Ai Ensemble December 19, 2008

Based in New York, the ai ensemble is a duo founded by clarinetist Alejandro Acierto and cellist Isabel Castellvi in Chicago 2007 to promote contemporary works for clarinet and cello. The ai ensemble opens its second season with an exciting collaborative program of chamber and solo works including three world premieres by Nick DeMaison, Paul Pinto and Conrad Windslow. For this concert, the ai ensemble will perform chamber works with soprano and long time collaborator Amanda DeBoer on works that include Jonathon Harvey's Chu for soprano, contrabass clarinet and cello and featuring solo works by Georges Aperghis, Keeril Makan, and Giacinto Scelsi.