Vicky Chow plays the piano on stage

Vicky Chow performs Surface Image by Tristan Perich

Presented in partnership with Piano Spheres

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“One of our era’s most brilliant pianists.” — Pitchfork

New music superstar Vicky Chow presents the West Coast premiere of Tristan Perich’s Surface Image, a concert-length work for solo piano and 40-channel 1-bit electronics. This tour de force piece was commissioned by the longtime pianist of the Bang on a Can All-Stars and performed worldwide. Inspired by the aesthetic simplicity of math, physics and code, Perich’s music is described by The Wire magazine as "an austere meeting of electronic and organic." 

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