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Simon Smith Articles

Simon Smith. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.

Pianist Simon Smith Finds The Nuance In Stockhausen’s Grand Vision

Simon Smith remembers vividly his first encounter with the work of Karlheinz Stockhausen. The piece was Trans, a composition for orchestra and recorded sound that the German composer, a giant of mid-century contemporary music, wrote in 1971. “It was immediately like … Continued

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