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Evan Ziporyn
12+ albums
gamelan12contemporary classicalminimalismcomposer
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From Lincoln Center to Balinese temples, from loft spaces to international festivals, composer/performer Evan Ziporyn has traveled the globe in search of new musical possibilities. His work is informed by his 25-year involvement with Balinese gamelan, which has ranged from intensive study of traditional music to the creation of a series of groundbreaking works for gamelan and western instruments. Most recently, he led his 30-member ensemble, Gamelan Galak Tika, in a triumphant debut performance in New York's Zankel Hall, hailed by the New York Times as 'an exuberant blast of metal fireworks.' This was followed in summer 2005 by a multi-city tour of Bali, where the groupperformed his cross-cultural works in collaboration with top Balinese gamelans and choreographers. Currently he is working on two major projects: a new work for Yo Yo Ma's Silk Road Project, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall, to be premiered in September 2006; and a concerto for gamelan and strings for Galak Tika and the Philadelphia Classical Orchestra, commissioned by the Pew Foundation, to be premiered in April 2007. Other recent large projects have included his acclaimed music for the American Repertory Theater's 2004 production of Oedipus Rex; new orchestral works for the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, and a new recording of chamber music, Typical Music, for New Albion Records, to be released November 2005. His compositions have been performed by the Kronos Quartet, Bang On A Can, Nederlands Blazer Ense
