Saturday, December 06
9:00 pm
NEUES KABARETT
Neues Kabarett is delighted to present the premiere of new works by Shahzad Ismaily, with solo compositions for electric guitar, moog synthesizer, banjo, percussion and electric bass, and collaborative pieces utilizing text and music written with Dr. Jenni Quilter (author) and performed by Shelley Hirsch (vocalist).
Shahzad Ismaily is a composer and performer, living in New York City, who plays regularly in town and abroad. He was recently an artist-in-residence at Headlands Center for the Arts, the Sundance Institute (film composer's lab) and UC Berkeley. Having just completed the score for the film Frozen River (winner of the Sundance Grand Jury prize), he's now working on 3 upcoming films, Eventual Salvation, Disturbing the Universe: Radical Lawyer William Kunstler, and El General. Shahzad Also performs and records regularly with Marc Ribot, Jolie Holland, Laurie Anderson, Will Oldham, John Zorn, Raz Mesinai, Yoko Ono, and icelandic people.