‘Gay Guerilla’ Julius Eastman (4 pianos)
BIO
American minimalist composer Julius Eastman (1940-1990) was rediscovered several years ago. His music was raw and organic, incorporating elements of pop and jazz, and he often chose titles denouncing the oppression and social struggles of blacks and gays in the USA. Politically active himself, he was a historic witness to the emergence of the sexual revolution and civil rights movements of the 1960s, composing Gay Guerilla in 1979, ten years after the Stonewall riots, of which 2019 marks the 50th anniversary.
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Pianos :
Melaine Dalibert
Stephane Ginsburgh
Nicolas Horvath
Wilhem Latchoumia
Co-production: Musica – festival Strasbourg, CCAM / Scène nationale de Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, Opéra de Rennes, La Soufflerie – Rezé
PRESS
The Wire
“This unapologetically obsessive music, laced so audibly with anger and frustration, but also with impassioned defiance, may have settled in, but its capacity to unsettle remains undiminished.”
CONTACT
Booking : François Montjosieu
Promo : Varvara Papaspanopoulou
TAGS
live Festival Musica Strasbourg 2019
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live Festival Musica Strasbourg 2019
BIO
American minimalist composer Julius Eastman (1940-1990) was rediscovered several years ago. His music was raw and organic, incorporating elements of pop and jazz, and he often chose titles denouncing the oppression and social struggles of blacks and gays in the USA. Politically active himself, he was a historic witness to the emergence of the sexual revolution and civil rights movements of the 1960s, composing Gay Guerilla in 1979, ten years after the Stonewall riots, of which 2019 marks the 50th anniversary.
LINE-UP
Pianos :
Melaine Dalibert
Stephane Ginsburgh
Nicolas Horvath
Wilhem Latchoumia
Co-production: Musica – festival Strasbourg, CCAM / Scène nationale de Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, Opéra de Rennes, La Soufflerie – Rezé
PRESS
The Wire
“This unapologetically obsessive music, laced so audibly with anger and frustration, but also with impassioned defiance, may have settled in, but its capacity to unsettle remains undiminished.”
CONTACT
Booking : François Montjosieu
Promo : Varvara Papaspanopoulou