BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221202 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE SUMMARY:Michael Kaeshammer at Venables Theatre DESCRIPTION:Michael Kaeshammer has invested a lot countless hours at the keyboard\, hundreds of recordings\, thousands of live performances\, millions of miles in the air and on the road all in pursuit of a mastery of 12 notes across 88 keys. But for the acclaimed Canadian pianist and singer\, there is no set destination\, no achievable end point on his path\; it's all about the journey itself\, and that journey will always be ongoing.\n\n\n\nOver the course of decades as a professional performer\, Kaeshammer has developed a signature blend of classical\, jazz\, blues\, and boogie-woogie with effortless pop hooks for a compelling crossover style that's immediately engaging yet impressively substantial. \n\n\n\n"When I play\, I don't worry about if it's jazz or pop or classical or whatever\; I just play what I hear and let the music decide what it wants to be\," begins Kaeshammer. "Sure\, there are different styles\, different eras\, different approaches\, but when you really look at it\, it's all just music based on 12 notes."\n\n\n\nBorn and raised in Germany\, Kaeshammer began performing club\, theatre\, and festival stages throughout Europe in his early teens and continued on that trajectory after emigrating to Canada's West Coast with his family in the mid-'90s. His first studio album\, Blue Keys\, dropped in 1996 and spurred a consistent sequence of heralded releases and high-profile international performances. Through it all\, the world watched as he grew from child prodigy to full-fledged phenom\; from unparalleled pianist to virtuosic singer-songwriter. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Michael Kaeshammer has invested a lot &ndash\; countless hours at the keyboard\, hundreds of recordings\, thousands of live performances\, millions of miles in the air and on the road &ndash\; all in pursuit of a mastery of 12 notes across 88 keys. But for the acclaimed Canadian pianist and singer\, there is no set destination\, no achievable end point on his path\; it&rsquo\;s all about the journey itself\, and that journey will always be ongoing.
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\nOver the course of decades as a professional performer\, Kaeshammer has developed a signature blend of classical\, jazz\, blues\, and boogie-woogie with effortless pop hooks for a compelling crossover style that&rsquo\;s immediately engaging yet impressively substantial. \;
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\n"\;When I play\, I don&rsquo\;t worry about if it&rsquo\;s jazz or pop or classical or whatever\; I just play what I hear and let the music decide what it wants to be\,&rdquo\; begins Kaeshammer. &ldquo\;Sure\, there are different styles\, different eras\, different approaches\, but when you really look at it\, it&rsquo\;s all just music based on 12 notes.&rdquo\;
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\nBorn and raised in Germany\, Kaeshammer began performing club\, theatre\, and festival stages throughout Europe in his early teens and continued on that trajectory after emigrating to Canada&rsquo\;s West Coast with his family in the mid-&lsquo\;90s. His first studio album\, Blue Keys\, dropped in 1996 and spurred a consistent sequence of heralded releases and high-profile international performances. Through it all\, the world watched as he grew from child prodigy to full-fledged phenom\; from unparalleled pianist to virtuosic singer-songwriter.
\n LOCATION:Venables Theatre UID:e.1841.6693 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260917T142211Z URL:https://www.sochamber.ca/events/details/michael-kaeshammer-at-venables-theatre-6693 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR