Saturday,
November 3rd at 8 & 10:30 PM
TICKETS: $30.00 General Public
/ $22.50 IMAC
Members
On Saturday, November 3rd at 8:00PM and 10:30PM the Inter-Media
Art Center in
Huntington, Long Island, will host a concert with jazz/rock
violinist JEAN-LUC PONTY.
Born
in a family of classical musicians, JEAN-LUC PONTY began his
musical education at the
age of five and graduated with honor from the Conservatoire
National Superieur de Musique de
Paris at the age of seventeen. He began what was supposed
to be a distinguished career as a
classical violinist with the Concerts Lemoureus Symphony Orchestra
and, during this period,
began to listen to jazz, which changed the course of his career
forever. JEAN-LUC PONTY
began playing with jazz groups in Paris quickly developing
a reputation for his revolutionary
style of combining his classical virtuosity with his powerful
approach. He recorded a number of
albums that were met with increasing critical success and
brought him to the attention of a lot of artists who wanted
his signature violin in their own projects, among them were
Elton John, Frank
Zappa and John McLaughlin. Through his bold experimentation
with electronics and synthesis,
JEAN-LUC PONTY liberated the image and capabilities of the
violin from a purely acoustic,
largely classical or folk setting. He is a pioneer and undisputed
master of violin in the arena of
jazz and rock.
Tickets
for this performance are $30.00 General Public ($22.50 for
IMAC Members). For
tickets or further information on this performance, or on
other IMAC programs, call IMAC's 24-
hour Arts-Line at (631) 549-ARTS. Tickets can also be purchased
at the theater from noon to
6PM, Tuesday through Friday, and after 2PM on the day of the
performance. For further
information, call IMAC's business office at (631) 549-9666.
The
Inter-Media Art Center, Inc. is a non-profit Media and Performing
Arts Center whose programs and services are supported in part
by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts,
a state agency and the Suffolk County Office of Cultural Affairs,
as well as by the Members of IMAC. IMAC also gratefully acknowledges
support from Fleet Bank, Korg, USA, Branch Financial Services,
and Olivia and Harlan Fischer.
e-mail:
[email protected]
web-site: http://www.imactheater.org
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