LA CENA È PRONTA
LA CENA È PRONTA ("Dinner is ready") began two years ago as a live recital series. Passionate about the intersection between modern agricultural practices and great home cooking, and wishing to connect with audiences outside of the traditional venues of the concert hall and opera house, Josh devised of a performance experience that would explore these two intersecting passions: food and music.
Joshua Arky, Alexandra Rodrick, and pianist Ines Irawati performed for an intimate group of guests while simultaneously cooking them a multi-course meal, and thus LA CENA È PRONTA was born.
The event was so surprising and exhilarating to audiences that the LA CENA team reprised the event the following year. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, LA CENA È PRONTA extended its offerings to an online community of food and music lovers with a video series that features the same essence of culinary musical celebration that made the in-person events so exciting and one-of-a-kind.
LA CENA È PRONTA's guiding principles center around three things Joshua is passionate about: sustainable food, artistic freedom, and digital dignity. When food and music are mindfully, sustainably, and lovingly made (and eaten), they are inherently good, nourishing, and valuable, regardless of whether or not they fit into commonly accepted standards for what makes "good food" or "good music."
Recently, LA CENA È PRONTA released their first short film: "Amuse-Bouche," in which the LA CENA artists perform a recital ranging from Clara Schumann to Kurt Weill while preparing a French-by-way-of-California meal. "Amuse-Bouche" is now streaming on the LA CENA È PRONTA website.
