Making the Contrabass Contemporary: Bertram Turetzky and the Reinvention of the Double Bass
Fino ad un paio di decenni fa il contrabbasso è stato ampiamente trascurato come strumento solista dalla voce complessa. Relegato soprattutto alle sue funzioni tradizionali di supporto all'interno degli ensembles, il contrabbasso ha dovuto...
Else Marie Pade
Even before she began composing musique concrète and electronic music in the early 1950s, Else Marie Pade lived what can only be called an eventful life.
Born in Ain Aarhus, Denmark in 1924, Pade as...
“To Play Is Both a Sign and a Symptom of Existence”: David Toop’s Into...
The usual caveats warning against generalizations aside, it’s safe to say that in the arts as in other fields of life, the second half of the twentieth century was an era of improvisation. Encouraged...
Multiple perspectives of improvisation
Some thoughts on these new selected works:
-George Lewis, Recombinant Trilogy, New Focus Recordings
-Fred Frith & Ikue Mori, A Mountain Doesn't Know It's Tall, Intakt R.
-Jeremiah Cymerman & Charlie Looker, A Horizon Made of Canvas,...
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Venezia – Biennale Musica 2024
Per il consueto appuntamento con la Biennale Musica 2024 il tema scelto è quello della 'musica assoluta', intesa come musica scritta o programmata senza...
