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“Noise Cabinet” concert series brings new sounds to Capitol Modern
Clara Kim joins The Conversation to introduce Noise Cabinet, her new concert series at Capitol Modern designed to open audiences to experimental and unfamiliar sound — ahead of the inaugural program on January 17.
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Capitol Modern — In the 16th century, Renaissance Europe's eccentric elites began to fill their spare rooms with naturalia. Nautical shells and coral specimens lined their shelves. Taxidermied animals hung from the ceiling. One popular fixture was the tusk of a narwhal, a corkscrewed lance often mistaken as a unicorn's horn. The rooms, dubbed curiosity cabinets, blurred fact and fiction. In the Age of Enlightenment, their veracity mattered less than the sense of wonder they evoked.
Drawing from the same philosophy, violinist Clara Kim brings forth Noise Cabinet, a new quarterly concert series for “listeners with openness and curiosity.” Across four concerts hosted at Capitol Modern, the program traces a wide spectrum of sound, from solo works to free improvisation and electroacoustic experimentation. The series opens this Saturday, January 17, with performances from Kim, experimental musician Gahlord Dewald, and Kānaka Maoli composer Leilehua Lanzilotti, a finalist for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Music.
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