Skip Main Navigation
Eventbrite
Browse Events
Organize
Help
Log InSign Up
Menu
Page Content
This event has ended.
Wild Up | darkness sounding | songs for one | Valitutto

Actions Panel

Jan 10

Wild Up | darkness sounding | songs for one | Valitutto

By Wild Up

When and where

Date and time

Fri, January 10, 2020, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM PST

Location

Private Home in Silver Lake Los Angeles CA 90026

Map and directions

How to get there

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event
Eventbrite's fee is nonrefundable.

Description

Pianist Richard Valitutto: sings. And weaves an existential journey through aloneness, infatuation, solitude, distance, and (dis-/re-)connection. From Stephen Sondheim to Carly Rae Jepsen, Debussy sampling Björk, Shakespearean incantations, and maybe a couple of your fave 90's songs, with a few interstitial contemporary piano solos.


About Richard Valitutto, Curator / Performer

With a focus on contemporary keyboard performance, including organ and harpsichord, Grammy-nominated pianist Richard Valitutto is a soloist, chamber musician, vocal accompanist, and composing/improvising creative with an active performance schedule that spans both coasts of the U.S., across the country, and abroad. Described as “a keyboard superstar” (The New Yorker), and as a “vivid soloist,” “vigorously virtuosic,” “quietly dazzling,” and “all around go-to new music specialist” (LA Times), he is a member of the critically acclaimed Wild Up Modern Music Collective and the "startlingly versatile" (NY Times) quartet, gnarwhallaby. He regularly performs modern and contemporary art song with various singers and concert series. Richard is currently in residence at Cornell University’s Keyboard Studies DMA program. He holds degrees in piano performance from the California Institute of the Arts (MFA) and the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music (BM, summa cum laude). for more info about Richard


About darkness sounding

What is it about the end of the year? It’s dark already, our clocks have jumped. And even in LA nights seem to overtake the days. Pagan and sacred holidays abound: rituals collecting themselves around the darkness. We’re hungry for something new, for something wrapped and warm, yet we search for a newness unbounded by the trappings of the past. In December 2019 and January 2020 Wild Up embarks on a new venture, a series set against the darkest days of the year. We make mindful, joyful and maybe melancholic music, endeavoring to drone sounds of the earth. The sounds of community being drawn together in contemplation.

darkness sounding is made possible through generous support from Ruth Gilliland and Arthur Rieman, and Bill Anawalt.


About Wild Up

Called “a raucous, grungy, irresistibly exuberant … fun-loving, exceptionally virtuosic family” by Zachary Woolfe of the New York Times, Wild Up has been lauded as one of classical music’s most exciting groups by virtually every significant institution and critic within earshot. Artistic Director Christopher Rountree started the group in 2010 with a vision of a group of young musicians that rejected outdated traditions and threw classical repertoire into the context of pop culture, new music, and performance art.

In 2019 - 2020, the group celebrates 10 years of bringing people together around the belief that no music is off limits, that classical music concerts can defy convention and address the need for heart-wrenching, mind-bending experiences.

Over the past decade the group: accompanied Björk at Goldenvoice’s FYF Fest; premiered David Lang and Mark Dion’s “anatomy theater” at LA Opera; played the scores to “Under the Skin” by Mica Levi and “Punch Drunk Love” by Jon Brion live with the films at L.A.’s Regent Theater and Ace Hotel; premiered a new opera by Julia Holter at Brooklyn’s National Sawdust; premiered a new work of avant-pop icon Scott Walker and celestial loop-maker Juliana Barwick at Walt Disney Concert Hall; played a noise concert as a fanfare for the groundbreaking of Frank Gehry’s new building on Grand Avenue and First Street in downtown L.A.; was nominated for a Grammy for their 2019 Chris Cerrone portrait “The Pieces That Fall to Earth; and held performance and educational residencies at the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Colburn School, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, National Sawdust, University of North Carolina, and the Hammer Museum, among others.


Wild Up | Darkness Sounding | 2019 - 2020

Tags

  • United States Events
  • California Events
  • Things to do in Los Angeles, CA
  • Los Angeles Performances
  • Los Angeles Music Performances
Event ended

Wild Up | darkness sounding | songs for one | Valitutto


Follow this organizer to stay informed on future events

Wild Up

Event creator

Events you might like

  • David Rovics in Topanga Canyon Songs of Social Significance

    David Rovics in Topanga Canyon Songs of Social Significance
    David Rovics in Topanga Canyon Songs of Social Significance

    Sun, Feb 12, 8:00 PM
    Corazón Performing Arts • Topanga, CA
    $10 - $20
  • Destroying Darkness With Evangelist John Ramirez

    Destroying Darkness With Evangelist John Ramirez
    Destroying Darkness With Evangelist John Ramirez

    Sat, Feb 25, 11:00 AM
    Foundation of Truth In Christ Ministry • Glendale, CA
    $59
  • "The Birthday Song" Release Show

    "The Birthday Song" Release Show
    "The Birthday Song" Release Show

    Fri, Feb 17, 9:00 PM
    The Kibitz Room • Los Angeles, CA
    $15
  • $20/Goodpeeple Studio | LA Songwriting & Recording Session | Cover Song

    $20/Goodpeeple Studio | LA Songwriting & Recording Session | Cover Song
    $20/Goodpeeple Studio | LA Songwriting & Recording Session | Cover Song

    Fri, Feb 10, 11:00 AM
    GoodPeeples Studios • Los Angeles, CA
    Free
  • Rocket 9, Wild Yawp and Whaja Dew!

    Rocket 9, Wild Yawp and Whaja Dew!
    Rocket 9, Wild Yawp and Whaja Dew!

    Wed, Feb 8, 8:00 PM
    The Smell • Los Angeles, CA
    $10
  • ❤️ Free Valentine's Concert! "Celebrate Love in Rhythm and Song"

    ❤️ Free Valentine's Concert! "Celebrate Love in Rhythm and Song"
    ❤️ Free Valentine's Concert! "Celebrate Love in Rhythm and Song"

    Sat, Feb 11, 2:00 PM
    Brentwood Presbyterian Church • Los Angeles, CA
    Free
  • Songs About Girls

    Songs About Girls
    Songs About Girls

    Thu, Mar 2, 9:30 PM
    Lock & Key • Los Angeles, CA
    Free
  • Love Songs

    Love Songs
    Love Songs

    Sat, Feb 11, 5:30 PM
    Old Ranch Country Club • Seal Beach, CA
    $125
  • Synthesizer Soundbath

    Synthesizer Soundbath
    Synthesizer Soundbath

    Sun, Feb 12, 1:00 PM
    Vintage Synthesizer Museum • Los Angeles, CA
    $10
  • Concert - Singer-Songwriters Harold Payne and Kevin Fisher

    Concert - Singer-Songwriters Harold Payne and Kevin Fisher
    Concert - Singer-Songwriters Harold Payne and Kevin Fisher

    Sat, Mar 18, 7:30 PM
    COLLAGE: A Place for Art and Culture • San Pedro, CA
    $10 - $15

Site Navigation

Use Eventbrite

  • Create Events
  • Pricing
  • Eventbrite Boost
  • Eventbrite Mobile Ticket App
  • Eventbrite Check-In App
  • Eventbrite App Marketplace
  • Event Registration Software
  • Content Standards
  • FAQs
  • Sitemap

Plan events

  • Sell Tickets Online
  • Event Planning
  • Sell Concert Tickets Online
  • Event Payment System
  • Solutions for Professional Services
  • Event Management Software
  • Community Engagement
  • Virtual Events Platform
  • QR Codes for Event Check-In
  • Post your event online

Find events

  • Browse Local Events
  • Get the Eventbrite App

Connect with us

  • Report This Event
  • Help Center
  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • CA Privacy Notice
  • Accessibility
  • Community Guidelines
Eventbrite + Ticketfly

© 2023 Eventbrite