Asian Improv aRts, Lenora Lee Dance, and API Cultural Center are pleased to present

Vijay Iyer (piano) with Hafez Modirzadeh (saxophone)

Thursday, January 23, 2020

7:30 pm – 8:45 pm

At 945 ArtSpace

945 Clay St., San Francisco, CA 94108

Tickets: $25 adv./ $35 at the door

Doors open at 7pm.

Due to the limited capacity of the venue and increasing number of people on the waitlist, if you do not arrive by 7:40pm, we may need to give your space away to someone else. There will be no refunds should this occur. Please arrive early.

If driving, the Portsmouth Square Parking Garage is recommended, with entrance on Kearny at Clay http://www.sfpsg.com/index.html

Contact: vinay@asianimprov.org

This is the INAUGURAL CONCERT for 945 ArtSpace, a project of Asian Improv aRts, Lenora Lee Dance, API Cultural Center, and the Chinatown Community Development Center. The purpose of 945 ArtSpace is to provide a dedicated venue for artists and cultural activists to work in the intimate setting of a community-based storefront.

Composer-pianist VIJAY IYER has carved out a unique path as an influential, prolific, shape-shifting presence in modern music. He was described by the New York Times as a “social conscience, multi-media collaborator, system builder, rhapsodist, historical thinking, and multicultural gateway.” A winner of multiple awards including a 2012 Doris Duke Performing Artist Award and a 2013 MacArthur Fellowship, he holds a lifetime appointment as the Franklin D. and Florence Rosenblatt Professor of the Arts at Harvard University. Visit: https://vijay-iyer.com/about/

Composer-saxophonist Hafez Modirzadeh is active in the realms of performing, teaching, recording, publishing, and presenting cross-cultural perspectives regarding musical culture, tradition, and innovation. He has been instrumental in the ImprovisAsians annual festival held at San Francisco State University for the past 15 years. He is a Professor of Music and advisor for Jazz and Creative/World Music Studies at San Francisco State University. visit: https://music.sfsu.edu/ethnomusicology

Both Vijay and Hafez are valued contributors to Asian Improv’s work and legacy over the decades. 945 ArtSpace is extremely proud to present these extraordinary artists and community members as part of our first season here at 945 ArtSpace.

Photo of Hafez Modirzadeh

Event Photo: Vijay Iyer, by Monica Jane Frisell