Tue 3/11 @ 7:30PM
A lot of people who never go to concert halls known cellist Matt Haimovitz. If listeners don’t come to him, he goes to them, playing in a lot of unexpected places with a lot of unexpected people. He’s also known for playing in unconventional formats, and for playing music that challenge the standard cello repertoire and works outside its boundaries.
Like many classical players, he was a prodigy, making his debut with a major orchestra and conductor at the age of 13. He’s hardly still a prodigy now at 43. But instead of opting for the predictable concert cellist career, he’s toured nightclubs and he’s as likely to play work by Radiohead or Arcade Fire as by Mozart or Bach. If he plays the latter, he’s likely to give it an original spin.
When he comes to Akron’s E.J. Thoms Hall as part of the Tuesday Musical series, he’ll perform with a 17-piece chamber orchestra called A Far Cry. They’ll play music by Elgar, Boccherini, Bloch, and, as the post-intermission piece de resistance Janáček’s Idyll for string orchestra.
Tickets are $25-$45.
Photo by Amber Davis