FotoFocus and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra present Sun Dogs. Named after an atmospheric optical phenomenon, the program features pairs of composers and filmmakers in collaboration, each offering a unique perspective of the natural world through short-format films fused with new music performed by the CSO, conducted by CSO Creative Partner, Matthias Pintscher. Produced in collaboration with Liquid Music as part of the 2022 FotoFocus Biennial: World Record, Sun Dogs seeks to understand the natural world that cannot be touched or measured. Typically a composer responds to a director’s ideas in a film scoring capacity, or a filmmaker is given music to respond to visually, but Sun Dogs explores how stories can be told with music and film from equal footing.

​​A “sun dog” is an atmospheric optical phenomenon produced by refracted light, allowing us to briefly see another realm.

Participants: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Matthias Pintscher, Conductor & CSO Creative Partner; Daniel Wohl, Composer & Orchestrator; and Kate Nordstrum/Liquid Music, Creative Producer

World Premieres:
Arooj Aftab and Daniel Wohl, Co-composers
Rafiq Bhatia, Composer
Josephine Decker, Filmmaker
Mati Diop and Manon Lutanie, Co-directors
Dev Hynes, Composer
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Filmmaker

Purchase tickets at https://www.cincinnatisymphony.org/tickets-and-events/buy-tickets/cso/cso-proof/2223/cso-proof-sun-dogs/ 

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Admission: Free to the Public