Steve Hackman
SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY | BRAHMS X RADIOHEAD
Jacobs Music Center
1245 Seventh Ave.
San Diego, CA 92101
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ARTISTS Steve Hackman, conductor Vocalists TBD San Diego Symphony Orchestra ABOUT Brahms X Radiohead is an epic symphonic synthesis of Radiohead’s album OK Computer and the First Symphony of Johannes Brahms, composed for full symphony orchestra and three solo vocalists. The piece offers a reimagined experience of each work by seeing it through the lens of the other, exploring the explosive tension and deep pathos they have in common. Brahms’ 19th-century orchestral sound palette is used throughout, but woven in, superimposed and inserted are the melodies and music of Radiohead. At times one hears the themes and lyrics of Radiohead suspended over Brahms’ symphony; at times the orchestra plays the music of Radiohead but filtered through the counterpoint and harmonies of Brahms. Every combination of synthesis is explored in conductor Steve Hackman’s recomposition, as the music moves from one to the other so seamlessly that many times the audience is left wondering which is which, and how the combination was even possible.
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The Jacobs Music Center began life as The Fox Theatre movie palace in 1929, part of the famous nationwide Fox Theatres chain. It became the property of the San Diego Symp...
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Steve Hackman Biography
A visionary artist of incomparable gifts, Steve Hackman creates musical experiences that are daring, transformative and boundary-shattering. Conservatory-trained as a composer, conductor and pianist, but in parallel working as a professional producer, songwriter, and DJ, he is redefining the possibilities of art music in the 21st century. He is a regular guest conductor of orchestras worldwide with his signature symphonic fusion programs, including the celebrated Brahms V. Radiohead and Stravinsky V. Kendrick Lamar. He’s also a prolific creator of original music with his project Stereo Hideout, and the architect of hip-hop mixtapes such as West Side X West Side.
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