Alex de Grassi performing music for 1934 movie A Story of Floating Weeds

Alex de Grassi will  perform at Art Center Ukiah on Saturday, February 27th, in a West Coast premier of his original music for Yasusjiro Ozu’s 1934 silent film, A Story of Floating Weeds, along with a screening of the movie.

De Grassi was commissioned by the New York Guitar Festival to compose and perform this work, which premiered in January 2006 at Flushing Town Hall in New York. Reconstruction of the score was commissioned by Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, for its 2009 Guitar Festival. 

This one night only performance is a benefit for ACU. After the film and a brief break, Alex will be available for a question and answer session with interested audience members.

Doors open at 7 pm. Film begins at 7:30 pm and runs 84 minutes with no intermission.

Advance tickets will be available at Dig! Music and at the Corner Gallery Ukiah for $12.

At the door price is $15.