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Michael Bach
Michael Bach
The cellist Michael Bach enjoys an international career with concerts, CD recordings, radio and TV broadcastings. He provided numerous significant contributions to the art of playing the cello (including the book Fingerboards & Overtones). Since 1990 he has developed the curved bow (BACH.Bogen®) for string instruments which makes the simultaneous sounding of multiple strings possible. In 2001 he was invited by Mstislav Rostropovich to present the BACH.Bogen® in Paris. John Cage and Dieter Schnebel ...
The cellist Michael Bach enjoys an international career with concerts, CD recordings, radio and TV broadcastings. He provided numerous significant contributions to the art of playing the cello (including the book Fingerboards & Overtones). Since 1990 he has developed the curved bow (BACH.Bogen®) for string instruments which makes the simultaneous sounding of multiple strings possible. In 2001 he was invited by Mstislav Rostropovich to present the BACH.Bogen® in Paris. John Cage and Dieter Schnebel ...
Barton Workshop
The Barton Workshop
The Barton Workshop is an Amsterdam-based ensemble founded in 1989 by American composer-trombonist James Fulkerson. The ensemble is committed to performing experimental music. They primarily create "composer portrait" concerts, usually in collaboration with the composers, providing either an overview or an in-depth representation of the chosen composer's work. The Barton Workshop has collaborated with composers such as Alvin Lucier, Christian Wolff, Nicolas Collins, Steve Lacy, Philip Corner, Hyo-shin Na and Frank Denyer, giving ...
The Barton Workshop is an Amsterdam-based ensemble founded in 1989 by American composer-trombonist James Fulkerson. The ensemble is committed to performing experimental music. They primarily create "composer portrait" concerts, usually in collaboration with the composers, providing either an overview or an in-depth representation of the chosen composer's work. The Barton Workshop has collaborated with composers such as Alvin Lucier, Christian Wolff, Nicolas Collins, Steve Lacy, Philip Corner, Hyo-shin Na and Frank Denyer, giving ...
Robert Black
Robert Black
Robert Black's interests range from traditional orchestral and chamber music to solo recitals, collaborations with actors, music with computers and MIDI, movement-based improvisations with dancers, and live action-painting performances with artists. He has commissioned, collaborated, or performed with musicians from John Cage to D.J. Spooky, Elliott Carter to Meredith Monk, Cecil Taylor to young emerging composers. His recital activities frequently take him to five continents. Black performs with the Bang On A Can All ...
Robert Black's interests range from traditional orchestral and chamber music to solo recitals, collaborations with actors, music with computers and MIDI, movement-based improvisations with dancers, and live action-painting performances with artists. He has commissioned, collaborated, or performed with musicians from John Cage to D.J. Spooky, Elliott Carter to Meredith Monk, Cecil Taylor to young emerging composers. His recital activities frequently take him to five continents. Black performs with the Bang On A Can All ...
Sylvano Bussotti
Sylvano Bussotti
Born in Florence in 1931, Sylvano Bussotti began to study violin (with Margherita Castellani) when he was about five years old. He studied harmony and counterpoint at the Conservatoire "Luigi Cherubini" of Florence with Roberto Lupi and piano with Luigi Dallapiccola, but he had to interrupt his studies because of the outbreack of the war. Major early influences came from his brother Renzo and his uncle Tono Zancanaro, both painters, and later meeting with ...
Born in Florence in 1931, Sylvano Bussotti began to study violin (with Margherita Castellani) when he was about five years old. He studied harmony and counterpoint at the Conservatoire "Luigi Cherubini" of Florence with Roberto Lupi and piano with Luigi Dallapiccola, but he had to interrupt his studies because of the outbreack of the war. Major early influences came from his brother Renzo and his uncle Tono Zancanaro, both painters, and later meeting with ...
John Cage
John Cage Discography CAGE EDITION by volume John Cage performances John Cage (1912-1992) was a singularly inventive and much beloved American composer, writer, philosopher, and visual artist, whose influence, already profound, has yet to be fully felt. Beginning around 1950, and throughout the passing years, he departed from the pragmatism of precise musical notation and circumscribed ways of performance. His principal contribution to the history of music is his systematic establishment of the principle of ...
Callithumpian Consort
The Callithumpian Consort
The Callithumpian Consort at New England Conservatory, Stephen Drury, artistic director, is a professional ensemble specializing in challenging and avant-garde music of the last one hundred years, grounded in the musical discoveries of John Cage, Karlheinz Stockhausen, John Zorn, Giacinto Scelsi, Morton Feldman, and Iannis Xenakis. The Callithumpian Consort has worked with composers Cage, John Zorn, Frederic Rzewski, Michael Finnissy, Lee Hyla, Franco Donatoni, Lukas Foss, Christian Wolff and many ...
The Callithumpian Consort at New England Conservatory, Stephen Drury, artistic director, is a professional ensemble specializing in challenging and avant-garde music of the last one hundred years, grounded in the musical discoveries of John Cage, Karlheinz Stockhausen, John Zorn, Giacinto Scelsi, Morton Feldman, and Iannis Xenakis. The Callithumpian Consort has worked with composers Cage, John Zorn, Frederic Rzewski, Michael Finnissy, Lee Hyla, Franco Donatoni, Lukas Foss, Christian Wolff and many ...
Evans Yiu Shing Chan
Evans Yiu Shing Chan
Born in China and raised in Macao and Hong Kong, Evans Yiu Shing Chan is a New York-based cultural critic, playwright, and filmmaker, whose filmography includes four narrative features: To Liv(e) (1992), Crossings (1995), The Map of Sex and Love (2001, released on DVD in North America by Water Bearer Films), and Bauhinia (2002); as well as two documentaries about China's decolonization: Journey to Beijing (1998) and Adeus Macau (2000). Chan has ...
Born in China and raised in Macao and Hong Kong, Evans Yiu Shing Chan is a New York-based cultural critic, playwright, and filmmaker, whose filmography includes four narrative features: To Liv(e) (1992), Crossings (1995), The Map of Sex and Love (2001, released on DVD in North America by Water Bearer Films), and Bauhinia (2002); as well as two documentaries about China's decolonization: Journey to Beijing (1998) and Adeus Macau (2000). Chan has ...
Tim Chu
Tim Chu
A native New Yorker, Tim Chu's visual work has often been intertwined with music. He studied Engineering, Music and Fine Art at Columbia University, continuing his studies in direction and cinematography at New York University. His films include Adagio, film with Bruckner's Adagio movement from the 9th Symphony (1988), and Prelude to Parsifal (1989, winner of the Special Jury Prize, UNESCO Festival du Film d'Art), Justice, documentation of the performance of Roger Reynolds' work ...
A native New Yorker, Tim Chu's visual work has often been intertwined with music. He studied Engineering, Music and Fine Art at Columbia University, continuing his studies in direction and cinematography at New York University. His films include Adagio, film with Bruckner's Adagio movement from the 9th Symphony (1988), and Prelude to Parsifal (1989, winner of the Special Jury Prize, UNESCO Festival du Film d'Art), Justice, documentation of the performance of Roger Reynolds' work ...
Andrew Culver
Andrew Culver
Andrew Culver makes chamber and orchestral music, electronic and computer music, sound sculpture and music sculpture, film, lighting, text pieces and installations. He performs concerts on sound sources of his own invention.
He develops databases and software to realize his work, and to make chance operations accessible to others. He also writes often about music, art and anarchy.
Culver worked closely with John Cage from 1981 until Cage's death in 1992. Throughout those years, he was ...
Andrew Culver makes chamber and orchestral music, electronic and computer music, sound sculpture and music sculpture, film, lighting, text pieces and installations. He performs concerts on sound sources of his own invention.
He develops databases and software to realize his work, and to make chance operations accessible to others. He also writes often about music, art and anarchy.
Culver worked closely with John Cage from 1981 until Cage's death in 1992. Throughout those years, he was ...
Roland Dahinden
Roland Dahinden Roland Dahinden was born in Switzerland in 1962. He studied trombone and composition at Musikhochschule Graz (Erich Kleinschuster, Georg F. Haas), Scuola di Musica di Fiesole Florenz (Vinko Globokar), Wesleyan University in Connecticut (Alvin Lucier, Anthony Braxton, M.A.) and Birmingham University of England (Vic Hoyland, PhD). As a composer he is particularly interested in the intersection with the visual arts. He has collaborated with artists including Andreas Brandt, Guido Baselgia, Stéphane Brunner, Rudolf ...
Frank Denyer
Frank Denyer
Frank Denyer was born in London in 1943. His early musical training was asa chorister at Canterbury Cathedral and later as a pianist at the GuildhallSchool of Music in London. In the late sixties he founded and directed theexperimental ensemble Mouth of Hermes; through this group his owncompositions started to be heard in public in Britain and Europe. In themid-70s he gave up performing for a time to became a doctoral student inethnomusicology at ...
Frank Denyer was born in London in 1943. His early musical training was asa chorister at Canterbury Cathedral and later as a pianist at the GuildhallSchool of Music in London. In the late sixties he founded and directed theexperimental ensemble Mouth of Hermes; through this group his owncompositions started to be heard in public in Britain and Europe. In themid-70s he gave up performing for a time to became a doctoral student inethnomusicology at ...
Stephen Drury
Stephen Drury Pianist Stephen Drury has concertized throughout the world with a repertoire that stretches from Bach to Liszt to the music of today. His performances of the piano sonatas of Charles Ives to works by John Cage and Gyorgy Ligeti have received the highest critical acclaim. At Spoleto USA and at the Angelica Festival in Bologna he performed as both conductor and pianist. He has also conducted the Britten Sinfonia in England, the Santa ...
Hans-Ola Ericsson
Hans-Ola Ericsson (b.1958, Stockholm)
Hans-Ola Ericsson studied music in Stockholm and Freiburg, later in the USA and in Venice. In 1989 he was appointed Professor at the Swedish National College of Music in Piteå. Hans-Ola Ericsson has given concerts throughout Europe as well as in Japan and the USA and Canada. He has made numerous recordings including a highly acclaimed complete recording of Messiaen´s organ music, and has worked extensively with composers such as John Cage, ...
Hans-Ola Ericsson studied music in Stockholm and Freiburg, later in the USA and in Venice. In 1989 he was appointed Professor at the Swedish National College of Music in Piteå. Hans-Ola Ericsson has given concerts throughout Europe as well as in Japan and the USA and Canada. He has made numerous recordings including a highly acclaimed complete recording of Messiaen´s organ music, and has worked extensively with composers such as John Cage, ...
Essential Music
Essential Music
Essential Music was active from 1987 to 2002 as an ensemble dedicated to new and neglected music of the American Experimental Tradition. Hailed by The New York Times as “brilliantly resourceful” and The Village Voice as “New York’s fearless and intrepid new music ensemble” the group was founded by Co-Artistic Directors John Kennedy and Charles Wood. Essential Music presented over 100 premieres of both new and resurrected work, including historically important performances of works ...
Essential Music was active from 1987 to 2002 as an ensemble dedicated to new and neglected music of the American Experimental Tradition. Hailed by The New York Times as “brilliantly resourceful” and The Village Voice as “New York’s fearless and intrepid new music ensemble” the group was founded by Co-Artistic Directors John Kennedy and Charles Wood. Essential Music presented over 100 premieres of both new and resurrected work, including historically important performances of works ...
Morton Feldman
Morton Feldman FELDMAN EDITION by Volume: Vol. 1: Aki Plays Feldman – Aki Takahashi, piano (mode 54) Vol. 2: First Recordings – Turfan Ensemble Philipp Vandré and Thaddeus Watson (mode 66) Vol. 3: Complete works for Violin & Piano – Sabat/Clarke Duo (mode 82/83, 2-CDs) Vol. 4: The Straits of Majellan; 2 Pieces for 6 Instruments; Durations (complete); Projections (complete) - The Turfan Ensemble/Philipp Vandré and Thaddeus Watson (mode 103) Vol. 5: Voices & Instruments ...
Miguel Frasconi
Miguel Frasconi
Miguel Frasconi is a composer and performer who uses electronics, laptop, and an instrumentarium of glass objects to create music from a uniquely imagined tradition. His glass instruments are struck, blown, stroked, smashed and otherwise coaxed into vibration. His array of activities have included collaborations with the Balinese composer Dewa Berata on music for a large-scale shadowplay, with operatic tenor John Duykers on unique music/ theater events, and with the Tibetan songwriter Techung, ...
Miguel Frasconi is a composer and performer who uses electronics, laptop, and an instrumentarium of glass objects to create music from a uniquely imagined tradition. His glass instruments are struck, blown, stroked, smashed and otherwise coaxed into vibration. His array of activities have included collaborations with the Balinese composer Dewa Berata on music for a large-scale shadowplay, with operatic tenor John Duykers on unique music/ theater events, and with the Tibetan songwriter Techung, ...
Isabelle Ganz
Isabelle Ganz
The New York Times has called Isabelle Ganz "a virtuosic" performer. This accomplished American mezzo-soprano explores the world of today's composers, as well as the classics of the mezzo literature. She has appeared as vocal soloist with symphony orchestras and chamber ensembles throughout the world, including the Seattle Symphony under the direction of Gerard Schwartz, the Brooklyn Philharmonic under the baton of Lukas Foss, and the Slovak Radio Orchestra directed by Robert Black. Works ...
The New York Times has called Isabelle Ganz "a virtuosic" performer. This accomplished American mezzo-soprano explores the world of today's composers, as well as the classics of the mezzo literature. She has appeared as vocal soloist with symphony orchestras and chamber ensembles throughout the world, including the Seattle Symphony under the direction of Gerard Schwartz, the Brooklyn Philharmonic under the baton of Lukas Foss, and the Slovak Radio Orchestra directed by Robert Black. Works ...
Martine Joste
Martine Joste
A winner of five first prizes at the National Superior Conservatory of Music of Paris, where she studied with Yves Nat, Martine Joste is one of the most brilliant French pianists of today. After perfecting her skills in Sienna (Italy), Tanglewood (USA) and the Mozarteum of Salzburg (Austria), studying with Paul Badura-Skoda, she became accompanist and rehearsal pianist Irène Joachim's vocal classes at the Conservatoire of Paris, where she also taught sight-reading. A solo ...
A winner of five first prizes at the National Superior Conservatory of Music of Paris, where she studied with Yves Nat, Martine Joste is one of the most brilliant French pianists of today. After perfecting her skills in Sienna (Italy), Tanglewood (USA) and the Mozarteum of Salzburg (Austria), studying with Paul Badura-Skoda, she became accompanist and rehearsal pianist Irène Joachim's vocal classes at the Conservatoire of Paris, where she also taught sight-reading. A solo ...
Aleck Karis
Aleck Karis
For over twenty-five years Aleck Karis has been one of the leading pianists in the New York contemporary music scene. Particularly associated with the music of Elliott Carter, Mario Davidovsky, and John Cage, he has championed their works all over the world. Among his numerous solo piano discs on Bridge Records are acclaimed recordings of Stravinsky, Schumann, Carter and John Cage. Other solo and chamber music recordings appear on Nonesuch, Tzadic, New World, Neuma, ...
For over twenty-five years Aleck Karis has been one of the leading pianists in the New York contemporary music scene. Particularly associated with the music of Elliott Carter, Mario Davidovsky, and John Cage, he has championed their works all over the world. Among his numerous solo piano discs on Bridge Records are acclaimed recordings of Stravinsky, Schumann, Carter and John Cage. Other solo and chamber music recordings appear on Nonesuch, Tzadic, New World, Neuma, ...
Hildegard Kleeb
Hildegard Kleeb
Hildegard Kleeb was born in Switzerland in 1957. She studied piano in Zürich, Geneva, Paris and with Jürg Wyttenbach at the Academy of Music in Basel. She has premiered works written for her by Peter Ablinger, Maria de Alvear, John Cage, Roland Dahinden, Peter Hansen, Hauke Harder, ALvin Lucier, Lars Sandberg, Heinz Weber, Daniel Wolff, Christian Wolff and others. Ms. Kleeb performs extensively in Europe and America as a soloist and in ensembles, as ...
Hildegard Kleeb was born in Switzerland in 1957. She studied piano in Zürich, Geneva, Paris and with Jürg Wyttenbach at the Academy of Music in Basel. She has premiered works written for her by Peter Ablinger, Maria de Alvear, John Cage, Roland Dahinden, Peter Hansen, Hauke Harder, ALvin Lucier, Lars Sandberg, Heinz Weber, Daniel Wolff, Christian Wolff and others. Ms. Kleeb performs extensively in Europe and America as a soloist and in ensembles, as ...
Joan La Barbara
Joan La Barbara
Joan La Barbara’s career as a composer/performer/sound artist explores the human voice as a multi-faceted instrument expanding traditional boundaries, creating works for a wide array of media, developing a unique vocabulary of experimental and extended vocal techniques (multiphonics, circular singing, ululation, and glottal clicks that have become her "signature sounds"), which has garnered awards in the United States and Europe and numerous commissions, recently from the West Deutscher Rundfunk; Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company; ...
Joan La Barbara’s career as a composer/performer/sound artist explores the human voice as a multi-faceted instrument expanding traditional boundaries, creating works for a wide array of media, developing a unique vocabulary of experimental and extended vocal techniques (multiphonics, circular singing, ululation, and glottal clicks that have become her "signature sounds"), which has garnered awards in the United States and Europe and numerous commissions, recently from the West Deutscher Rundfunk; Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company; ...
Henning Lohner
Henning Lohner
Henning Lohner was raised in California to German emigrant parents. He returned to Germany to complete studies in musicology, art history and romanic languages, graduating from Frankfurt University in 1987. During this time, composer Iannis Xenakis became Lohner's life-long mentor. In 1988, while working as assistant to composer Karlheinz Stockhausen on his opera Licht at La Scala in Milano, Stockausen introduced Lohner to the medium of video and film. Subsequently, Lohner began working both ...
Henning Lohner was raised in California to German emigrant parents. He returned to Germany to complete studies in musicology, art history and romanic languages, graduating from Frankfurt University in 1987. During this time, composer Iannis Xenakis became Lohner's life-long mentor. In 1988, while working as assistant to composer Karlheinz Stockhausen on his opera Licht at La Scala in Milano, Stockausen introduced Lohner to the medium of video and film. Subsequently, Lohner began working both ...
Yvar Mikhashoff
Yvar Mikhashoff
Internationally known both as an interpreter of 20th century piano works and as a performer/curator of American music, Yvar Mikhashoff performed at many of the world's leading music festivals, including the Warsaw Autumn Festival, Zagreb Biennale, Holland Festival, Ars Musica/Brussels, Numus Festival/ Denmark, Huddersfield Festival/England, Music Nova/Brazil, and Pan Music Festival/ Korea. He also appeared as piano soloist with major orchestras in the United States, South America, and Europe.
Mr. Mikhashoff studied ...
Internationally known both as an interpreter of 20th century piano works and as a performer/curator of American music, Yvar Mikhashoff performed at many of the world's leading music festivals, including the Warsaw Autumn Festival, Zagreb Biennale, Holland Festival, Ars Musica/Brussels, Numus Festival/ Denmark, Huddersfield Festival/England, Music Nova/Brazil, and Pan Music Festival/ Korea. He also appeared as piano soloist with major orchestras in the United States, South America, and Europe.
Mr. Mikhashoff studied ...
Mayumi Miyata
Mayumi Miyata
Mayumi Miyata was one of the first to introduce the sho-, the traditional Oriental instrument, worldwide. Having been invited by major international festivals around the globe, her artistry has helped expand the recognition of sho- both in Japan and overseas.
After graduating from Kunitachi College of Music, she studied Gagaku (Japanese ancient court music) and began appearing in the National Theatre of Japan in 1979. Ms. Miyata has performed in sho- recitals since 1983, continuously ...
Mayumi Miyata was one of the first to introduce the sho-, the traditional Oriental instrument, worldwide. Having been invited by major international festivals around the globe, her artistry has helped expand the recognition of sho- both in Japan and overseas.
After graduating from Kunitachi College of Music, she studied Gagaku (Japanese ancient court music) and began appearing in the National Theatre of Japan in 1979. Ms. Miyata has performed in sho- recitals since 1983, continuously ...
New Performance Group
New Performance Group
In the fall of 1979 a group of musicians from the San Francisco Bay area, members of the Port-Costa Players, moved to Seattle to begin teaching at the Cornish Institute. They subsequently formed the New Performance Group and in the following years a few other musicians were added. Still affiliated with the Cornish Institute, where it presents its regular series, the group now consists of a core of eight members, often augmented by ...
In the fall of 1979 a group of musicians from the San Francisco Bay area, members of the Port-Costa Players, moved to Seattle to begin teaching at the Cornish Institute. They subsequently formed the New Performance Group and in the following years a few other musicians were added. Still affiliated with the Cornish Institute, where it presents its regular series, the group now consists of a core of eight members, often augmented by ...
Marilyn Nonken
Marilyn Nonken Upon her recital debut, pianist Marilyn Nonken was recognized as “a determined protector of important music” (New York Times). Since then, she has become a sought-after interpreter of 20th-and 21st-century music noted for transcendent performances: “Her voicings are exquisite, her pedaling throughout is a model to be studied, and, when necessary, her virtuosity is equaled only by the insight and passion with which every piece is imbued.” (Fanfare) Her discography reveals a wide-ranging ...
Mary Oliver
Mary Oliver
Mary Oliver (violin, viola, hardanger fiddle) was born in La Jolla, California, and studied at San Francisco State University (Bachelor of Music), Mills College (Master of Fine Arts) and the University of California, San Diego where she received her Ph.D in 1993 for her research in the theory and practice of improvised music. Her work as a soloist encompasses both composed and improvised contemporary music; she has premiered works by among ...
Mary Oliver (violin, viola, hardanger fiddle) was born in La Jolla, California, and studied at San Francisco State University (Bachelor of Music), Mills College (Master of Fine Arts) and the University of California, San Diego where she received her Ph.D in 1993 for her research in the theory and practice of improvised music. Her work as a soloist encompasses both composed and improvised contemporary music; she has premiered works by among ...
Percussion Group Cincinnati
Percussion Group Cincinnati
Percussion Group Cincinnati was founded in 1979 and consists of members Allen Otte, James Culley, and Russell Burge, all of whom are faculty members and ensemble-in-residence at the College-Conservatory of Music of the University of Cincinnati. Appearances in their national and international touring schedule have included the major cities, festivals, concert halls and schools of America, Europe and Asia. Recent performances have included the Shanghai International Spring Music Festival and tours to Japan ...
Percussion Group Cincinnati was founded in 1979 and consists of members Allen Otte, James Culley, and Russell Burge, all of whom are faculty members and ensemble-in-residence at the College-Conservatory of Music of the University of Cincinnati. Appearances in their national and international touring schedule have included the major cities, festivals, concert halls and schools of America, Europe and Asia. Recent performances have included the Shanghai International Spring Music Festival and tours to Japan ...
Michael Pugliese
Michael Pugliese One of the great percussionists, Michael had a close artistic relationship with John Cage. This led to his recording of Cage's ETUDES BOREALES on Mode's first release, made at the suggestion of Cage and recorded under his supervision. Michael gained prominence as a long time touring musician with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company where he played alongside David Tudor and Takehisa Kosugi. Pugliese died on the morning of 4 November in New York ...
Frank Scheffer
Frank Scheffer
Frank Scheffer (b.1956, in The Netherlands) is internationally recognized as a master of sound and image. He founded Allegri Film Company, which specializes in documentaries on music and art. Scheffer was schooled at the Academy for Industrial Design (Eindhoven), "Vrije Academie" Art College (Den Haag), and is a graduate from the Dutch Film Academy (Amsterdam).
Early films include Zoetrope People (1982), a documentary on Francis Ford Coppola and his studio with Wim Wenders, Tom Waits, ...
Frank Scheffer (b.1956, in The Netherlands) is internationally recognized as a master of sound and image. He founded Allegri Film Company, which specializes in documentaries on music and art. Scheffer was schooled at the Academy for Industrial Design (Eindhoven), "Vrije Academie" Art College (Den Haag), and is a graduate from the Dutch Film Academy (Amsterdam).
Early films include Zoetrope People (1982), a documentary on Francis Ford Coppola and his studio with Wim Wenders, Tom Waits, ...
Haydée Schvartz
Haydée Schvartz
Haydée Schvartz is one of Argentina's leading pianist, with a repertoire that embraces classical to contemporary music. Schvartz has performed in the major concert halls of Argentina and several North/South American and European countries, appearing in numerous recitals and important festivals such as: North American New Music Festival, World Music Days (Canada), Festival de Popayan (Colombia), International Forum of New Music (Mexico), Porto Alegre Festival (Brazil), and the Festival de Música Contemporánea (Chile). As ...
Haydée Schvartz is one of Argentina's leading pianist, with a repertoire that embraces classical to contemporary music. Schvartz has performed in the major concert halls of Argentina and several North/South American and European countries, appearing in numerous recitals and important festivals such as: North American New Music Festival, World Music Days (Canada), Festival de Popayan (Colombia), International Forum of New Music (Mexico), Porto Alegre Festival (Brazil), and the Festival de Música Contemporánea (Chile). As ...
Laurel Karlik Sheehan
Laurel Karlik Sheehan
Laurel Karlik Sheehan gave the Canadian premiere of Cage's Two2 in 1990 with Jack Behrens. She holds the Bachelor of Music in piano performance from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. She taught at the Peabody Preparatory from 1991 to 1995; while in Baltimore, she championed the work of contemporary composers through such activities as conceiving and curating the Baltimore Composers and Artists Project. She teaches in Colorado and ...
Laurel Karlik Sheehan gave the Canadian premiere of Cage's Two2 in 1990 with Jack Behrens. She holds the Bachelor of Music in piano performance from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. She taught at the Peabody Preparatory from 1991 to 1995; while in Baltimore, she championed the work of contemporary composers through such activities as conceiving and curating the Baltimore Composers and Artists Project. She teaches in Colorado and ...
Melvin Strauss
Melvin Strauss
Melvin Strauss had a long association with contemporary music as well as with John Cage. Strauss first attracted the attention of contemporary music circles with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the Contemporary Music Weeks at Tanglewood, where he was also appointed conductor of the Fromm Players. This led to an appointment at the University of Pennsylvania (1965-67), then as Associate Conductor at the Buffalo Philharmonic (1968-73, where he also taught conducting at SUNY Buffalo ...
Melvin Strauss had a long association with contemporary music as well as with John Cage. Strauss first attracted the attention of contemporary music circles with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the Contemporary Music Weeks at Tanglewood, where he was also appointed conductor of the Fromm Players. This led to an appointment at the University of Pennsylvania (1965-67), then as Associate Conductor at the Buffalo Philharmonic (1968-73, where he also taught conducting at SUNY Buffalo ...
Margaret Leng Tan
Margaret Leng Tan
Margaret Leng Tan has established herself as a major force within the American avant-garde: a highly visible, visionary pianist whose work embraces theater, choreography, performance. She is regularly featured at international festivals, has appeared at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, and records for Mode, New Albion and ECM.
Tan, a recipient of The National Endowment for the Arts' Solo Recitalist Award, is the first woman to earn a doctorate from The Juilliard School. Exploring ...
Margaret Leng Tan has established herself as a major force within the American avant-garde: a highly visible, visionary pianist whose work embraces theater, choreography, performance. She is regularly featured at international festivals, has appeared at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, and records for Mode, New Albion and ECM.
Tan, a recipient of The National Endowment for the Arts' Solo Recitalist Award, is the first woman to earn a doctorate from The Juilliard School. Exploring ...
Christian Wolff
Christian Wolff Christian Wolff was born in Nice France. He's lived mostly in the U.S. since 1941. He studied piano with Grete Sultan and composition, briefly, with John Cage. Though mostly self-taught as composer, the work of John Cage, Morton Feldman, David Tudor and Earle Brown have been important to him, as well as long associations with Cornelius Cardew and Frederic Rzewski. A particular feature of his music is the various freedoms it allows performers ...
Walter Zimmermann
Walter Zimmermann (b. April 15, 1949, Schwabach, Mittelfranken). German composer of stage, orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, piano, and electro-acoustic works that have been successfully performed and recorded across Europe. Prof. Zimmermann learned piano, violin and oboe at an early age and began composing at age twelve. He attended the Fürth Gymnasium, where he studied piano with Ernst Gröschel. From 1968-70, he was pianist in the Ars Nova ensemble in Nuremberg and studied composition with Werner ...
