Additional comments and information on artistic activity
and research plans
My main interest as a composer and researcher consists of
the critique of historical musical
values and the discovery of alternatives which may result
in new paradigms for musical
composition. For instance: traditional musical forms may be
superseded by different
manifestations of musical structure; musical discourse may
assume new modes of intonation
and tuning; the traditional role attributed to melody and
accompaniment may be superseded
by a different relationship between these components etc.
The result of this enquiry is both realised and repeated by
means of the compositional outputs
which serve as testimony and document of the research pursued.
Future plans include:
1. Completion of research on 'Music and the Holocaust' previously
pursued in Gideon Kleins
Marterstrasse, Letzte Briefe aus Stalingrad, Gustl in Theresienstadt,
Kastner Trial:
composition of Deutchland Deutchland.
2. Continuation of investigative work on the development of
the relationship between solo and
accompaniment previously pursued in The Prophet Is A Fool,
Ear Drum, Flute Concerto:
composition of Concerto for Piano and Orchestra.
3. Continuation of research on intonation, previously pursued
in Saxophone Quartet & Tape:
composition of Play As Written for solo cello; Partita for
solo violin, composition for two
pianos with different tuning, and a composition for string
quartet with tape.
4. Research on the relationship between causality and randomness
in music: composition of
Pathologic Symphony for orchestra and tape.
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