Kaija Saariaho’s Terra Memoria reflects on memory and change, evoking landscapes both personal and physical, while Wadada Leo Smith’s String Quartet No. 5 (In the Diaspora: Earthquakes and Sunrise Missions) conjures the forces of upheaval and renewal. In Warblework, Cassandra Miller transforms the intricate songs of North American thrushes into layered, weaving lines that blur the boundaries between human and avian voices. John Luther Adams’ The Wind in High Places turns string instruments into an aeolian harp, evoking vast, windswept landscapes. The programme also includes a brand new commission by London based composer Blasio Kavuma.

Ligeti Quartet: Sunrise Missions

Milton Court Concert Hall

Think “performance art” as you approach this play-oriented re-encountering of the space where live music is made, concocted by the team of boundary-less composer inti-figgis-vizueta and Jay Campbell, the remarkable cellist whose repertoire knows no bounds.

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Jay Campbell + inti figgis-vizueta

Walt Disney Concert Hall

We welcome the long-awaited return of a pair of master improvisers and long-term collaborators for a landmark evening of duets drawing on their two ECM Records albums, 2016’s A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke and their 2025 follow-up, Defiant Life.

Wadada Leo Smith

Events

Upcoming events

Jan 21, 2027

Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith · San Francisco Jazz

Past events

Nov 27, 2025

Ligeti Quartet: Sunrise Missions · Barbican Centre

Mar 8, 2022

Jay Campbell + inti figgis-vizueta · Los Angeles Philharmonic

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