Chamber Music Northwest: Council

Chamber Music Northwest and The Reser present Council, a new collaboration of Gabriel Kahane and Pekka Kuusisto, filled with music and instruments that explore many realms of being human. For tickets and more information, visit cmnw.org.

After nearly a decade of musical friendship, it seems only fitting that the cult American singer-songwriter Gabriel Kahane and iconic Finnish musician Pekka Kuusisto have formalized their collaboration under the moniker Council. Now, they present an evening of intimate and sonically varied songs and chamber music, written during several writing retreats in Northern Karelia and Portland, Oregon.

With this new body of work, Kahane and Kuusisto attempt to locate the universal in the personal and vice versa: here are stories of individual and collective grief; of nostalgia, adolescence, and memory-play; of the joy, wonder, and perplexity of fatherhood in an era of global instability. As they explore and deepen their own friendship on stage, these two relentlessly searching artists offer a musical tapestry depicting the complexities of life in the 21st century.

Gabriel Kahane—piano, voice, electric & acoustic guitars, harmonium, loops
Pekka Kuusisto—violin, voice, harmonium, four-string electric guitar, loops, electronics

Council
Patricia Reser Center for the Arts, 12625 SW Crescent St., Beaverton, OR 97005
Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 7:30 PM