu, and Grey rounding out the line-up!

RMB 60 // RMB 40 in advance

Line-up:
All Unknown: https://site.douban.com/ALLUNKNOWN/
Need a Name: https://site.douban.com/needaname/
Ying Ke Er: https://site.douban.com/yingkeer/
Dian Mu (电木)
Grey

FanZui TuanHuo: https://site.douban.com/wild/

School Bar May Calendar of Shows: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/xn0JV_zCZGw_TTeVeD5r7A

School Bar: http://site.douban.com/school/

Follow School Bar on WeChat for all the latest show info, last minute updates/secret shows, interviews, and more! WeChat ID: schoollivebar

Ceremony is currently on tour in China and tonight the band stops off at School Bar for their much anticipated appearance in Beijing.

Formed in Virginia in 2005, Ceremony is former Skywave member John Fedowitz and a host of other alternating members. Since forming and gaining popularity across the US, Ceremony has toured all around the States, three times in Europe, and a two week tour of Japan as well. Welcome the band to Beijing as they make their first foray into China! Described as love songs with distortion, lofi postpunk, raw shoegaze with reckless abandon, and psych, you will not be disappointed.

Advance tickets have sold-out, and Showstart has apparently put the door tickets on sale on Showstart now as well. If you are interested, be sure to act quickly.

RMB 200 // RMB 150 in advance (sold-out)
Ticket link: https://wap.showstart.com/event/50345

Merchandise the band is bringing along: https://weibo.com/ttarticle/p/show?id=2309404239630064090157

Ceremony: https://www.facebook.com/ceremonyeastcoast /// https://ceremonyeastcoast.bandcamp.com/

See you tonight!

School Bar May Calendar of Shows: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/xn0JV_zCZGw_TTeVeD5r7A

School Bar: http://site.douban.com/school/

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Tonight Aberration descend upon School for the Beijing stop of their current China tour.

Aberration was founded in 2007 in Wuhan and is spear-headed by front man and guitarist Liang Zhan. Liang Zhan previously spent time in Beijing playing in Los Crasher and other music projects, and after leaving Beijing and returning to Wuhan in 2014, Liang Zhan restarted his first love, Aberration. The band first started off as an old-school punk group in 2007, and has now matured into a rock n' roll blues machine. Don't miss this opportunity to check out Aberration tonight.

Opening are fellow bluesmen Wu and the Side-Effects and rock n' roll quarter with a bluesy vibe that will get you dancing Ghetto Blaster.

RMB 80 // RMB 60 in advance
Advance tickets here: https://wap.showstart.com/event/51888

Line-up:
Aberration: https://site.douban.com/aberration/
Wu and the Side-Effects: https://site.douban.com/aberration/
Ghetto Blaster: https://site.douban.com/GhettoBlaster/

School Bar May Calendar of Shows: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/xn0JV_zCZGw_TTeVeD5r7A

School Bar: http://site.douban.com/school/

Follow School Bar on WeChat for all the latest show info, last minute updates/secret shows, interviews, and more! WeChat ID: schoollivebar

Li Eryang and Rudra’s Sage team up for Beatles Night at Mogu Space on Sunday, May 27th. Everyone knows the Beatles but Rudra’s Sage (Raymond) knows them better than most – he studied sitar next to their guru. Li Eryang is inspired by rock from the 60’s and 70’s. The two will play Beatles hits.

For more information or to buy tickets, visit: https://www.showstart.com/event/52647