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Kaethe Hostetter was a busy Boston musician before a trip to Addis Ababa changed her life. Now, she plays with Ethiopian band QWANQWA, which is scheduled to perform at the BU Global Music Festival on Sept. 17.
Inside The Most Intimate Musical Performances, Now Taking Place At The Brooklyn Navy Yard View all 19
As New Yorkers start to imagine what live events might look like in a post-pandemic world, the Brooklyn Academy of Music is offering one vision of how socially-distanced music can still bring people together. The 1:1 CONCERTS, which took place this past weekend and will happen again next weekend, offer one person at a time the chance to experience an intimate 10-minute program performed by a single musician, across a number of wholly unique spaces in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Between the isolation and the cavernous surroundings, it s a surreal and somewhat overwhelming experience. At dress rehearsals last Friday, my guide Sarah navigated me through two very large warehouses and two very scenic rooftops to peer in on four concerts. Being led through the mostly empty industrial landscape made it all feel like some top secret experimental program.