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Fictions
Piano star Chris Pattishall
presents Fictions, a musical
exploration of the short
stories of Jorge Luis Borges.
Aspiring towards both the
brevity and the dense,
allusive scope of Borges’
work, the performance
consists of “musical
miniatures” that draw upon
such influences as Argentine
tango, Romantic Era
symphonic tone poems, and Balkan folk
traditions. Pulling from allusions and imagery in
Borges’ stories, as well as references to Stravinsky,
Bartok and Klezmer, Fictions pushes the limits of
genre and intertextuality.