Two New Additions to John Zorn’s 70th Birthday Celebration!
BIG EARS’ 10 YEAR CELEBRATION CONTINUES TO GROW!
Last year, John Zorn made his long-anticipated Big Ears debut with an exhilarating, multi-dimensional eight-show residency at the Bijou Theatre. This year, he returns to celebrate his 70th year on the planet with another two-day residency, comprising a completely unique and different set of programs from 2022. Originally, we announced eight shows. Recently, John added two more, bringing the total to ten programs that capture some of the breadth and depth of this iconoclastic composer’s extraordinary body of work. It is, of course, a birthday party – so one might anticipate another surprise or two during the celebration…who knows?
In addition to the previously announced projects that will be presented this spring, we are pleased to share these two new additions for the Big Ears weekend:
John Zorn 70th Birthday Celebration

John Zorn: Chamber Music
Jack Quartet with Yura Lee, Michael Nicolas & Sae Hashimoto
02 10 PM / EST
John Zorn: Cobra
Wendy Eisenberg, Mary Halvorson, Will Greene, Brian Marsella, John Medeski, Michael Nicolas, Trevor Dunn, Simon Hanes, Sae Hashimoto, Dave Lombardo, Aaron Edgcomb & Kenny Wollesen
02 12 PM / EST
John Zorn: Gnostic Trio
Bill Frisell, Kenny Wollesen & Carol Emanuel
01 12 PM / EST
John Zorn: Nove Cantici per Francesco d’Assisi
Bill Frisell, Julian Lage & Gyan Riley
02 07 PM / EST
John Zorn: Painkiller
John Zorn, Bill Laswell & Dave Lombardo
01 05 PM / EST
John Zorn: A Capella Vocal Music
Kirsten Sollek, Eliza Bagg, Elizabeth Bates, Sarah Brailey & Rachel Calloway
02 02 PM / EST
John Zorn: Bagatelles Part 3
Brian Marsella Trio & John Medeski Trio
01 10 PM / EST
John Zorn: Bagatelles Part 2
Mary Halvorson Quartet & Trigger