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1. radiOM.org - Other Minds Festival OM 16: Panel Discussion & Concert 1 [5.099% Popularity: 0.00000]

Other Minds Festival: OM 16: Panel Discussion & Concert 1 Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 126 min Event Type: Lecture and Panel Discussion Program Origin: Other Minds Additional Media Files (click to view) The 16th Other Minds Festival of New Music (OM 16) began with a panel discussion with some of the composers featured in the first night’s concert, held on March 3, 2011. Joining moderator Charles Amirkhanian on stage were Kyle Gann, Louis Andriessen, Agata Zubel, and Janice Giteck. Gann briefly discusses “Triskaidekaphonia I” which is the result of Gann’s desire to finally incorporate the musical equivalent of the number 13 into a composition, something he achieves with the introduction of a pure 13th harmonic at the beginning of this piece. His other featured work, “Kierkegaard, Walking,” was inspired by a European walking tour and an early interest in the Danish philosopher. Polish composer Agata Zubel discusses her decision to take up a second career as a classical concert singer, while also ...

2. radiOM.org - The Music of Peter Gena [5.092% Popularity: 0.00000]

The Music of Peter Gena Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 66 min Event Type: Music A collection of recordings of compositions by American pianist and composer, Peter Gena. Gena received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D in musical composition from State University of New York at Buffalo and has studied with Lejaren Hiller and Morton Feldman. Gena often composes in the minimalist style of Steve Reich and Terry Riley but also has training in electronic music and has collaborated with geneticists, to develop methods of employing DNA sequences as the basis of musical compositions. Gena is a pianist, adept at playing the works of Cage, about whom he has also written extensively. Musical Selections: Beethoven in SoHo (1980) (20:37) -- 100 Fingers (1979) (17:00) -- Stabiles, First Clone (1978) (8:00) -- Modular Fantasies (1974) (8:30) -- Logos I (1975) (6:00) Performers: John Miller, elec. bass (Beethoven) Peter Gena, piano (Beethoven) Kyle Gann, piano (Beethoven ; 100 Fingers) Karen Kushner, piano (100 Fingers) Fr...