Gabriel Kahane with special guest, Julie Albers

4814 Chicago Ave,Minneapolis MN 55417

18 May, 2022

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Gabriel Kahane with special guest, Julie Albers ALL AGES Gabriel Kahane Hailed by The New Yorker as “one of the finest, most searching songwriters of the day,” Gabriel Kahane returns to Minneapolis! Wednesday, May 18, 2022 6:30 pm Doors // 7:30 pm Show $22 Advance General Admission // $29 A The Door All Ages Ticket sales are final and non-refundable *The Parkway Theater requires Proof of COVID-19 Vaccination or Negative Test Result for entry to all events.* The Parkway is pleased to announce the Twin Cities return of renowned musician Gabriel Kahane, hailed by The New Yorker as “one of the finest, most searching songwriters of the day,” whose forthcoming new album release Magnificent Bird will be released March 25 by Nonesuch Records. Opening the night is Julie Albers, principal cellist for the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Gabriel Kahane has often approached his work from the vantage point of an observer. But now, for the first time since 2011’s Where are the Arms, he’s telling his own story. With Magnificent Bird, his fifth solo LP and second album for Nonesuch, Kahane brings to life a trunk of songs written in self-imposed isolation—a full year off the internet—with the help of a dozen colleagues, including Andrew Bird, Chris Thile, Sylvan Esso’s Amelia Meath, and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw. Through piano, vocals and guitar, Magnificent Bird explores quiet and domestic concerns of marriage, fatherhood, and loss all against the backdrop of a nation and planet in crisis. For this performance, a dozen new songs are brought into conversation alongside earlier work, including moments from Kahane's 8,980 mile train trip-inspired Book of Travelers, as well as excerpts from Twitterkreis. Over the last decade, Kahane has quietly established himself as a songwriter all his own, grafting a deep interest in storytelling to a keen sense of harmony and rhythm. His major label debut, The Ambassador, a study of Los Angeles seen through the lens of ten street addresses, was hailed by Rolling Stone as “one of the year’s very best albums.” American cellist Julie Albers is recognized for her superlative artistry, her charismatic and radiant performing style, and her intense musicianship. She was born into a musical family in Longmont, Colorado and began violin studies at the age of two with her mother, switching to cello at four. She moved to Cleveland during her junior year of high school to pursue studies through the Young Artist Program at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she studied with Richard Aaron. At the age of 17, Julie Albers made her orchestral debut with the Cleveland Orchestra, and thereafter has performed in recital and with orchestras throughout North America, Europe, Korea, Taiwan, Australia, and New Zealand. In 2001, she won Second Prize in Munich's Internationalen Musikwettbewerbes der ARD, and was also awarded the Wilhelm-Weichsler-Musikpreis der Stadt Osnabruch.  While in Germany, she recorded solo and chamber music of Kodaly for the Bavarian Radio, performances that have been heard throughout Europe. In 2003, Albers was named the first Gold Medal Laureate of South Korea's Gyeongnam International Music Competition. In 2015, Albers was named principal cellist of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, a post she currently holds in addition to being a Distinguished Artist at the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings, a part of Mercer University in Macon, GA. She is passionate about chamber music and regularly appears at such festivals as The Seattle Chamber Music Society, ChamberFest Cleveland, Toronto Summer Music in addition to having been a member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Two. Gabriel Kahane