Dunderberg Gallery Welcomes Composer, Pianist Friedman
GILBERTSVILLE—On Friday, March 15 at 6 p.m., Gilbertsville’s Dunderberg Gallery will present composer and pianist Jacob Friedman in a program titled “Improvising on the Elements.” Friedman will be responding to the theme of primal elements which his mother, artist Carla Hall, represented in her ceramic mural, “Pancikarana,” created at the Elizabeth Nields Clay Studio in Otego. A large-scale representation and full-scale studies of this work are now on view at the Dunderberg.
Friedman has performed with orchestra, jazz big band, percussion ensemble, and world music featuring sitar, table, and piano. His songwriting, film scoring and orchestral compositions reflect his drive to cross musical borders. World-renowned sitarist and composer Pradeep Ratnayake said of his work, “Jacob’s music goes right to the heart.” Friedman has performed at Columbia and Princeton universities, and Weill Recital Hall in New York City. He is organist and choir director at Saint James’ Episcopal Church in Goshen.
