Portland Tribune: Bang on a man: A night at the symphony like no other

Portland Tribune
By Joseph Gallivan

Andy Akiho, the Oregon Symphony's composer-in-residence, plays 'Sculptures: Concert for Orchestra and Video' in response to Jun Kaneko’s art

Bashing away on a giant head is one way to get butts in seats at any American symphony, as the appetite for another night of Mahler in tuxedoes wanes. The Oregon Symphony is working hard to make its concerts more edgy, more postmodern and even a little more diverse.

A member of the Oregon Symphony’s Creative Alliance, Andy Akiho is the Oregon Symphony’s Composer-in-Residence. The Nov. 4-6 show at first glance looks like a night of old chestnuts such as Tchaikovsky’s “Pathétique” and Dvořák’s “Othello Overture,” but it also contains Akiho’s “Sculptures: Concert for Orchestra and Video.”

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