On Tuesday, March 15, 2016, 7:30 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center, Cal Poly Arts presents “AND NOW MOZART” starring violinist Aleksey Igudesman and pianist Hyung-Ki Joo, the inventive comic duo whose hilarious mix of music, pop culture and pure zaniness has won them fans of all ages and cultures worldwide.
Highly-trained musicians, Igudesman & Joo’s inspired silliness can start with Rachmaninoff or Liszt and find its way through martial arts, movie classics, rock, hip hop, folk, heavy metal and disco, step dancing and Monty Python’s Ministry of Silly Walks. They share the subversive comedic sensibilities of such influences as “South Park,” “SNL,” Ricky Gervais and the “Portlandia” team.
As an antidote to the stuffiness of most concerts, Igudesman and Joo transform the concert stage into a musical “Pee-wee’s Playhouse,” where the three Bs can be Bach, Beethoven and Bond – James Bond. They don’t just play the violin with a vibrating milk- frother or use wood blocks to tickle the ivories, they do it with dazzling virtuosity. The result, as Vanity Fair puts it: “the craziest, most hysterically funny music ever.”
On Tuesday, March 15, 2016, 7:30 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center, Cal Poly Arts presents “AND NOW MOZART” starring violinist Aleksey Igudesman and pianist Hyung-Ki Joo, the inventive comic duo whose hilarious mix of music, pop culture and pure zaniness has won them fans of all ages and cultures worldwide.
Highly-trained musicians, Igudesman & Joo’s inspired silliness can start with Rachmaninoff or Liszt and find its way through martial arts, movie classics, rock, hip hop, folk, heavy metal and disco, step dancing and Monty Python’s Ministry of Silly Walks. They share the subversive comedic sensibilities of such influences as “South Park,” “SNL,” Ricky Gervais and the “Portlandia” team.
As an antidote to the stuffiness of most concerts, Igudesman and Joo transform the concert stage into a musical “Pee-wee’s Playhouse,” where the three Bs can be Bach, Beethoven and Bond – James Bond. They don’t just play the violin with a vibrating milk- frother or use wood blocks to tickle the ivories, they do it with dazzling virtuosity. The result, as Vanity Fair puts it: “the craziest, most hysterically funny music ever.”