ENSEMBLE NOAMNESIA: Gene Coleman, bass clarinet Jason Calloway, cello Marina Peterson, cello Evan Lipson, bass Alban Bailly, guitar / accordion Dustin Hurt, trumpet / accordion Aelita: Queen of Mars is a silent film directed by Soviet filmmaker Yakov Protazanov made at Mezhrabpom-Rus Film Studio and released in 1924. It was based on Alexei Tolstoy's novel…
POLWECHSEL Werner Dafeldecker (double bass) Martin Brandlmayr (percussion) John Butcher (saxophones) Michael Moser (cello, electronics) Burkhard Beins (percussion) vienna / london Slought Foundation and Soundfield NFP are pleased to announce an evening of new and experimental music featuring Vienna/London-based ensemble Polwechsel on Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 from 8:00-9:30pm. Polwechsel features Werner Dafeldecker (double bass), Martin…
A concert program with Ensemble N_JP (Japan/USA), featuring traditional Japanese music and contemporary works by Japanese and American composers. The program will include the US premiere of Andolangen, a music-video composition by Philadelphia composer Gene Coleman, based on architecture by Tadao Ando. Celebrate Japan with a program that focuses on Japanese music, architecture and design…
PETER EVANS trumpet COLIN STETSON saxophones KATT HERNANDEZ violin *record release* What if Evan Parker played the trumpet? A possible answer to that captivating question comes in the personage of Peter Evans and his newly released solo venture on Psi. Evans adapts the familiar Parkerian extended techniques of circular breathing, split tones and multiphonics to a…
Elio Martusciello (electronics) Fabrizio Spera (percussion and electronics) Luca Venitucci (accordion and electronics) Slought Foundation and Soundfield NFP are pleased to present an evening of new and experimental music featuring the Rome-based ensemble Ossatura and Philadelphia-based Ensemble Noamnesia on Thursday, March 20th, 2008. Ossatura features Elio Martusciello (electronics), Fabrizio Spera (percussion and electronics), and Luca…
Christian Kesten was born in 1966 and works as composer, performance artist, vocalist and stage director. He lives in Berlin, Germany.His interest lies in thespace in-between: between music and theatre, music and language, between music and the visual arts. His pieces work with the space which opens up between the sound of language and the…