Evan Ziporyn

Rock Meets Classical, Part 2: Bang on a Can

Posted Friday, February 28, 2014 - 7:36pm by Gabriel Riccio
Bang on a Can All Stars

In part 1 of this blog entry, I discussed Milton Babbitt and Evan Ziporyn’s conflicting ideas of the future of music and discussed some of the ways that art music composers Evan Ziporyn and Steve Reich have combined rock music, world music, and the classical tradition into new, forward-thinking forms of music.

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Tags: Bang on a Can, so percussion, asphalt orchestra, matmos, kyaw kyaw naing, Steve Reich, Evan Ziporyn, spoken hand, uri caine, john zorn, sun ra arkestra, Sonic Youth, louis adriessen, meshuggah, the pixies, Frank Zappa, bjork, charles mingus, david byrne

Rock Meets Classical, Part 1: Who Cares?

Posted Friday, February 28, 2014 - 7:26pm by Gabriel Riccio

What is the future of music? After musicians in the 20th century broke down nearly every barrier, what is left to explore?

 

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Category: Musicians Corner

Tags: Milton Babbitt, Evan Ziporyn, Steve Reich, Pierre Boulez, Frank Zappa, Bang on a Can, Radiohead, Johnny Greenwood, Krzysztof Penderecki, rock, classical, gamelan, serialism, minimalism, The National
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