Small Instruments, visiting artist Pawel Romanczuk
Pawel Romanczuk, Small Instruments
Complex sounds from small instruments
2014
Practice
Bill Viola, Five Angels for the New Millennium, 2001. Credit: Kira Perov.
Bill Viola
Instrumental in establishing video as a vital medium of contemporary art
2009
Gustavo Dudamel conducts.
Gustavo Dudamel
Acclaimed worldwide as one of the most exciting and compelling conductors of our time, Gustavo Dudamel’s infectious energy and exceptional artistry have made him one of the most sought-after conductors by orchestras and opera companies around the world.
2010
Robert Lepage, Der Ring des Nibelungen. Metropolitan Opera. Credit: Ken Howard.
Robert Lepage
Versatile in every form of theater craft, Robert Lepage is equally talented as a director, playwright, actor and filmmaker
2012
Terry Riley, Terry Riley's 80th Birthday Concert, 2015. Photo: L. Barry Hetherington.
Terry Riley
Minimalist legend
April 18, 2015
Eric Singer. Credit: Elizabeth Keating.
Eric Singer
A leading expert in the use of sensors and robotics in multimedia systems
Victor Gama. Credit: Najib Nafib.
Victor Gama
Victor Gama’s work addresses the relationship between instrument building and music composition, while using new technologies and the creative practices of Africa and the Diaspora.
Arnold Dreyblatt
Arnold Dreyblatt
Media artist and composer explores audio visual perception and memory
EVENING PERFORMANCE
September 27, 2014
7:00 pm
Media Lab, E14-674
Trimpin, Image from the film Trimpin: The Sound of Invention, 2009. Credit: Peter Esmonde.
Trimpin
In his creative experiments, Trimpin engages the visual, spatial, and kinetic properties of sound to “play instruments in such a way that no matter how complex the composition of the timing, it can be pushed over the limits.”
Roomful of Teeth. Courtesy of the Artists.
Roomful of Teeth
The expressive potential of the most basic instrument: the human voice
Julia Ogryzidiak, Okeanos, 2012. Credit: RJ Muna
Julia Ogrydziak
Creating experiential art works and performances that draw from architecture, art, electronic music, science, nature, and more
Andy Cavatorta. Image courtesy of the artist.
Andy Cavatorta
Through the design of such complex and experimental instruments, Andy Cavatorta explores the ways in which we create meaning through sound.
Arthur Ganson, Gestural Engineering. Credit: Joshi Radin.
Arthur Ganson
Kinetic sculptor Arthur Ganson creates machines at once whimsical and philosophical
Hauschka performs at the CAST Marathon Concert. Credit: L. Barry Hetherington.
Hauschka
Fueled by a love of rhythm, Hauschka’s (Volker Bertelmann) classicist training, chamber music sensibilities and pop cultural interests all come together to create playful, unpredictable and inventive music.
Mark Stewart. Credit: Christine Southworth.
Mark Stewart
Multi-instrumentalist, guitarist, composer, and instrument designer
John Chowning playing the Yamaha DX7 Synthesizer at Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA).
Credit: Chuck Painter / Stanford News Service
John Chowning
The inventor of FM synthesis, John Chowning revolutionized the music industry.
2012
Either/Or Ensemble
Expanding the gray area between composition and installation, composer and performer, music and sonic environment
Jason Moran. Image courtesy of the artist.
Jason Moran
Adventurous jazz pianist Jason Moran presents an improvisation of music, sound, movement and video with longtime collaborator, MIT professor and performance art icon Joan Jonas.
2011
The Ascoli Ensembe. Image courtesy of the artists.
Ascoli Ensemble
Vocal ensemble using technology to reconstruct unusual medieval repertoires
Robert Wilson at MIT. Credit: L. Barry Hetherington.
Robert Wilson
Visionary avant-garde director Robert Wilson’s experiments in theater and opera have definitively shaped the art form for generations to come
2011
Bang on a Can performs at the FAST New Music Marathon Concert. Credit: Christine Southworth.
Bang on a Can
With an ear for the new, the unknown, and the unconventional, Bang on a Can strives to expose worldwide audiences to exciting and innovative music.
2012
Anne Lilly. Courtesy of the Artist
Anne Lilly
Anne Lilly’s sensuous and interactive sculptures connect physical realities with the interior world of the mind.
2014
Ben Houge. Image courtesy of the artist.
Ben Houge
Working at the nexus of music composition, video games, performance, sound installation, and digital art, Ben Houge explores the sonification of real-time data with MIT researchers.
2012
Image: Vik Muniz at MIT. Credit: L. Barry Hetherington.
Vik Muniz
Shifts in scale, photographic manipulation, and unexpected materials
Don Byron at MIT. Credit: L. Barry Hetherington.
Don Byron
Legendary clarinetist and composer forging what he calls "a sound above genre"
2012, 2013