Music May 1997 News

NEWS

May 1997

May 23.

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From June 9 to 13 , SONAR: the Barcelona concert by Michel Huygen, will be released. This CD contains the memorable performance by Huygen in Barcelona, Spain, on June 17, 1995, at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània, the closing concert of the Advanced Music festival SONAR 95. The album will be presented at SONAR 97. This is his first live release since From Madrid to Heaven.
On May 23, Alain Baumann will give a live performance at La Ñola, in Barcelona, Spain. He will play computer and clarinet.
On May 23, Jorge Calvo will give a live performance at Café Del Sol, in Barcelona, Spain. He will play guitars, keyboards and sequencers.
On May 23, Sergi Jordà will give a live performance at Mi Bar, in Barcelona, Spain. He will play computers.
On May 24, Joan Saura will give a live performance at Galpón Sur, in Barcelona, Spain. He will play keyboards.
On May 24, Anton Ignorant will give a live performance at Galería Metropolitana de Barcelona, in Barcelona, Spain. He will play guitars and tapes.
On May 24, Zush will give a live performance at Associació Heliogàbal, in Barcelona, Spain. He will play the Mini-Moog synthesizer.

USA, May 22. THE GREAT KAT ANNOUNCES DOMINATRIX MUSIC VIDEO. The Great Kat, Juilliard graduate violin virtuoso/Cyberspeed guitarist announced yesterday the release of the new music video, Dominatrix from her highly-acclaimed new CD, Guitar Goddess. Dominatrix was produced and created by The Great Kat, and directed by Madj Ebadi, of CBC Media in Port Washington, NY. Dominatrix showcases The Great Kat’s guitar virtuosity and outrageous persona as the High-Priestess of Guitar Shred.

Europe, May 20. JEAN MICHEL JARRE ON TOUR (JUNE).

June 4 / SECC / Glasgow, UK
June 6 / NEC / Birmingham, UK
June 7 / Nynex Arena / Manchester, UK
June 8 / Wembley Arena / London, UK
June 9 / Wembley Arena / London, UK
June 12 / Valbyhallen / Copenhagen, Denmark
June 14 / Specktrum / Oslo, Norway
June 16 / Hartwall Arena / Helsinki, Finland
June 20 / Lechia Stadium / Gdansk, Poland
June 22 / Sportshalle / Prague, Czech Republic
June 24 / Sportshalle / Budapest, Hungary

May 20.

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On October, Constance Demby will be the star musician at the electronic music festival organized by the Dutch association KLEM.
Miguel A. Ruiz (Orfeón Gagarin) has engaged a new musical project during this last year: Exhaustor, of which a first CD has already been released. The artist will perform live at the Sonar festival, in the city of Barcelona, Spain, on June 12. He recently performed at the Muestra de Música Ambient in León, and at the Soma Club in Madrid.
Sonar 97, the Fourth International Festival of Advanced Music and Multimedia Art, will be held in Barcelona, Spain, on June 12, 13, 14. The events will take place at the Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona (CCCB), the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) and the Pavelló Esportiu de la Mar Bella. Around 200 artists will participate in the festival.
On June 4, Women of Sodom will give a performance at Avalon, in Boston, USA.
Balseros is the new opera by Robert Ashley. It has a libretto by Maria Irene Fornes based on interviews with Cubans who crossed the Florida straits on rafts.
From June 16 to 20, Hurta Cordel '97, a festival of improvised music, will take place in Madrid, Spain. Several of the scheduled artists are Voice Crack, Wade Matthews, Hyperion and Pedro Lopez.
On June 20 and 21, the Theremin Festival will take place at the Portland Performing Arts Center, in Portland, Maine, USA. Thereminists Eric Ross and Lydia Kavina will perform several works with the amazing electronic instrument invented by Leon Theremin in the 20's. Robert Moog, Elliott Schwartz, Olivia Mattis and Albert Glinsky will give some lectures.
Between June 15 and 29, a series of workshops in music technology, including sequencing and synthesizer programming, will take place at Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, USA.
On June 16 through August, a series of CCRMA workshops about computers and music will take place at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), at Stanford University, in Palo Alto, California, USA.
In The Mirror is a special collection of compositions spanning Yanni's career in the 80's and early 90's. The recordings are fully re-mastered using 20 bit technology.
EMI Gold are re-releasing a series of Ultravox and Midge Ure solo CDs. Rage In Eden is scheduled for distribution around June. Another work could be released in the Autumn.

Spain, May 15. NIGHTNOISE ON TOUR.

May 15 / Barcelona
May 16 / Madrid
May 17 / Valencia
May 18 / Logroño
May 20 / Málaga
May 21 / Jerez
May 22 / Córdoba
May 23 / Granada
May 26 / Sevilla

May 14.

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On May 15 at 11 pm, Compañía de Música Al Tun Tun will give a performance at Sala La Vaquería, in Tarragona, Catalunya, Spain.

UK, May 13. NEW WORKS BY JOHN FOXX. Cathedral Oceans was released on March 24. It has been developing and accumulating since 1983. Early performances of Cathedral Oceans were made in 1987 in Rome and London. The Shifting City is a collaboration with Louis Gordon, and this was released on March 24 also. Translucence, a long-awaited collaboration with Harold Budd, will be released around the end of this year or the beginning of 1998.

May 13.

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Henry Cowell's Musical Worlds is an exhibit marking the centennial year of the late composer and celebrating his music and life, open through May 17 at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, USA.
On May 18, Petals by Kaija Saariaho will be performed at the Bloomingdale House of Music, New York City, USA.
On May 18, a new piece by Julia Wolfe will be performed at the Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, in New York, USA.
On May 20, Pari e Dispari by Sofia Gubaidulina will be performed by the New Music Consort, conducted by Claire Heldrich, at the Manhattan School of Music, New York City, USA. On May 28, another piece by Gubaidulina, Ein Engle..., will be performed at the International Association of Women in Music, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
On May 20, 22, 25, 28, 31, June 1, Kaamos (choreography after String Quartet No.2) and The Volkmann Suite composed by Michael Nyman will be performed at the Joyce Theater, New York City, USA.
On May 21, music by Barry Truax, David Jaffe, John Duesenberry, Todor Todoroff, Jonty Harrison, James Paul Sain, Pete Stollery and others will be performed at Northern College, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.
On May 24, Kraftwerk will give a performance in Luton Hoo, England.
On May 28, Laurie Anderson will give a live performance at Museumsinsel, in Bonn, Germany.
On May 29, the Ensemble Xenakis, conducted by Charles Zachary Bornstein, will perform these pieces by Iannis Xenakis: "Analogique A and B" "Embellie", "Palimpsest", "Thallein" and "Waarg". The concert will take place at the Great Hall at Cooper Union, in New York City, USA.
On May 29, the Kronos Quartet and Wu Man will perform Ghost Opera by Tan Dun, in Rome, Italy.
On May 29, Lick by Julia Wolfe will be performed in Evanston, IL, USA.
On May 30, a new opera by John Eaton, commissioned by Boston Musica Viva, will be played at the Tsai Performance Center of Boston University, USA.
On May 30 and 31, the next events in the Son-Mu Festival will be presented by the Groupe de Recherches Musicales at the Maison de Radio France, in Paris, France. These will include works by Jean-Claude Risset, Lelio Camilleri, Daniel Teruggi and others.
On May 31, the Fourth EMMA Electronic Music festival will take place at the Assembly Rooms, Derby, UK. Featuring artists will be: Mind Over Matter, Waveshape, Harvey Bainbridge, Bekki Williams, Tranquility Bass, and Kinetik.
On June, Joy Harjo & Poetic Justice will give a tour in Germany and Austria.
Jonn Serrie plans to perform in Spain.
Krysztof Penderecki gave a lecture at the Reina Sofia Museum, in Madrid, Spain.
Stirlitz is the artistic name of an interesting electronic musician from Kaliningrad (a small state in the CIS that must not be mistaken for the city of the same name). His music is innovative. In it he combines elements from Techno, Space Music and others of a much more difficult description. His work Irrelayer is an excellent sample of his music.

USA, May 13. KIP WINGER ON PROMOTIONAL TOUR.

May 26 / Cleveland, OH / Borders Books & Music
May 28 / Detroit, MI / Borders Books & Music
June 02 / Pittsburg, PA / Borders Books & Music
June 04 / Indianapolis, IN / Borders Books & Music
June 06 / Minneapolis, MN / Borders Books & Music
June 07 / Des Moines, IA / Borders Books & Music
June 09 / Kansas City, MO / Borders Books & Music
June 11 / St. Louis, MO / Borders Books & Music

May 8.

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On May 9, Ensemble Ictus will perform at IRCAM, Paris, France, a new composition for live electronics by Magnus Lindberg.
Big Chill Spring Vibes : An all-night indoor festival in 4 rooms. Friday May 9th 10pm-6am. Location: Bagley's Studios, London, UK.
On May 9, Rainforest by Barton and Priscilla McLean will be presented at the Albany Center Galleries, Albany NY, USA. It is an audience-interactive installation in which members of the public become the performers, triggering sounds and images from around the world.
The Musique Action Festival will take place in Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France, from May 9 to 19. Some of the artists to participate are: Ensemble Aleph, Guy Klucevsek, Pascal Contet, Jean-Pierre Drouet, Derek Bailey, Tony Oxley, Francoise Matringe, Monica Jordan, and Christophe Roy. Several of the expositions and installations are: "L'accordeon d'hier a aujourd'hui" (CCAM), "Portait sonore de Daunik Lazro" (CCAM), installation by Frederick Le Junter (Ecole d'Architecture).
On May 10, Chemical Brothers will give a live performance at Shrine Expo, in Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Jean Michel Jarre has remastered five of his albums: Oxygene, Equinoxe, Houston-Lyon, Images and Chronologie. The release date is scheduled for May 12. Jarre has used 96KHz, 24 bit mastering at MasterDisk studios in New York, achieving a sound bigger and full of warmth according to some reports. On the other hand, Oxygene 7-13 has earned its first Gold disc in Spain. The "Oxygene 10" single is being prepared for an imminent release. This single includes some remixes by Sash, Apollo 440, Loop Guru, and Resistance D.
Between May 14 and 18, the 3rd annual electronic arts festival Body Electric will take place at The Western Front, Vancouver, Canada.
On May 15, the Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble will perform works by Pauline Oliveros, Kotik, Maria de Alvear, and Alvin Lucier, at Merkin Concert Hall, New York City, USA.
On May 17, The Ensemble Modern will give a live performance with music by Frank Zappa, Charles Ives and Conlon Nancarrow at Grosser Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria.

USA, May 8. AESTHETIK ON TOUR.

May 09 / Club Metro / Northampton, MA
May 28 / New Band Night - Sir Morgan's Cove / Worcester, MA

USA / Europe, May 8. CONCERTS WITH MUSIC BY PHILIP GLASS.

-Marriages Between Zones 3, 4 and 5:
May 10, 14, 17, 30 / Heidelberg Opera, Heidelberg, Germany
-Heroes Symphony:
May 15 / Crouch End Festival, Royal Festival Hall, London, UK.
-Modern Love Waltz:
May 18 / Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City, USA.
-Concerto for Violin and Orchestra:
May 30 / New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, New York City, USA.

USA, May 8. TINGSTAD & RUMBEL ON TOUR.

May 11 / Salem, OR / Borders Books & Music
May 17 / Rockford, IL / Memorial Hall
May 18 / St. Louis, MO / Cohen Amphitheater at Missouri Botanical Gardens
(Benefit for plant conservation)

Europe, May 8. CONCERTS WITH MUSIC BY JOHN TAVENER.

-Hymn of Unwaning Light:
May 17 / Sherborne Abbey / Dorset, England
-The Hidden Treasure:
May 19 / Prague Festival / Prague, Czech Republic
-The Protecting Veil:
May 31 - June 1 / Deurle, Belgium

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