46 2014 Program Notes, Book 9
Friday, August 8 and Saturday, August 9, 2014
carlos kalmar’s
biography can be found on page 16.
KV 265
is a Chicago-based, non-profit organization whose mission is the
communication of science through art to communities in Chicago and worldwide.
It seeks to heighten appreciation and understanding of art, music, science and
technology, and to inspire further exploration of these disciplines among its audience
members through multimedia concerts, lectures and educational workshops. KV
265’s flagship Science & Symphony films have been presented in more than ninety
performances and have reached more than 150,000 people. For more information
visit: kv265.org.
José Francisco Salgado, PhD
,
Visual Artist, KV 265;
Astronomer, Adler Planetarium
, is an Emmy-nominated
astronomer (BS in Physics, University of Puerto Rico;
PhD in Astronomy, University of Michigan), experimental
photographer, visual artist and public speaker who creates
multimedia works that communicate science in engaging
ways. He works as an astronomer and science visualizer at
the Adler Planetarium in Chicago. As a co-founder of KV
265, a non-profit science and arts education organization, he
collaborates with symphony orchestras, composers and electronic and chamber
musicians to present films that provoke curiosity and a sense of wonder about the
Earth and the Universe. His “Science & Symphony” films have been presented in
fourteen countries with orchestras including the San Francisco Symphony, Boston
Pops, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Czech National Symphony Orchestra. His
films
Gustav Holst’s The Planets
and
Astronomical Pictures at an Exhibition
were
named by the International Astronomical Union and UNESCO as Special Projects
for the International Year of Astronomy (IYA2009). In 2012
Gustav Holst’s The Planets
was chosen for the Ravinia Festival’s One Score, One Chicago initiative. Dr. Salgado
also produces and presents short films with musician/composer Tom Bailey (formerly
of British pop group Thompson Twins) as part of the audiovisual ensemble Bailey-
Salgado Project and with harp duo Beyond Pluck. He has contributed visuals to
documentaries produced for the History, Discovery, BBC and National Geographic
channels. As a public speaker, Dr. José Francisco Salgado has given presentations
about science and art in all seven continents, including a presentation at the
Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.
Frank Babbitt
,
Narrator
, is a violist with Lyric Opera of
Chicago as well as an accomplished vocalist and actor. He
completed a B.A. in music and drama at Lawrence University
and a master’s degree in violin performance at SUNY/Stony
Brook. Appointed to the Lyric Opera Orchestra in 1995, he also
performs regularly with the Chicago Philharmonic, Fulcrum
Point, Ravinia Festival, Grand Teton Music Festival and Grant
Park orchestras. He has appeared as a chamber musician with
members of the Vermeer Quartet, Lincoln Trio and “Music
Now” series at Symphony Center, and has been heard in recital on WFMT. As a
vocalist, Mr. Babbitt performed Charles Ives’
General William Booth Enters Into
Heaven
at last summer’s Grand Teton Music Festival and recently sang Barber’s
Dover
Beach
on the Chicago Philharmonic’s Chamber Music series. He has appeared as
narrator with Fulcrum Point, Chicago Chamber Orchestra, Concertante di Chicago
and Rembrandt Chamber Players, been seen at the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre,
and each December presents his acclaimed solo version of Dickens’
A Christmas
Carol
.
