Other Minds Spoleto Tour
May 31-June 4, 2012

Join Other Minds on a musical adventure tour at the Spoleto USA Festival in Charleston, South Carolina from May 31 to June 4. Attend American premiere performances of two operas, Feng Yi Ting by Guo Wenjing and Kepler by Philip Glass, and a concert Orchestra Uncaged, featuring Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood and a US premiere of John Cage's orchestral trilogy, Twenty-Six, Twenty-Eight, and Twenty-Nine. In addition to the performances, the tour includes: artist talks with Other Minds' Artistic Director Charles Amirkhanian and Spoleto conductor John Kennedy; a special appearance of Philip Glass discussing his work; and exclusive receptions at the festival.

The Other Minds Spoleto Tour includes luxurious accommodations at the new Renaissance Hotel in the heart of downtown Charleston, within walking distance to shops and restaurants. Also on the itinerary, are tours of the Charleston area with a trip to Fort Sumter and a local plantation garden. Experience performances with a group of other adventurous music lovers, and discover the artistic process behind the works.

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Tour package is $1950 per person for one traveler (single occupancy); $1500 per person for couples (double occupancy). Airfare not included. Limited space is available. Call or email to book your tour: cynthia@otherminds.org or 415-934-8134 x302

JUNE 1
FENG YI TING (PHOENIX PAVILION)
American Premiere Opera Production
Composed by Guo Wenjing
Directed by Atom Egoyan
An empire at stake; two powerful men in love with the same exquisite, inscrutable woman; and a plot that will change the course of history. Directed by internationally acclaimed film director Atom Egoyan, designed by Derek McLane with costumes by Han Feng and video by Tsang Kin-wah, this new production brings a fresh perspective to a classic story of love, corruption, and political intrigue.

JUNE 2
KEPLER
American Premiere Opera Production
Composed by Philip Glass
Libretto by Martina Winkel
Directed by Sam Helfrich
John Kennedy, Conductor

Johannes Kepler, the groundbreaking astronomer and mathematician of the scientific revolution, imagined "a continuous heavenly music only perceived by the mind." With a libretto gleaned primarily from Kepler's own writings and a driving and hypnotic score that embodies the scientist's quest to reconcile scientific discovery with the divine, the opera suggests, as Kepler himself believed, that there really may be a music of the spheres.

JUNE 3
ORCHESTRA UNCAGED
John Kennedy, conductor
Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra
The Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra, led by Resident Conductor John Kennedy, presents a special program of music of our time. Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood maintains a dual identity as a rock star and an innovative composer of post-classical music that blurs genres. The program includes two of Greenwood's recent works: the darkly intense Doghouse (2010), and 48 Responses to Polymorphia (2011) in its widely-anticipated American premiere. And in homage to the icon of sonic freedom, we celebrate the centenary of John Cage's birth with the American premiere performances of the last of his works yet to be heard in the U.S.: the orchestral trilogy Twenty-Six, Twenty-Eight, and Twenty-Nine (1991).