Thollem Mcdonas: Meeting At The Parting Place at An Die Musik Live

"fearless experimentation...super-human handwork" - Brad Cohan, New York City Jazz Record

"transforms 88 keys into texturally staggering ensemble." - Detroit Metro Times

"endless worlds of possibility" - J. Lawrence, Columbia Free Times

Listening to Thollem McDonas play the piano is an astonishing experience. He has an innate ability to compose transcendent music using the piano as his expressive voice and to explore the depth and range of the instrument like no one else. Meeting At The Parting Place will take you on journeys across varied landscapes that flow effortlessly from one to the next — somehow emerging logically even in their unpredictability. Thollem creates a spectacular tapestry of different colored sounds reflecting his awareness, study and assimilation of countless influences. In Terry Riley’s own words, Thollem McDonas is ‘a true original'. - Joan Jeanrenaud, Composer, Cellist (Kronos Quartet cellist 1978-98)...

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"fearless experimentation...super-human handwork" - Brad Cohan, New York City Jazz Record

"transforms 88 keys into texturally staggering ensemble." - Detroit Metro Times

"endless worlds of possibility" - J. Lawrence, Columbia Free Times

Listening to Thollem McDonas play the piano is an astonishing experience. He has an innate ability to compose transcendent music using the piano as his expressive voice and to explore the depth and range of the instrument like no one else. Meeting At The Parting Place will take you on journeys across varied landscapes that flow effortlessly from one to the next — somehow emerging logically even in their unpredictability. Thollem creates a spectacular tapestry of different colored sounds reflecting his awareness, study and assimilation of countless influences. In Terry Riley’s own words, Thollem McDonas is ‘a true original'. - Joan Jeanrenaud, Composer, Cellist (Kronos Quartet cellist 1978-98)

Thollem has been excavating depths of sound and energy for 49 years, skirting and erasing the edges of boundaries musically, culturally, geographically. The seeds of his work come from near and far: studies as a concert pianist, collaboration with hundreds of artists across disciplines/genres and continuous travel throughout North America and Europe. His work is ever-evolving, responding to the times and his experiences, absorbing the energies of the world and forging them into unique sonic constructions.

“Thollem is a modern griot who has absorbed sounds from every place he has visited, and, like a plant, he leaves seeds that find soil and grow as beautiful sound memories for the listener.” - William Parker

Tickets: $15 in advance/$18 at door /$10 full-time students with ID

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