http://www.pithmusic.org Online Magazine of ADORNO Ensemble Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:53:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Author David Stubbs is interviewed on BBC about his book, "Fear of Music - Why People Get Rothko But Don't Get Stockhausen". Interesting outlook on contemporary music versus contemporary art. Go to BBC > http://www.pithmusic.org/bbc-david-stubbs-fear-of-music/ ADORNO will be performing Wuorinen's Eleven Pieces, a work also featured on his "Duo" CD. Read about this album on New Music Box. Go to New Music Box > http://www.pithmusic.org/wuorinen-duos/ Read about Xenakis and his work in his NY Times obituary from 2001. Go to NY Times> http://www.pithmusic.org/xenakis-music-and-math-ny-times/ Go to MPR to read and listen to more on Nancarrow's player piano works. Go to MPR> http://www.pithmusic.org/more-on-nancarrows-player-piano-studies/ [caption id="attachment_726" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Composer Iannis Xenakis"][/caption] Iannis Xenakis is one of the leaders of modernism in music, a hugely influential composer, particularly in the later 1950s and 1960s, when he was experimenting with compositional techniques that soon entered the basic vocabulary of the twentieth-century avant garde. Xenakis was born, not in ... http://www.pithmusic.org/iannis-xenakis/ [caption id="attachment_719" align="alignnone" width="288" caption="Composer Charles Wuorinen"][/caption] Charles Wuorinen (b. 1938, New York) is one of the world's leading composers.  His many honors include a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship and the Pulitzer Prize (the youngest composer to receive the award).  His compositions encompass every form and medium, including works for orchestra, chamber ... http://www.pithmusic.org/charles-wuorinen/ [caption id="attachment_722" align="alignnone" width="362" caption="Composer Tamar Diesendruck"][/caption] Tamar Diesendruck's favored compositional medium is virtuosic chamber music, although she has also composed solo, orchestral and vocal works. Her music is often characterized as having a very wide range of expression. Works include experimental pieces like "8 —> ∞" for eight cellos (eight ... http://www.pithmusic.org/tamar-diesendruck/ [caption id="attachment_710" align="alignnone" width="277" caption="Composer Conlon Nancarrow"][/caption] Conlon Nancarrow (born October 27, 1912 – August 10, 1997) was a U.S.-born composer who lived and worked in Mexico for most of his life. He became a Mexican citizen in 1955. Nancarrow was born in Texarkana, Arkansas. He played trumpet in a jazz band ... http://www.pithmusic.org/conlon-nancarrow/ May 18 Monday 1pm Knuth Hall Creative Arts Building Admission: FREE May 19 Tuesday 8pm Berkeley Chamber Performances Berkeley City Club 2315 Durant Avenue, Berkeley Admission: $20 General The relationship between numbers and music has long inspired many composers, from Bach to Wuorinen. ADORNO presents music imbued with the spirit of ratios, puzzles, fractal geometry, and other ... http://www.pithmusic.org/101/ Friday May 8th 8pm SF State - Knuth Hall Tickets: Admission: $10 general, $5 students & seniors As part of our residency at SF State, ADORNO will perform selected works by SF State students. Program: TBA http://www.pithmusic.org/sf-state-student-composers/