BREATHEWATCHLISTENTOUCH: The Work and Music of
Yoko Ono – Special Guests Announced

 Friday, March 22, 2019

Special Guests Include Amber Coffman, Shruti Kumar, La Marisoul,
Madame Gandhi, Shirley Manson, Nina McNeely, Georgia Anne Muldrow,
Francisca Valenzuela, and We Are KING

 Part of the LA Phil’s Fluxus Festival, in partnership with the
Getty Research Institute

WHAT:
On Friday, March 22, the LA Phil will present BREATHEWATCHLISTENTOUCH: The Work and Music of Yoko Ono at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Throughout this exceptional evening, both Ono’s art and music will be performed by a diverse group of artists – whose work is informed by Ono’s legacy – in a concert-length celebration of her 60-plus-year career. The concert is part of the LA Phil’s season-long Fluxus Festival, described as “far and away the most radical aspect of the L.A. Phil centennial” by the Los Angeles Times.

Special guests include (in alphabetical order) singer, songwriter, and former Dirty Projectors member Amber Coffman; Juilliard School-trained composer, songwriter, and producer Shruti Kumar; La Marisoul, lead singer of Grammy Award^®-winning Mexican-American band La Santa Cecilia; electronic music artist and activist Madame Gandhi; Shirley Manson, lead vocalist of the alternative rock band Garbage; choreographer, visual artist, and creative director Nina McNeely; hip-hop/jazz/soul/avant-garde vocalist, songwriter, producer, and musician Georgia Anne Muldrow; composer, activist, entrepreneur, bilingual singer, and Chilean pop artist Francisca Valenzuela; and We Are KING, who were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Urban Contemporary Album in 2017.

Yoko Ono is one of the most influential artistic figures of the 20th century. Her work as a performance artist and musician is conceptually bold and politically confrontational, but it’s delivered with a lyrical touch – one informed by her dedication to peace and spirituality – giving it a great sense of warmth and humanity. That warmth has inspired an incredible range of artists and musicians, and continues to resound today.

Produced in partnership with Girlschool, this concert is named after Ono’s Dance Piece X, a Fluxus score that is a fitting summation of the grace, love, and sense of peace that permeates her career:

“Breathe
Watch
Listen
Touch
and move between
the Earth.”

Fluxus was a wily, nebulous – and deeply influential – anti-establishment art movement that emerged in the 1960s. Comprised of an international collective of artists, composers, and poets, Fluxus aimed to collapse what it considered the false wall between art and life. The LA Phil’s Fluxus Festival is a survey curated by Christopher Rountree, in collaboration with the Getty Research Institute, in which the often humorous, frequently challenging music and performances of Fluxus will be presented on and off-site. This exploration will include a combination of live events, printed materials, and symposia, including surprise appearances, installations, and performances throughout the LA Phil’s 2018/19 Centennial season.

For more information about Fluxus Festival please visit: laphil.com/fluxus

Founded by Anna Bulbrook in 2016, Girlschool is a music festival and creative community with a mission: to celebrate, connect, and lift women-identified artists, leaders, and voices. This is the LA Phil’s first collaboration with Girlschool. For more information about Girlschool please visit: girlschoolla.com

WHO:
In alphabetical order:

Amber Coffman
Shruti Kumar
La Marisoul
Madame Gandhi
Shirley Manson
Nina McNeely
Georgia Anne Muldrow
Francisca Valenzuela
We Are KING

For full artist bios, please visit: laphil.com/breathewatchlistentouch

WHEN:
Friday, March 22, 2019, at 8PM

WHERE:
Walt Disney Concert Hall
111 S. Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012

TICKETS:
Tickets are available at laphil.com/breathewatchlistentouch, in person at the Walt Disney Concert Hall Box Office, or by phone at 323 850 2000.

About the Los Angeles Philharmonic
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, under the vibrant leadership of Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel, presents an inspiring array of music from all genres – orchestral, chamber and Baroque music, organ and celebrity recitals, new music, jazz, world music and pop – at two of L.A.’s iconic venues, Walt Disney Concert Hall (laphil.com) and the Hollywood Bowl (hollywoodbowl.com). The LA Phil’s season at Walt Disney Concert Hall extends from September through May and throughout the summer at the Hollywood Bowl. With the preeminent Los Angeles Philharmonic at the foundation of its offerings, the LA Phil aims to enrich and transform lives through music, with a robust mix of artistic, education and community programs.