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What is Sympho?
"refits the classical experience for a new century" --The New York Times
Classical music is very much alive, and Sympho exists to reintroduce it to listeners in thoughtful and innovative ways.
We are an orchestra (of flexible size) that thrives on engaging audiences by placing classical music in new contexts. Our concerts range from commissioned evening-length compositions in unusual venues to thought-provoking, multisensory performances of pre-existing works from the length and breadth of the classical canon.
Sympho
has been performing concerts in New York since our inaugural REWIND concert in , and our secondary base of operations has been the San Francisco Bay Area , where we have collaborated with ensembles like the New Century Chamber Orchestra and Classical Revolution to perform the concerts we create.Sympho
and Artistic Director Paul Haas are deeply interested in the sonic possibilities of unusually large or idiosyncratic performance spaces, although our concerts have also been highly successful in more traditional and intimate venues.We aim to redesign the classical music experience for the 21st Century, and we invite you to join us in our mission!
"something momentous has occurred" --San Francisco Chronicle
"something important was happening, something with emotional stakes"
Sympho's official trailer, which contains footage from our ARCO (2011), Bionic Symphony (2012) and TOWER (2012) concerts:
Click here for more information on Sympho’s individual concerts.
Get Tickets to Ascending Darkness and KAPOW in NYC!
Sympho's immersive "Ascending Darkness" is on May 8 at 8 p.m. at Manhattan's famed Church of the Ascension, and the multimedia extravaganza "KAPOW!" is on June 12 at 7 p.m. at NYC's Rubin Museum of Art. Read more here.
Big Successes on Both Coasts
Sympho performed two exciting programs this past June. First, on
in NYC we unveiled Bionic Symphony in the exquisite Angel Orensanz Foundation. Then we sold out two performances of TOWER, a concert that placed performers and audience on the double-helix interior staircases of Ann Hamilton’s stunning 80-foot-tall sculpture and arts venue in California, set amidst the picturesque vistas of the Sonoma wine country.
The Oliver Ranch Foundation commissioned Sympho to follow in the footsteps of luminaries Meredith Monk and the Kronos Quartet, and the result was absolutely spectacular. We'll have other video soon, but please check out our trailer featuring footage of the Tower below.
Tower Video roughcut from Vidaao on Vimeo.
Sympho's ARCO Opens Park Avenue Armory Festival
Click here to find out about Sympho's smash success ARCO, commissioned by New York City's Park Avenue Armory for their inaugural Tune In Music Festival. The New York Times called it "exquisite". Or check out the full-length HD video here:
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