Hailed for “amazing versatility” (Arts Fuse), “exquisite melody” (Jazz Improv), and called “stirring and technically impressive” (AllAboutJazz.com), flutist Peter H. Bloom will perform vivid works for multiple flutes, piano, voice, crotale and kickdrum (one performer). His playing has been called “wonderfully smoky and mysterious” (EarRelevant) and “a revelation for unforced sweetness and strength" (The Boston Globe). The event is a Community Benefit Concert, made possible by an Artist Fellowship from the Somerville Arts Council and the Mass Cultural Council. Bloom, known for his virtuosity across many genres, from jazz to the avant-garde to classical masterworks, will perform Song for Eric Dolphy (1977), a gift to Peter from his dear departed colleague Len Detlor. The piece is an evocation, séance-like, of the genius and virtuosity of composer and woodwind master Dolphy, while also calling forth the spirit of Detlor, himself a fine composer/flutist/saxophonist. Also featured are works written for Bloom over the last 50 years by distinguished composers Elliott Schwartz, Karl Henning, John McDonald, Marianela Maduro-Lang, Timothy Bowlby, and Sean Burns, plus the premiere of Meditation XI Shakuhachi Opus 143 (2019, for alto flute alone) by Avrohom Leichtling. The concert is free and open to the public. ...
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Hailed for “amazing versatility” (Arts Fuse), “exquisite melody” (Jazz Improv), and called “stirring and technically impressive” (AllAboutJazz.com), flutist Peter H. Bloom will perform vivid works for multiple flutes, piano, voice, crotale and kickdrum (one performer). His playing has been called “wonderfully smoky and mysterious” (EarRelevant) and “a revelation for unforced sweetness and strength" (The Boston Globe). The event is a Community Benefit Concert, made possible by an Artist Fellowship from the Somerville Arts Council and the Mass Cultural Council. Bloom, known for his virtuosity across many genres, from jazz to the avant-garde to classical masterworks, will perform Song for Eric Dolphy (1977), a gift to Peter from his dear departed colleague Len Detlor. The piece is an evocation, séance-like, of the genius and virtuosity of composer and woodwind master Dolphy, while also calling forth the spirit of Detlor, himself a fine composer/flutist/saxophonist. Also featured are works written for Bloom over the last 50 years by distinguished composers Elliott Schwartz, Karl Henning, John McDonald, Marianela Maduro-Lang, Timothy Bowlby, and Sean Burns, plus the premiere of Meditation XI Shakuhachi Opus 143 (2019, for alto flute alone) by Avrohom Leichtling. The concert is free and open to the public.
In a career spanning more than 50 years, Peter H Bloom has concertized in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, and is featured on 48 recordings from labels including Sony Classical, 9Winds, Leo Records, Sono Luminus, and others. He is contributing editor for Noteworthy Sheet Music, and is a winner of the American Musicological Society’s Noah Greenberg Award. A 47-year veteran with The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, he's shared the stage with jazz legends Charles Neville, Sheila Jordan, Jimmy Giuffre, Jaki Byard, Ricky Ford, Jay Clayton and others. He’s performed with such noted classical artists as Ensemble Chaconne, Ensemble Aubade, Henning Ensemble, and D’Anna Fortunato.
Bloom began his career in 1969, performing ground-breaking adventurous music with Mark Harvey, and established impressive credentials in diverse genres (chamber music from the Renaissance to the 21st century; exploratory jazz and free improvisation; jazz standards, blues, bebop, and pan-Latin soundscapes). Bloom has performed in London, Bangkok, Canberra, Wellington, Ottawa, and other world capitals, and in hundreds of cities across 40 states and four continents. Collaborations with composers and premieres of new works written for him have featured prominently in these tours.
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