Fire Museum Presents Tatsuya Nakatani Solo + Nakatani Gong Orchestra
Wed, Nov 08
|2223 Fish
Bowed Gong genius brings his custom made gong orchestra to philly. Playing will be several supply members, Carlos Santiago, Thomas Patteson, Max Glazier and Aaron Pond plus a whole host of others
Time & Location
Nov 08, 2023, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
2223 Fish, 2223 E Dauphin St, Philadelphia, PA 19125, USA
About the event
A contemporary live art sound project, N.G.O. has toured all over North and Central America. This is an ongoing, growing community engagement project and the only bowed-Gong orchestra in existence in the world today. The rich harmonies produced from multiple layers of bowed gongs are simply magic to anyone, engaging and inspiring the spirits of both the player and all who attend.
For each performance in a given city, gong players are selected by a local curator. Most are new to N.G.O. Nakatani gives a specialized training workshop to selected players in preparation for the performance. Players will also experience Nakatani's own unique point of view regarding Gong techniques, and will experience undiscovered dimensions while immersed in the vibrations and sounds during a training workshop. Nakatani is the composer and conductor for the performance.
Nakatani began germinating ideas for N.G.O. in early 2002, and finally took the…