Video of the Day: Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra performs Keiko Devaux’s ‘Listening Underwater’

Holly Baker
Tuesday, June 3, 2025

The recording is the world premiere conducted by Alexander Shelley

Today’s Video of the Day is a performance of Japanese Canadian composer Keiko Devaux’s ‘Listening Underwater’ by Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra (NACO) and conducted by Alexander Shelley.

NACO is performing ‘Listening Underwater’ on June 3 in Tokyo, Japan; June 5 in Tsu, Japan, and June 7 in Osaka, Japan as part of its NACO Korea & Japan 2025 tour happening May 25 – June 8, 2025.

Commissioned by NACO, this evocative work, inspired by the communications of whales and other sea life, transports the audience to an organic underwater environment that is both familiar and mysterious.

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