LINDA MAY HAN OH AND FABIAN ALMAZAN
Artists Bass Piano
FESTIVAL HALL Linda May Han Oh Fabian Almazan
June 2, 7:00pm; June 3, 5:00pm; June 4, 5:00pm; June 5, 5:00pm and 7:00pm; June 6, 5:00pm 1 hour Performed without an intermission
LINDA MAY HAN OH (bass) is a New York City-based bassist/composer who has performed with artists such as Pat Metheny, Kenny Barron, Joe Lovano, and Terri Lyne Carrington. Raised in Perth, Western Australia, she was voted the 2018 – 2021 Bassist of the Year by the Jazz Journalist’s Association, as well as the 2022 Bassist of the Year in Jazztimes Magazine. Oh is a Jerome Foundation Fellow, a recipient of the 2020 APRA award for Best New Jazz Work, and a 2020 Sundance Interdisciplinary Grant—collaborating with filmmaker Sabrina McCormick. She was recently featured as the bassist in the 2020 Disney Pixar movie Soul and has released five albums as a leader which have received critical acclaim.
FABIAN ALMAZAN (piano) has explored his way through imaginative music as an improviser and composer. Almazan has developed a personal voice through the electric manipulation of the acoustic piano, some of which can be heard on the 2019 film Harriet by Kasi Lemmons. He has performed on film scores such as Miracle at St. Anna (2008) and Just Wright (2010). He has toured his music extensively as well as accompanied artists such as Terence Blanchard, Gretchen Parlato, Mark Guiliana, Avishai Cohen, and Ambrose Akinmusire. As an environmentalist and naturalist, Almazan travelled back to his homeland of Cuba where he made field recordings of endemic birds which were then incorporated into This Land Abounds with Life, Almazan’s most recent album. He is the founder/director of Biophilia Records which ensures a dialogue of awareness concerning music and environmental justice.
Sponsored by Wells Fargo Made possible in part by the Oliver S. and Jennie R. Donaldson Charitable Foundation. These performances are made possible in part through funds from the Spoleto Festival USA Endowment, generously supported by BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America.
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