ACF Philadelphia Presents: Pascal Gallois

American Composers Forum, Philadelphia Chapter

2008

$21,000

The Philadelphia Chapter of the American Composers Forum hosted a residency with noted bassoonist Pascal Gallois, which included a series of master classes and performances at Temple University. Accompanied by pianist Charles Abramovic, Gallois performed a public concert, also broadcasted online, with presentations of Luciano Berio's Sequenza XII and the US premieres of works by Olga Neuwirth, Gyorgy Kurtag, and Bruno Mantovani.

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