Ann DuHamel presents her concert, Prayers for a Feverish Planet, at Old First Concerts in San Francisco. She will be performing Frank Horvat’s Heat Island.

In the fall of 2019, pianist Ann DuHamel was feeling despondent about the climate crisis. Wanting to do something, she launched a call for scores, asking composers to share their works about climate change. More than 170 composers in 35+ countries sent 300+ discrete movements of music for piano and piano/electronics, on the themes of water, grief/anxiety, shadows and light, time, human “progress,” trees, hope, and more.

Pianist Ann DuHamel’s performances have been praised as poetic and “…a delight for the ears and the soul” (Encuentro Universitario Internacional de Saxofón, Mexico City). She has performed in 18 countries, including concerts at Sala Verdi in Milan, Italy; the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland; the HoGent Conservatory in Ghent, Belgium; and Trinity College in Oxford, England.

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