Acrpost: A Project of the Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres

Event Description

Pianist Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa (UVic BMus ’93) and violinist Sarah Westwick perform a concert of works for violin and piano by historical and contemporary women composers including lsabella Leonarda, Amanda Maier, Florence Price, Elizabeth Raum, and Jessie Montgomery. Join us afterwards for a short post-concert reception with the artists. BIOGRAPHIES Hailed as a “keyboard virtuoso and avant-garde muse” (Georgia Straight) whose “emotional intensity” transforms music “from notes on a page to a stunning work of art” (Victoria Times Colonist), Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa is recognized among Canada’s foremost contemporary music pianists. Rachel’s reputation for fearless performative risk has drawn many of Canada’s most notable composers to write for her, including Hildegard Wester... more...