The Known Body

Join singer Gabriel Lochard and pianist Aditya Mahadevan for an evening of song.

From Gabriel:

The Known Body is a concert meditating on the body before surgery. I have given many classical recitals in the field of the art song, and am returning to this known body, form, and repertoire as I prepare for a life-changing, gender-affirming surgery that will hopefully provide relief from decades of chronic pain.

This surgery will, I'm sure, change the mechanics of my singing. All singing comes from the abdomen, and as the landscape of my physical and spiritual body prepares for this change, I want to sing some of the music I love most, and that has shaped the foundation of my practice as a singer and musician.

With my friend Aditya Mahadevan, I will be offering songs by Hahn, Schubert, Brahms, and Schumann, alongside jazz, free improvisation, and works for solo piano. This concert will also help support me as I prepare for a month-long recovery period. Please join us.

Gabriel Lochard is a vocalist, pianist, music teacher, and dancer. They see communal music-making and dancing as medicine, using music to imagine a better world and to sustain hope in the midst of global violence and upheaval.

Many of Lochard’s projects focus on the African diasporic experience, drawing from opera, jazz, Black folk, and Afro-Caribbean music traditions. Since earning their bachelor's in music and master's in music history and literature at Harvard University and UC Berkeley, respectively, Lochard has sang, danced, and directed theatre productions across Chicago and the Bay Area. Through collaboration with other musicians, community organizers, and directors, their work emphasizes love and liberation.

Sliding scale, with $30 suggested donation — more if you can, less if you need to. Nobody will be turned away for lack of funds.

What's the music?

Gabriel Lochard (they/them) Voice