BANG ON A CAN MARATHON

Saturday, June 2TBD - Sunday, June 3Winter Garden
MUSIC
River to River at the World Financial Center presents
BANG ON A CAN MARATHON20th ANNIVERSARY

In 1987, the first Bang on a Can Marathon in New York City exploded many of the myths surrounding contemporary music. This year we'll blow open the gates even further with a 26 hour round-the-clock super-mix of mind-boggling, genre-defying music by pioneering artists from around the globe. Bring your ears and come prepared to have a blast!KIDS CAN TOO!Sunday, June 2 :: 2pm :: Battery Park City Esplanade PlazaBring your kids, hang out along the river and hear an awesome set of fun and unusual music featuring Bang on a Can electric guitarist and instrument inventor Mark Stewart, the central Asian sound wizards Mashriq from Uzbekistan, Talujon Percussion Quartet and instruments you've never seen or heard before!

BANG ON A CAN MARATHONSaturday, June 2, 8pm-Sunday, June 3, 10pm :: Winter Garden26 hours of ear-twisting music featuring the following artists:

ComposersJohn Luther Adams, Louis Andriessen, Chris Adler, Derek Bermel, Jeffrey Brooks, Don Byron, Mary Ellen Childs, Mark Dancigers, Franco Donatoni, Brian no, John Fitz Rogers, David R. Gordon, Michael Gordon, Judd Greenstein, John King, Phil Kline, David Lang, David Longstreth, Alvin Lucier, Missy Mazzoli, Thurston Moore, Steve Reich, James Tenney, Matt Tierney, JG Thirlwell, Galina Ustvolskaya, Edgar Varese, Lois V Vierk, Julia Wolfe, Evan Ziporyn and more.PerformersBang on a Can All-Stars, Iva Bittová, Bagpipe Orchestra, Robert Black, Don Byron, The Clogs, Dälek, David Cossin, Dirty Projectors, Eighth Blackbird, Ethel, Dominic Frasca, Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble, Michael Harrison, Hartt Bass Band, International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), Vijay Iyer, Kyaw Kyaw Naing, Manorexia, Mashriq, Meehan/Perkins Duo, Patti Monson, Now Ensemble, Odd Appetite, Milind Raikar, Real Quiet, red fish blue fish, Steven Schick, Mark Stewart, Mike Svoboda , TACTUS, Talujon Percussion Quartet, World Saxophone Quartet, and more.FilmsBill Morrison and Matt Mullican

from: http://www.worldfinancialcenter.com/calendar/