Clio Montrey describes her recent work ~ A recent work I would like to present is Spielzeug (2009), for toy piano and electronics. I created all the electronics effects, and I played the piano in the electronics part, as well as the toy piano at the premiere (this is a live recording of the first performance). … Continue reading New voice: Clio Montrey
Composer Profile: Francis Dhomont
Website | electrocd | Discogs | Bio in Canadian Encylclopedia Francis Dhomont studied under Ginette Waldmeier, Charles Koechlin and Nadia Boulanger. In the late '40’s, in Paris (France), he intuitively discovered with magnetic wire what Pierre Schaeffer would later call “musique concrète” and consequently conducted solitary experiments with the musical possibilities of sound recording. Later, leaving behind instrumental writing, he dedicated himself exclusively to … Continue reading Composer Profile: Francis Dhomont
Composer Profile: Adam Stansbie
Website | Soundcloud | Article: “The acousmatic musical performance” Adam Stansbie is a composer, performer and writer specializing in electroacoustic/acousmatic music - that is, music which involves some form of electronic mediation. Stansbie started composing electroacoustic music some 20 years ago, before completing a degree in music production at The University of Leeds, and a … Continue reading Composer Profile: Adam Stansbie
New voice: Chin Ting Chan
Chin describes a recent work ~ I’d like to share with you a piano trio I wrote in the summer of 2012. The piece was recorded by the excellent musicians from eighth blackbird. In the program notes, I wrote: “Icebergs are irregularly formed, just like almost everything in nature. But if you step back and … Continue reading New voice: Chin Ting Chan
CD Review: “Conquistador!” by Cecil Taylor
This follow-up recording to Taylor’s first Blue Note record, Unit Structures, Cecil Taylor expands his group to a sextet made up of two bassists, Henry Grimes and Alan Silva; two horns saxophonist Jimmy Lyons and on trumpet, Bill Dixon and longtime drummer, Andrew Cyrille. The music is unrelenting and unccomprimising. But does not stay the … Continue reading CD Review: “Conquistador!” by Cecil Taylor
Composer Profile: Pierre Jodlowski
Website Pierre Jodlowski is a composer, performer and multimedia artist. His music, often marked by a high density, is at the crossroads of acoustic and electric sound and is characterized by dramatic and political concerns. His work as a composer has led him to perform in France and abroad in most places dedicated to contemporary … Continue reading Composer Profile: Pierre Jodlowski
New voice: Aaron Holloway-Nahum
Aaron Holloway-Nahum describes a recent work ~ Expressions of Sea Level was written for the Dr. K Sextet and the Cheltenham Music Festival. It's a work that continues my recent exploration of a combination between lyricism and an expanding canvas of pitch (including microtones) and timbre. The ideas were about questions of perspective and timelessness. The … Continue reading New voice: Aaron Holloway-Nahum
New voice: Anna Korsun
I do not like to describe my music. For me it is really such a big problem, because every institution, such as festivals, concert events, workshops, presentations, etc. request a comment on work. I'm not writer; I make music (actually most of my pieces do not include words). I do not like semantic meanings, which … Continue reading New voice: Anna Korsun
New voice: Adam Scott Neal
Adam Scott Neal describes a recent work ~ Tidal (2012) is a work for piano and fixed media. The fixed media portion was made in Pure Data with filtered noise. The tones play chords from upper partials of the harmonic series (based on the piano's low C). When these chords are in equal temperament, they match … Continue reading New voice: Adam Scott Neal
Composer Profile: Michael A. Rose
Website Michael Alec Rose’s many awards and commissions include the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation's chamber music commission, for which he composed his String Quartet No. 2; 28 consecutive annual awards in composition from ASCAP, 1986-2013; commissions from the Blair and Mendelssohn String Quartets; and three works for the Nashville Symphony. Rose’s Beatitudes, a new song … Continue reading Composer Profile: Michael A. Rose
Musica Kaleidoskopea 