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Moustapha Fall

Hip hop artist Moustapha Fall performs under the moniker ResKp (from the French rescapé, meaning survivor). A prominent rapper in Dakar, Senegal, he launched his national career in 2003, when he was named Best New Artist in the Senegalese Hip Hop Awards, followed by a spate of recognition in televised competitions and awards ceremonies. He has appeared in major festivals including the 2010 World Festival of Black Arts in Dakar and the Saint Louis Jazz Festival.

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Klarman Hall

Christopher J. Miller

Christopher J. Miller is a scholar and musician whose interests and activities revolve around two points of focus: experimental music, and the music of Indonesia, especially Central Javanese gamelan.

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Klarman Hall

Paul Merrill

Trumpeter, composer, and band leader, Paul Merrill, is a proud member of the Upstate New York music tradition. He toured internationally with Phil Woods and Half Pint and nationally with John Brown’s Body. Merrill currently performs with his own quartet, the fusion trio Electrolyte, and the CNY Jazz Orchestra. He has backed up vocalists such as Natalie Cole, Aretha Franklin, Freda Payne, and Frank Sinatra Jr., and performed with such luminaries as Delfeayo Marsalis, Javon Jackson, Johnny Griffin, Tony Bennett, and Walter White on the festival stage. He has performed in Italy, Norway, France, Germany, Portugal, Jamaica, Spain, and all over the US. Merrill is an associate professor of the practice at Cornell University and faculty at SummerJazz and director at Opus Ithaca Jazz Camp. He is deeply committed to passing music-making traditions of all sorts to the next generation.

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Klarman Hall

Andrew Zhou

Pianist Andrew Zhou has been noted for his “great sensitivity” and luminous technique” (Anaclase), as well as performances of “extraordinary energy” (ResMusica). Second-prize laureate of the Concours International de Piano d’Orléans, Mr. Zhou has toured throughout France and has appeared in major venues such as the KKL (Lucerne Festival), Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), Tongyeong Concert Hall, and the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord (Paris). He has worked closely with leading composers of our time, including Unsuk Chin, Jacques Lenot, Tristan Murail, Matthias Pintscher, Christian Wolff, and Walter Zimmermann, and has, in addition, been the dedicatee and first performer of works of countless composers of a younger generation. Mr. Zhou is the recent recipient of a commissioning grant from the Arts Council of Ireland for a half-concert length work from composer Peter Fahey. As half of HereNowHear, a piano(+electronics) duo with Ryan McCullough, he has created commissioning projects centered on Stockhausen’s Mantra, receiving works from Christopher Stark, Loren Loiacono, and John Liberatore, with support from the Fromm Foundation. He has been the pianist of the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble and ULYSSES Ensemble. Currently, he is on the Diversity Steering Committee for the Lucerne Festival Academy, of which he is an alumnus.

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