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Cellist Katinka Kleijn Performances in Chicago
Courtesy of Katinka Kleijn
Wed, Feb 8 - Wed, Feb 22 2023
Cellist Katinka Kleijn will be performing with the Ken Vandermark Quintet Edition 55 at the Elastic Arts Foundation. Classically trained, Kleijn works with improvisation, composition, and collaboration; and much of her work illuminates the cello’s anthropomorphic qualities. On February 8-9, Kleijn will also collaborate with guitarist Bill MacKay for a double bill.
Schedule
February 8, Wednesday, Ken Vandermark Quintet, Elastic Arts – 8:30pm
Chicago, IL, United States
February 9 Thursday, Duo with Bill MacKay – 9:30pm
Chicago, IL, United States
February 15 Wednesday, Ken Vandermark Quintet – 8:30pm
Chicago, IL, United States
February 22 Wednesday, Ken Vandermark Quintet – 8:30pm
Chicago, IL, United States
About Katinka Kleijn
Dutch-born cellist Katinka Kleijn enjoys a genre-defying, interdisciplinary career. Classically trained, she has since cultivated an exploratory, interactive creative practice at the fertile intersection of improvisation, composition, and collaboration.
Much of Kleijn’s work illuminates the cello’s anthropomorphic qualities, often by placing the instrument in thought-provoking new contexts. In 2019, Kleijn and cellist Lia Kohl waded with 30 cellos in Chicago’s Eckhart Park Pool for their devised piece Water On the Bridge. Similarly, Kleijn’s The Body as a Variable Resistor (2021) uses a shared-circuit synthesizer to articulate parallels between the human and cello body.
About Ken Vandermark Quintet
Edition 55, the most recent of Ken Vandermark’s ensembles. The group is an addition to an ongoing series of bands that have been internationally and critically acclaimed, which include The Vandermark 5, FME, The Resonance Ensemble, The Territory Band, Made To Break, and Marker. In addition to Vandermark, who plays saxophones and clarinets with the group, this quintet is comprised of Lily Finnegan (drums), Katinka Kleijn (cello/electronics), Nick Macri (acoustic and electric bass), and Beth McDonald (tuba/electronics).