Other Minds (Organization)
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The 8th Other Minds Festival of New Music, held at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco on March 7-9, 2002, got off with Executive and Artistic Director Charles Amirkhanian moderating a panel discussion with some of the Festival’s featured composers. First, Japanese composer and Ondes Martenot virtuoso, Takashi Harada, gives the history and demonstrates the various functions of this pioneering electronic keyboard instrument. Continuing the theme of early electronic instruments, Pauline Oliveros relates how her first experiences with the sounds of static emitted by her father’s radio sparked an interest in electronic sounds and music that only accelerated with the commercial availability of tape recorders. Ellen Fullman then demonstrates her long string instrument, which is essentially a set of about 36 wires that when rubbed produce a longitudinal waves the pitch of which is determined by clamps that limits the length of the wave on each string. Brazilian composer, Ricardo Tacuchian then talks about his predilection for composing for the guitar despite not being a guitarist himself. He attributes this to the fact that the guitar is perhaps the most emblematic instrument in Brazilian culture. Cuban composer Tania León then discusses her song cycle “Canto,” which was to be performed on the last night of the Festival. The panel discussion concludes with African-American jazz composer Randy Weston recalling his association with Langston Hughes, and how he was called upon to perform at the poet’s funeral. This concert portion of this program then begins with:Suite for Ondes Martenot &...
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