Roger Scruton, “Walking Among Noise” Video This year’s lecture with Roger Scruton was a wonderful success. We were turning away people at the door! Please check back with us next week for a full write up of the event and news of what is to come for Music in 21st-Century Society. In the mean time, for those who were unable to attend, video of the lecture is now available (click the banner below). Watch in good health.
Video: Talks from Xenakis: Past, Present, and Future now available on Youtube 1 April 2015: Several of the talks given at the 2010 conference “Xenakis: Past, Present, and Future” are now available on the Xenakis Project of the Americas’ Youtube page. The conference was presented by the Xenakis Project of the Americas in conjunction with the Brooklyn Experimental Media Collective.
New Composer’s Commissions Videos Online If you were unable to attend the last two premiers of the Foundation for Iberian Music’s Composer’s Commissions, fear not! The internet is here for you. Our online archives have been updated. Primero, the 2013 commission, Albert Guinovart’s Skyshadows, is up on YouTube. Segundo, the 2012 commission, Benet Casablancas’s, Dance, Song and Celebration: Homage to Xavier Montsalvatge, is also on YouTube. (We also have video of one other work from the Montsalvatge centenary concert, Richard Gerhard’s Libra.) Por último, we have done some housekeeping in the archive of commissions. All works for which there is an audio or video recording are linked. To listen, click on the linked titles, and they will take you to the relevant entry in the audio archive, or to a post with a direct link to the audio/video. For even more, have a look through our audio archive, which is now better organized. Here, you can find past discussions, concerts, resident artist recitals, interviews with director Antoni Pizà, and so on, going back to 2005.
Antoni Pizà on Ona Mediterránia to Discuss Book, Guerau Spanish baroque enthusiasts will be pleased to learn that the Foundation director, Antoni Pizà’s, book on the composer Francesc Guerau has recently been reissued, with a beautiful new cover. Francesc Guerau: i el seu temps is available once more from its original publisher, Edicions Documenta Balear. It is available through Amazon.com. Pizà was recently a guest on Cotíledonia, a podcast from Catalonian radio Ona Mediterránia, to promote the reissue and discuss Guerau. You can listen to the broadcast (October 11, 2014) online. (The interview begins at the 42nd minute.)
Video: Sharon Kanach, “Xenakis: Arts/Science…for starters…” 25 June 2014: XPA director Sharon Kanach’s keynote lecture at CIRMMT’s 2010 conference, “Xenakis: Arts/Science”, is now available to view on Youtube.
“Strings Attached”: A Conversation with Kronos Quartet’s David Harrington October 22, 2014: Innovative violinist David Harrington, founder of the visionary ensemble the Kronos Quartet, will be the speaker of the 2014 Lloyd and Constance Old Lectures on 21st-Century Music. This series of talks and debates by major cultural figures addresses the changing consumption, creation, context, and valuations of today’s music. The event will also feature a live performance of music selected by Harrington. Harrington was inspired to form Kronos in 1973 after hearing a performance of Black Angels, an avante-garde piece by George Crumb. The new group quickly expanded into unconventional territory, performing renditions of songs by jazz artists, such as Ornette Coleman and Thelonious Monk, rock artists like Jimi Hendrix, as well as repertoire from past masters and contemporary composers. The group has worked closely with several prominent composers, including Terry Riley, Henryk Mikolaj Górecki, and Philip Glass, and has received numerous awards for their recordings and performances. Click here to view a recording of the talk!
Video: Philip Glass’ Lecture 15 October 2013: The most recent Music in the 21st Century Society lecture featured acclaimed composer Philip Glass in conversation with flautist Claire Chase, a 2012 MacArthur Fellow who also gave a masterful performance at the event. This series, curated by Antoni Pizà, the director of the Foundation for Iberian Music, has so far presented three lectures. The first was given by the late Charles Rosen in 2012, who discussed the challenges faced by modernist music. The second featured Paul Griffiths, a prominent music critic and writer.
Event Video: Flamenco on Film 24 July 2013: The roundtable “Flamenco on Film” that was held at the Graduate Center on July 2, is now available to watch on YouTube. In collaboration with the Dance on Camera, the Foundation for Iberian Music hosted a screening of three flamenco documentaries followed by a roundtable discussion with flamenco scholars and experts. This film screening was in conjunction with other concurrent flamenco events such as “Flamenco: 100 Years in New York” at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. To see the streaming videos, click on the links below. Flamenco on Film part 1 Flamenco on Film part 2 Flamenco on Film part 3
La dansa de l’arquitecte on Catalunya Ràdio 19 July 2013: Aired on July 7, Catalunya Ràdio recently interviewed Antoni Pizà about his latest publication La dansa de l’arquitecte. To listen to the entire interview, visit the website of Catalunya Ràdio or click on the player below. http://brookcenter.gc.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/CatalunyaRadio_PIZA.mp3
The Foundation for Iberian Music Featured on CUNY TV 19 March, 2013: The Foundation for Iberian Music was featured on CUNY TV‘s series Study with the Best originally aired on February 24, 2013. This latest edition is “Music: Inside and Outside of CUNY” and focuses on the many musical activities in and around the CUNY campuses. From innovative hip hop and radio programs to classical performance and composition, the students and professors at CUNY are creating interesting and exciting music. Click here to view the entire program and the interview with Antoni Pizà about the Foundation for Iberian Music.