Founded by Linda Brumbach (formerly Linda Greenberg) in 1998, Pomegranate
Arts is an independent production company based in New York City
dedicated to the development of international performing arts projects
that are bold, provocative and emotionally charged. By design
Pomegranate Arts is a modular company adaptable to the needs of its
projects and the interests and the vision of its key staff.
With a hands-on approach, Pomegranate works closely with artists, arts
institutions of all types and select corporate partners to realize
singular work in all artistic mediums. Whether creating a new work with
established artists at the peak of their career or introducing the
vision of a younger artist, Pomegranate specializes in producing
provocative performance events of the highest quality.
In its first two years, Pomegranate Arts produced the world-wide tour of
Dracula: The Music and Film featuring new music by Philip
Glass set to Universal Studio's 1931 film classic directed by Tod
Browning and starring Bela Lugosi, performed live by the Kronos
Quartet; was the American producer of Shockheaded Peter, a music
theater work based on the Strewwelpeter Tales by Heinrich Hoffman,
directed by Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch and featuring the music
of Martyn Jacques and The Tiger
Lillies; launched the first North American tour of Brazilian
vocalist Virginia Rodrigues; and The Screens, a concert featuring
West African griot Foday Musa Suso.
In 2001, Pomegranate Arts conceived and produced Philip on Film, a twenty-five
year retrospective of Philip Glass' work for film featuring newly
commissioned film shorts by Atom Egoyan, Peter Greenaway, Shirin Neshat,
Michal Rovner and Godfrey Reggio. Other 2001-2002 projects include the first international tour of Drama Desk Award winning Charlie Victor Romeo (CVR) and Laurie Anderson'ssolo work, Happiness.
In 2003, Pomegranate Arts produced the US tour of Improbabale Theatre's new work The Hanging
Man.
Most recent projects include Laurie Anderson's most recent solo work, The End of the Moon; ORION, a collaboration between Philip Glass and world musicians commissioned by the Cultural Olympiad 2001-2004; The QATSI Trilogy, featuring the three films- KOYAANISQATSI, POWAQQATSI, and NAQOYQATSI- by Godfrey Reggio and Philip Glass reinvented with live musical accompaniment by the Philip Glass Ensemble; and the tribute concert "Came So Far for Beauty" An Evening of Leonard Cohen Songs, curated by visionary music producer Hal Willner featuring an eclectic array of guest performers.
In addition to these touring productions, Pomegranate Arts produced Healing the Divide: A Concert for Peace and Reconciliation in conjunction with His Holiness the Dalai Lama's visit to New York City in September 2003 and was a general partner of the New York City run of Shockheaded Peter.
Ongoing projects include Dan Zanes and Friends, a folk rock concert for families, and Philip Glass Solo Piano, an evening of work for acoustic piano composed and performed by Philip Glass. Upcoming projects include Book of Longing, a Philip Glass work based on the poetry of Leonard Cohen, and Homeland, a new concert work by Laurie Anderson.
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