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Imaginary Coordinates
A Concert and Conversation
Tuesday, May 6 at 7:30 pm
Tickets: $15 | $12 for Spertus members | $7 for students
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left to right: Mina Zikri, Andrew Patner, Mohamed Saleh Ibrahim and Matan Porat
Chicago critic Andrew Patner and Egyptian conductor and violinist Mina Zikri curate a program of music and conversation in response to the Spertus Museum exhibition Imaginary Coordinates.
Young Israeli, Palestinian, Egyptian, and other musicians from the Middle East, many of them present or former members of Daniel Barenboim’s award-winning West-Eastern Divan, present musical selections that explore a musical landscape parallel to the visual representations of artists and mapmakers in the exhibition.
Performance and narration will be followed by a conversation with the audience, and a jam session on traditional and Western instruments.
In addition to Mina Zikri, performers include Israeli pianist and composer Matan Porat, Israeli horn player Itamar Leshem, Egyptian oboist Mohamed Saleh Ibrahim, and Syrian cellist Kinan Abou-Afach.