Matthais Bossi (right) with the ROVA Saxophone Quartet, performing on stage at OM 15, San Francisco CA., (2010)

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Other Minds Festivals ➔ Matthais Bossi (right) with the ROVA Saxophone Quartet, performing on stage at OM 15, San Francisco CA., (2010)

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Identifier
IM.OM.FP.0015b.019
Dates
2010-03-06 | created
Work Type
Digital photograph
Image Class
Musical Ensembles
Image Series
OM15: Shershow-Peña Jpegs
Description
Reader Matthias Bossi (right), with the ROVA Saxophone Quartet, performing Carla Kihlstedt’s “Pandaemonium” during the third concert of Other Minds Festival 15, held at the Jewish Community Center in San Francisco, on March 6, 2010. The members of the Quartet are (l to r): Bruce Ackley, Jon Raskin, Steve Adams, and Larry Ochs.

For over a quarter of a century, the ROVA Saxophone Quartet, has been acclaimed and widely recognized for its vital role in extending the horizons of today’s genre-bending music. With its potent mix of compositional creativity and stellar musicianship, ROVA explores the synthesis of compositions and collective improvisation in ways that challenge, excite and inspire. Positioning itself in a dynamic musical nexus, ROVA has become an important leader in the music movement that has its roots in post-bop, free jazz, avant-rock, and 20th century new music as well as drawing inspiration from traditional and popular styles of Africa, Asia, Europe and the United States. (from program guide)

Matthais Bossi, a graduate of the New England Conservatory, is a drummer for the avant-garde “rock” group Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, along with his wife, violinist and composer Carla Kihlstedt. In addition to an active touring and recording schedule Bossi has also pursued an alternative career as an actor and has appeared with a variety of theatrical companies, including the Oakland Metro Opera, Pickle Family Circus, and Nanos Operetta, among others.
Genres & Subjects
Group portraits--2010
Men
Women
Musicians
Actors
Music ensembles
Woodwind quartets (Saxophones (4))
Monologues with music (Instrumental ensemble)
Image Ownership
Ellen Shershow Peña / Other Minds
Photo Credits
Ellen Shershow Peña
Related Event
Other Minds Festival 15
Related place
San Francisco (Calif.) (was created at)
Related Entities
Shershow-Peña, Ellen
Bossi, Mattias
Ackley, Bruce
Raskin, Jon
Adams, Steve, 1952-
Ochs, Larry
Other Minds Festival
ROVA Saxophone Quartet