Andrew Yee
Program & bio
Q&A
Podcast Halfie: A Memoir
Halfie Kookboek
Signature cocktail
Andrew Yee x Remy van Kesteren ft. ADAM Quartet
Wed 13. March 8.30pm @ Pandora
Andrew Yee x Remy van Kesteren ft. ADAM Quartet
Wed 13. March 8.30pm @ Pandora
The New York cellist and composer Andrew Yee, member of the famous Attacca Quartet, brings music for solo cello with Halfie that is tailor-made, both literally and figuratively. Halfie refers to Yee’s experiences as a non-binary and bi-racial person, being part of multiple communities without really feeling at home.
Yee plays her own music as well as that of Bach and Norman. At the beginning of the concert, Remy Alexander interviews her about developing your own identity in sound, her playing without the use of a cello pin and also about the items in her self-curated Birds of Paradise Artist Room on the festival site.
After the break, electronic harpist Remy van Kesteren and the ADAM Quartet join Yee for a cross-pollination with electronic music. Strong examples of this can be heard on Real Life (2021) by Yee’s Attacca Quartet and Remy van Kesteren’s recently released Muses (2023). Electro is not as far away from modern classical as you might think. So expect special arrangements from Radiohead, Kendrick Lamar and Aphex Twin, among others.
An interview at the start of the solo performance with Andrew Yee. Remy Alexander talks to Yee about developing your own identity in sound, her playing without the use of a cello pin and of course about the items in her self-curated Birds of Paradise Artist Room.
Cellist and composer Andrew Yee (she/they) presents an audio memoir of identity and belonging through music. For several years, she has been exploring their identity through a recital series called Halfie. This memoir draws on their Halfie recital as well as conversations with Andrew, their dad Harry Yee, and their friend, composer and cellist Paul Wiancko.
Andew Yee has developed coffee and cocktail programs for award-winning restaurants Lilia, Risbobk and Atla in New York City. Yee made a signature cocktail especially for Birds of Paradise. entitled Madre de la Putas (aka the Cecilia). This cocktail is named to the late, great Cecilia Gentli. She was a trans activist, and a hero to all who knew her. She was also my friend.
Andrew Yee