Agnieszka Laska celebrates the 200th anniversary of fellow Polish expatriot artist Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin in a new work, typical of her intensely dramatic and musical choreography, bringing to the stage dancers, actors and musicians, performing Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor in a new arrangement for string quartet by fellow Krakow artist, Bartlomiej Kominek.

The concerto, it is believed, was inspired by Konstancja Gladkowska, the first great love in the composer's life. Over his decades of self-imposed exile in Paris, Chopin wrote often to Konstancja. Laska's tribute to the legendary composer is based on his lost letters to his lost love.

Included in the program is Laska's "3 Etudes on Love" set to music of Tomas Svoboda with the composer at the piano and "Somewhere Suite" set to electroacoustic music of ALD Resident Composer, Jack Gabel.

World Trade Center Auditorium
121 SW Salmon Street, Building Two
Portland, OR 97204


info.phone = 800.757.7384
email = ALDancers@comcast.net
www.url = www.a-laska.com

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