Neoclassical

The Cedar welcomes back avant cellist Zoë Keating, the astonishing one-woman orchestra and composer who uses a cello and a foot-controlled laptop to record layer upon layer of cello, creating intricate, haunting and compelling music.

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• On sale date: noon Fri Nov 4
• Phone: 612-338-2674 ext 2 ($1 fee per ticket)
• In person: From a Cedar volunteer in the front lobby during events (no fee; cash, check, credit card), Depth of Field (no fee; cash or check only), or Electric Fetus (small fee)
• Online: Ticketweb (fees apply) (click on red Buy Tickets button at top of this page)
• All Cedar shows are all ages.
• Students with ID may purchase tickets at a discount at the door.

The Cedar and Kate Nordstrum Projects present "Kranky Records on Tour," featuring A Winged Victory for the Sullen with the ACME string ensemble plus Benoît Pioulard and Ken Camden. Read more »

The Cedar and Kate Nordstrum Projects presents Brooklyn Rider in collaboration with Stillwater Music Festival. An all Philip Glass program featuring the Minnesota premiere of Suite for String Quartet from Bent.

Brooklyn Rider's most recent recording, Brooklyn Rider plays Philip Glass (released in 2011 on the composer's label, Orange Mountain Music), includes the 5 string quartets of Philip Glass plus the world premiere recording of Suite for String Quartet from "Bent." Referring to Brooklyn Rider’s recording of the 3rd String quartet, The Huffington Post raved: “Brooklyn Rider's interpretation of Glass's tense, melancholic vision is a cathartic and delicate masterpiece.” The evening will present a selection of these works in the intimate environment of The Cedar, including the MN premiere of the Suite from "Bent." Read more »

The amazing sounds of Jacqueline Ultan (cello), Mike Michel aka Bill Mike (guitars), and Carnage (voice/beatboxing), performing together as Saltee outside on the Cedar's patio.

Perhaps you came to know Zoë Keating through her Twitter presence (@zoecello has over 1.3 million followers!), but behind the stream of witty 140-character communiques lies a phenomenally talented cellist. Zoë's richly complex layered avant cello music has been featured in movie and documentary soundtracks, ballet productions and in collaborations with a host of artists from Rasputina to Imogen Heap, but it is best savored center-stage in one of Zoë's far too rare solo live performances.

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Escape the weight of darkness of an early February Minnesota evening, and settle in for an evening of breathtakingly beautiful electronic chamber music with Icelandic composer and arranger Ólafur Arnalds, touring in support of his second album ’...and they have escaped the weight of darkness.’

Tickets go on sale at 12noon Fri Dec 17 from the Cedar Ticketline (612-338-2674 ext 2), from hard-working Cedar volunteers in the front lobby during shows, from Cedar outlets (Electric Fetus, Irish on Grand, Homestead Pickin' Parlor, and Depth of Field), and online at Ticketweb.

All Cedar shows are all ages. Students with ID may gain discounted admission for tickets purchased at the door.

“One of the world’s most uniquely-minded bands . . . to see them live is mesmeric.” —BBC

Enter the inspired musical universe of Efterklang. Otherworldly pop meets ambitious and intimate orchestration for a sound that is both sweepingly majestic and instantly catchy. Known for their joyous and stunning live shows, this seven-member Copenhagen-based ensemble of multi-instrumentalists “has a knack for gorgeous, slow-motion buildups and sudden, shivery drop-offs; the music gleams and drips like an ice sculpture that never stops melting” (New York Times).

Copresented with the Walker Art Center.

Join in at the Balcony Bar before the concert to kick off the Walker's Performing Arts Season with cheap drinks and complete information on all of the performances.

Support provided by The McKnight Foundation.

Join acoustic stringband Spaghetti Western String Company as they saddle up one last time to celebrate the release of their third album, and then amicably ride off into the sunset.

Jóhann Jóhannsson has been called by critics “Iceland's foremost genre-crossing multi-instrumentalist” (Irish Times), “one of the bright lights in the already talent rich Icelandic underground music scene” (Aquarius Records), “the most compelling composer working today”, and “An important figure in Iceland’s new music scene at the turn of the millennium”. (All Music Guide). Read more »