Grammy Award-winning soprano Susan Narucki and 20th-century music violinist Curtis Macomber will perform György Kurtág’s iconic “Kafka Fragments” in a concert at UB on March 27.

The concert, which is free and open to the public, will take place at 7:30 p.m. in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall, North Campus. It is presented by the Department of Music and the Center for 21st Century Music.

Kurtág’s “Kafka Fragments” is a 75-minute, multi-movement work that uses fragments of texts from the diaries of Franz Kafka to create a kaleidoscopic world of sound, sense and expression. Each fragment — some lasting less than a minute — is singular and potent; each movement offers a glimpse of a distinct viewpoint, and each gains in meaning through juxtapositions throughout the work as a whole.

Narucki and Macomber, longtime advocates for contemporary music, collaborated on the Grammy-nominated album “The Edge of Silence: Works for Voice by György Kurtág” in 2019.

Narucki has earned international acclaim as a singer of luminous tone, superb musicianship and distinctive artistry. She has presented over 100 world premieres in opera, concert and recording, enjoying close collaborations with many of the world’s leading composers. In 2000, she earned a Grammy award for George Crumb’s “Star-Child” and a Grammy nomination (Best Classical Vocal Performance) for Elliott Carter’s “Tempo e Tempi.”

She has performed “Kafka Fragments” for over 30 years and has described the work as “… a tour de force, exploring the limits of what can be expressed through the combination of voice and violin, an outpouring of wonder, rage and ecstasy.”

Macomber is considered one of today’s most versatile soloists and chamber musicians. His playing has been praised by The New York Times for its “thrilling virtuosity” and by Strad Magazine for its “panache.” Recognized as a leading advocate of the music of our time, he has performed in hundreds of premieres, commissions and first recordings of solo violin and chamber works.

As first violinist of the award-winning New World String Quartet from 1982-93, Macomber performed throughout the United States and Europe, and with the quartet, recorded 14 discs and was appointed artist in residence at Harvard.