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Bowie Symphonic: Blackstar

Presented by Strathmore at Music Center at Strathmore, North Bethesda MD

Feb 15, 2020

Composer, performer, and MIT professor Ziporyn pays tribute to the late Bowie by transforming Blackstar into a cello concerto for acclaimed avant-garde cellist Beiser, backed by the Ambient Orchestra.

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Conceived, adapted, and arranged for orchestra by Evan Ziporyn, conductor
Featuring Maya Beiser, cello
With Ambient Orchestra
and musicians from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee College of Music

While secretly battling a fatal illness, rock icon David Bowie crafted what would be his final album: the stark yet adventurous Blackstar. The record takes some surprising jazz-fusion turns in the midst of the Starman facing his own mortality. Composer, performer, and MIT professor Ziporyn pays ... view more »

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$29 - $69

Phone: 3015815100

Email: strathmore@strathmore.org

Website: https://www.strathmore.org/events-and-tickets/bowie-symphonic-blackstar

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Music Center at Strathmore

5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD 20852

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For full parking information and directions, please visit www.strathmore.org/your-visit/directions-and-parking

Parking in the Grosvenor-Strathmore Metro garage is $5.20 during the week and free on weekends. Strathmore is also accessible via Metro's Red Line, Grosvenor-Strathmore station.

Limited short-term parking also is available at specially marked meters along Tuckerman Lane, which do not require payment after 7pm.