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SUMMARY:Open Frequencies
LOCATION:Pacific Spirit United Church
DESCRIPTION:The annual VNM Festival returns with Open Frequencies\, a three
 -day program spotlighting bold\, globally engaged approaches to new music 
 by artists working at the forefront of experimental\, interdisciplinary\, 
 and cross-cultural sound practices. Featuring renowned percussionist Kunik
 o Kato with Haruka Aoyagi\, Karin Tozaki\, Koichi Hosono and Misaki Matsun
 o (Japan) in a virtuosic quartet performance dedicated to the music of Ste
 ve Reich\, cellist and composer Okkyung Lee (Korea)\, vocalist and sound a
 rtist Nadah El Shazly (Egypt/Montreal) with harpist Sarah Pagé (Montreal)
 \, and BC artists Meredith Bates (Salt Spring Island) and Piu (Nanaimo).\n
 This is for a Festival Pass to all three dates. For single day tickets (
 Day 1\, Day 2\, Day 3)\, please see the links below.\n \nFestival Schedul
 e\nTHU OCT 22Kuniko Kato Quartet (Japan)\nKuniko Kato Quartet presents a p
 rogram celebrating the 90th birthday of legendary minimalist composer Stev
 e Reich\, featuring some of his most complex\, hypnotic\, and beautiful pe
 rcussion works. Internationally acclaimed as one of the world’s leading 
 percussion virtuosos\, Kuniko Kato will be joined by outstanding percussio
 nists Haruka Aoyagi\, Karin Tozaki\, Koichi Hosono\, and Misaki Matsuno wh
 o have been involved in the Steve Reich Project\, Kato’s international c
 oncert series devoted to meticulously arranged performances of Reich’s m
 asterpieces. This special performance is part of the REICH90 North America
 n Tour\, a major celebration of Steve Reich’s 90th birthday across the U
 nited States and Canada.\nPurchase Day 1 tickets\n \nFRI OCT 23Okkyung Le
 e (Korea)Meredith Bates (Salt Spring Island)\nOkkyung Lee is an internatio
 nally recognized cellist\, composer\, and improviser known for her innovat
 ive practice and improvisational work utilising visceral extended techniqu
 es on her instrument. Lee has taken a broad array of inspirations—includ
 ing noise\, improvisation\, jazz\, western classical\, and Korean traditio
 nal and popular music—and used them to forge a highly unique approach.\n
 JUNO and WCMA award-winning violinist\, violist\, and composer Meredith Ba
 tes performs selections from her recently released album\, The Observer Ef
 fect.\nPurchase Day 2 tickets\n \nSAT OCT 24Nadah El Shazly and Sarah Pag
 é (Egypt/Montreal)Piu (Nanaimo)\nEgyptian vocalist and composer Nadah El 
 Shazly in collaboration with harpist Sarah Pagé will blend voice\, electr
 onics\, and harp\, performing selections from El Shazly’s album Laini Ta
 ni (2025) as well as additional singles from her previous work.A dynamic l
 ive performance by musician\, composer\, and producer Priyanka Chakrabarti
  (Piu)\, blends live electronics\, raga-inspired vocals\, and field record
 ings.\nPurchase Day 3 tickets\n \n \nBanner credits:Kuniko Kato\, Sarah 
 Pagé\, Nadah El Shazly\, Piu\, Okkyung Lee\, Meredith Bates (from top lef
 t\, clockwise)\n\nBoletos: https://www.showpass.com/vnm-festival-202627/
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