Feb. 22 — UCSB Arts & Lectures presents an unprecedented recital of world premieres from Yo-Yo Ma at The Granada Theatre

In an unusual program featuring three new works commissioned specially for him by Arts & Lectures, Yo-Yo Ma will perform music by Pulitzer Prize-winner Caroline Shaw and genre-defying South African cellist Abel Selaocoe

Courtesy photo.

SUMMARY

  • Sun, Feb 22 | 4 p.m. | The Granada Theatre
    • Legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma offers a rare opportunity to experience a solo recital program of new works featuring three new pieces commissioned specially for him by Arts & Lectures
    • Genre-defying South African cellist Abel Selaocoe contributes a piece rooted in African ideals and expressing the universality of the natural world; Pulitzer Prize-winner Caroline Shaw’s composition imagines a sound that has, in her words, “never been heard before but has always existed.”
    • The program culminates in a new piece focused on water and drawing on music that Yo-Yo Ma has encountered during his recent and ongoing exploration of the ways that culture can reinvigorate our connection to the natural world
    • $95 – $175 General Public / $20 UCSB students (Current student ID required) VERY LIMITED TICKETS AVAILABLE