Violins meet synthesizers when UltraMax and the Penn State Innovation Orchestra take over Eisenhower Auditorium in a one of a kind concert featuring techno interpretations of classical masterpieces: "Imagine the silence, only the instruments are glistening in the darkness. Then the sweetest sound of violins and cellos swells into the full orchestra and rushing power of beat pumping adrenaline through the veins and endorphins through the brain: Beethoven vs. Vivaldi! Violins vs. Synthesizers! Experience the Fusion of Classical and Techno Music!" Doors open Saturday, Jan. 26 to a sensory spectacle of lights and sound, attracting everyone from stimulated students to fascinated music aficionados.
Assistant Professor Max Fomitchev (Computer Science), also known as UltraMax, is heading up the concert, which features vocals, strings, synthesizers and even a DJ. The 25-piece, all-string Penn State Innovation Orchestra, conducted by Joshua Horsch (Penn State School of Music), comprises the best student and faculty musicians from the Pennsylvania Centre Orchestra and Nittany Valley Symphony. Selections include works by Bach, Beethoven, Prokofiev and Vivaldi. The band will mix the disparate genres, combining the power of beat with the purity of violins and cellos, putting up a show not unlike that of the Trans-Siberian-Orchestra.
UltraMax
Principle performers include: - Max Fomitchev / UltraMax /: synthesizers - Christopher Hons: guitar, vocals - Natalia Orlovskaia: vocals - Lindsay Beth Gaspar: vocals - Maggie Loukachkina: piano, flute -DJ Jack Millz: turntables -Eileen Christman: electric violin -Greg Johnson: sax -Ryan DeNardis: synthesizer -Kaitlyn Lusk: vocals
"We are set to push the envelopes of both genres and break some new ground musically," Fomitchev said of the event.
TechnoClassica is set to bring the classical music to the next generation, which is a hugely important and equally ambitious task in an era when traditional orchestras face extinction. When the median age of symphonic orchestra audiences is pushing 70 one cannot help but think (with fear) that the classics might be lost on today's youth. Barring the TechnoClassica Concert's success, Fomitchev plans to pursue larger venues and collaborate with other nationally-renowned orchestras, e.g. Philadelphia Orchestra / Philly Pops, which has already expressed strong interest in the event, starting an exhilarating new musical trend.
TechnoClassica takes place on Jan. 26 at 8 p.m. in Eisenhower Auditorium. Student tickets are $10-12 and can be purchased at Eisenhower, the HUB, the Downtown Ticket Center or the Bryce Jordan Center, or by calling 1800.ARTS.TIX. For more information, visit www.TechnoSymphony.com/tix
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