Timur and The Dime Museum at the ALOUD Series

Operatic Vaudeville with a Bohemian Attitude

with Timur Bekbosunov, tenor; Daniel Corral, accordion; Matthew Setzer, guitar; David Tranchina, bass; Brian Walsh, clarinet; with special guests Cassia Streib, viola; Jennifer Lindsay, violin; Mary Au, toy piano and Alex Noice, guitar.

Blending a tenor's haunting vocals with cabaret-inspired reinventions of songs both old and new. Featuring selections by Russian Gypsy songwriter Vadim Kozin from the 1930s to songs by Radiohead, NIN and David Bowie, this eclectic performance will provide the eyes and ears with beautiful and slightly dark entertainment.

$7.00 Admission/Free to Library Associates

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Kazakh-American tenor Timur Bekbosunov is a renowned interpreter of contemporary music in the United States. He has made solo appearances with Los Angeles Philharmonic, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Israeli Opera/JMCLA, BAM, Santa Cecilia Academy, Opera Boston, American Repertory Theater, DeVotchKa band, Long Beach Opera and Rosanna Gamson/World Wide; at the Hollywood Bowl, Walt Disney Concert Hall and Berlin Konzerthaus, among many others. Praised by La Reppublica as "effective and rewarding" and the Wall Street Journal as "program's promise fulfilled", he is currently producing his debut album, The Collection, and collaborating on Total Eclipse project with filmmaker Sandra Powers.

Daniel Corral is a composer and multi-instrumentalist. He has accompanied avante-garde puppetry all across the USA, had his music performed by an orchestra riding the Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel, been featured at a USC faculty concert of original player piano music, and displayed his massive multi-movement music boxes at galleries all over Los Angeles.

Brian Walsh is a clarinetist, bass clarinetist, saxophonist, improviser, composer and teacher, active in Los Angeles. He has studied clarinet with William Powell, Gary Bovyer, Debra Kanter, and Val Grayson. He has studied improvisation with Bobby Bradford, Vinny Golia, and Ben Goldberg.

Matthew Setzer is a musician, composer, and music technologist living in Los Angeles California. He is the guitarist for the gothic industrial band London After Midnight.

David Tranchina, bassist, teacher, and composer, is an up and coming musician on the Los Angeles scene. David has played some of the top jazz venues in LA, and performed with Bennie Maupin, Patrice Rushen, Bob Mintzer (The Yellowjackets), Nate Wood (Kneebody), Bobby Watson (Art Blakey), Butch Morris, William Winant, Smith Dobson, Vinny Golia and many others.

Jennifer Lindsay is a classically-trained singer, violinist and composer. At the age 11, she was a founding member of the Disney Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra. Since then, she has gone to perform at the Essence Awards/NYC and Carnegie Hall.

Hong Kong born pianist Mary Au collaborated with many renowned artists, including appearances in Columbia Artists Management Community Concerts, has been enthusiastically received. As a former executive of the GRAMMY Awards, Mary Au continues to dedicate herself to cross cultural projects.

Alex Noice is a graduate of CalArts' jazz guitar department where he studied with Larry Koonse, Miroslav Tadic and others. He's been teaching for over five years and enjoys working with beginners through advanced students. He also teaches and leads clinics at Glendale Community College and Hoover High School.

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