Beeferman, Gordon

music for an imaginary band [7" VINYL Record]

Label: Generate Records Country: USA

"A real 7-piece group consisting of some of NYC's most remarkable and creative musicians. Featuring brand-new compositions -- gnarly, lyrical, whimsical, free-form -- an idiosyncratic mix of new-music, jazz, and free improv.

"Complex and daringly modern...Mr. Beeferman's music, with its skittish melodic lines and pungent atonal harmony, is gritty, fidgety and intriguing." -New York Times

GORDON BEEFERMAN is a composer, pianist and improviser based in New York City. His works -- orchestral, solo, chamber, and opera -- have been performed by the New York City Opera VOX showcase, the Minnesota Orchestra, Albany Symphony, Quartet New Generation recorder collective, California EAR Unit, American Brass Quintet, eighth blackbird, pianist Winston Choi, soprano Lisa Bielawa, NYC-based Anti-Social Music and many others. The Chicago Tribune praised Beeferman for his "masterly orchestral craftsmanship; odd, refreshing sonorities and expressive speech." The Albany Times-Union described his work as "chilling... unpredictable... brutal."

He has received commissions from the Fromm Foundation, the BMI Foundation, and Concert Artists Guild, and awards from BMI and ASCAP. A "fully liberated pianist" (Cadence Magazine), Beeferman has performed in a wide range of settings, from concerto soloist to free-improviser, and has collaborated regularly with dancers and other artists, including Jeff Arnal, Jane Barnes, Charlotte Jackson, Anita Cheng, Seth Misterka, Brad Kemp, Katt Hernandez, and Estelle Woodward. In New York he has performed at Roulette, the Merce Cunningham Studio, Music at the Anthology, Columbia University's Italian Academy and the Improvised and Otherwise Festival, as well as at other venues in Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Canada, and elsewhere."-Generate Records

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