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THE AUSTRIAN CULTURAL FORUM NEW YORK PRESENTS OPEN SPACE | UNCURATED 09 CREATIVE MIGRATION CONCERTS AND PERFORMANCES MONDAY APR 20, 7:30 PM CONCERT CHRISTOPH "PEPE" AUER AND FRIENDS Christoph Pepe Auer "Living Room" Line up: Manu Delago (Hang), Christoph Pepe AUER (bass clarinet) "The New York Sessions" Line up: Christoph Pepe AUER (saxophone), Art Hirahara (piano), Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic (bass), Ziv Ravitz (drums) TUESDAY APR 21, 7:00 PM PERFORMANCE MELANIE MAAR AND FRIENDS Melanie Maar and Kenta Nagai Live performance by Melanie MAAR and migrating guests Mariangela Lopez, Kenta Nagai, Maria PETSCHNIG, Annette SONNEWEND, and Michael STRASSER. THURSDAY APR 23, 7:30 pm CONCERT MARIA NECKAM AND FRIENDS Maria Neckam Line up: Maria NECKAM (vocals and composition), Lars Dietrich (alto sax), Samir Zarif (tenor sax), Aaron Goldberg (piano), Zack Lober (bass), Colin Stranahan (drums). THURSDAY APR 23, 9:30 PM PERFORMANCE ASTRID STEINER AND FRIENDS Astrid Steiner Charles Baudelaire's poem "Correspondences" is the basis for a composition by Gene Pritsker, originally scored for chorus, chamber orchestra, Di.J. (live Samplestra electronics) and accompanied by a live video composition of Astrid STEINER. Gene Pritsker will manipulate the live instruments and chorus and improvise on the material with electronics, while Steiner creates a visual hommage to the scents of New York. VENUE Austrian Cultural Forum NY, 11 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10022 RESERVATIONS Free Admission. Reservations necessary for each event. Call (212) 319 5300 ext. 222 or e-mail reservations@acfny.org