Walter Kitundu Live Performance at the Luggage Store

1007 Market Street
San Francisco
California 94103
Tel: 415.255.5971
Fax: 415.863.5509
www.luggagestoregallery.org


Press Release:

For Additional Information contact:
Laurie Lazer: 415.255-5971 or
[email protected]

Music:

Title:
An Informal gathering and performance by Walter Kitundu
And friends.

Date of Performance:
Sunday, June 11, 2006

Time:
3pm

Where:
the luggage store gallery
1007 Market Street (near 6th)
San Francisco, CA 94103

Public Information:
Telephone: 415. 255 5971
www.luggagestoregallery.org

Cost:
Free - Donations to venue accepted.

This will be a special musical event, featuring a performance by Walter Kitundu and his friends. The instruments that will be played are now on display at the luggage store gallery.

For over six years, Kitundu has focused his imagination on discovering the potential of the record player as a medium for sound and artistic expression. This process has resulted in hand built turntables powered by the wind and rain, fire and earthquakes, birds, light, and the force of the ocean's waves and tides. He has created a new "family" of instruments called Phonoharps.. Kitundu see the physical properties of a record as being a natural link to the exploration and interpretation of the world around us.

Kitundu's collaborators have included recording artists Douglas Ewart and Meshell N'degeocello, and dancer/choreographer Joanna Haigood/Zaccho Dance. Most recently, he was commissioned by The Kronos Quartet to build instruments and compose.. He performed last month with the Kronos Quartet at Carnegie Hall.