Tuesday, January 06, 2009

R.I.P. 2008

En lo que a fallecimientos se refiere, el año que pasó fue pésimo para la música. Aquí va una lista de los que nos han dejado en el transcurso del 2008:

Erik M. Stanis (Winters in Osaka; January 1, 2008)
Henri Chopin (sound poet; January 3, 2008)
Mort Garson (Moog champion; January 4, 2008)
Peter Harris (Kickin Records; January 6, 2008)
Thomas Michael Griffen (Noggin; January 7, 2008)
Dave Day (born David M. Havlicek, of The Monks; January 10, 2008)
Suzanne Pleshette (January 19, 2008)
Jared McGuinness (PRINT; January 24, 2008)
Ben Scott McMillan (Skin Yard, Gruntruck; January 25, 2008)
Jeffrey “Jeff” Salen (a.k.a. Tuff Darts, of Magic Tramps; January 26, 2008)
Sean P. Finnegan (Void; January 30, 2008)
Robert A. Luly (Frank Zappa; February 1, 2008)
Yasushi Ozawa (Fushitsusha, Marginal Consort; February 7, 2008)
Thomas Scot Halpin (The Who; February 9, 2008)
Steven Joseph Casmano (Sado Nation; February 12, 2008)
Dorothy Podber (shot Warhol’s “Marilyns” with a pistol; February 9, 2008)
Timothy R. “Tim” Aher (Hymn; February 17, 2008)
James E. “Jim” Jones (Pere Ubu; February 18, 2008)
Teo Macero (born Attilio Joseph Macero; February 19, 2008)
Allen Strange (Biome, The Electronic Weasel Ensemble; February 20, 2008)
George Allen “Buddy” Miles, Jr. (Band of Gypsys; February 26, 2008)
Michael “Mike” Conley (M.I.A.; February 28, 2008)
Michael George “Mike” Smith (Dave Clark Five; February 28, 2008)
Norman “Hurricane” Smith (produced The Beatles; March 3, 2008)
Dorothy Ann Stone (California E.A.R. Unit; March 7, 2008)
Larry Lee Evans (Fifty Foot Hose; March 14, 2008)
Mikey Dread (born Michael Campbell, Dread at the Controls; March 15, 2008)
Stuart Nevitt (Shadowfax; March 15, 2008)
Ola Brunkert (ABBA; March 17, 2008)
Richie Hass (Zoogz Rift And The Amazing Sh*theads; March 20, 2008)
Klaus Dinger (Neu!, Kraftwerk, La Düsseldorf; March 21, 2008)
Christopher Brendan “Chris” Moriarty (Controlled Bleeding; March 22, 2008)
Jason Rae (Cinematic Orchestra, Nightmares on Wax; March 22, 2008)
Neil Aspinall (The Beatles; March 23, 2008)
Olga de Volga (born Susan S. Smith, of The Offs, The Lewd; March 26, 2008)
Angus Fairhurst (The YBAs; March 29, 2008)
Frosty Freeze (born Wayne Frost, of The Rock Steady Crew; April 3, 2008)
Thomas Braichet (sound poet; April 5, 2008)
Oscar “Ozzie” Cadena (Savoy Records; April 9, 2008)
Clifford Davies (Ted Nugent, Grand Funk Railroad; April 13, 2008)
Syke Dyke (born Robert Michael Reed, of Trouble Funk; April 13, 2008)
Danny Federici (Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band; April 17, 2008)
Toyoji Peter Tomita (April 17, 2008)
Bebe Barron (born Charlotte Wind; April 20, 2008)
James Peter “Jimmy” Giuffre (April 24, 2008)
Tristram Ogilvie Cary OAM (April 24, 2008)
Enrico Donati (the last Surrealist; April 25, 2008)
Henry Brant (acoustic spatial music pioneer; April 26, 2008)
Albert Hofmann (April 29, 2008)
Mario Schiano (father of Italian free improvisation; May 10, 2008)
Bruce Duncan “Utah” Phillips (May 23, 2008)
James Harrell McGriff (funk organist; May 24, 2008)
Harvey Herschel Korman (May 29, 2008)
Alton Kelly (illustrator; June 1, 2008)
Bo Diddley (born Ellas Otha Bates; June 2, 2008)
Saban Bajramovic (king of Serbian Gypsy music; June 8, 2008)
Jack Rootoo (born Richard Galvin, of Lou Miami & the Kozmetix; June 13, 2008)
Esbjörn Svensson (June 14, 2008)
Donata “Donna” Klemm (Artware; June 17, 2008)
Michel Waisvisz (I.C.P.-Tentet; June 18, 2008)
Lula Marietta Reed (June 21, 2008)
George Denis Patrick Carlin (June 22, 2008)
Benny Thurman (13th Floor Elevators; June 22, 2008)
Ronnie Mathews (June 28, 2008)
Salah Eldin Ahmed Ragab (Embryo, Sun Ra Arkestra; July 2008)
Melville “Mel” Galley (Whitesnake; July 1, 2008)
Natasha Detente (born Natasha Shneider, of Eleven; July 2, 2008)
Colin Francis Richard Cooper (Climax Blues Band; July 3, 2008)
Noel Sayre (The Black Swans; July 3, 2008)
Young Blood (born David Aaron Contreras, of Magic Tramps; July 5, 2008)
Alvarez (born Andre Alvarez; July 6, 2008)
Arthur Weinstein (The World, The Continental, HURRAH!; July 9, 2008)
Gerald Wiggins (July 13, 2008)
Jo Elizabeth Stafford (July 16, 2008)
Mist / Myst (born Volker Kahrs, of Grobschnitt; July 20, 2008)
Hiram Bullock (The World’s Most Dangerous Band; July 25, 2008)
John Arnold “Johnny” Griffin III (Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers; July 25, 2008)
Graeme “Crash” Crallan (White Spirit, Tank; July 27, 2008)
Papa Wendo (father of Congolese rumba music; July 28, 2008)
Lee Young (July 31, 2008)
Tony Schepkens (Agathocles; August 1, 2008)
Louis Teicher (Ferrante & Teicher; August 3, 2008)
Barbara E. Gilliam (The Fuzz, The Passionettes; August 4, 2008)
Robert Hazard (born Robert Rimato; August 5, 2008)
Joseph Brazil (August 6, 2008)
Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. (August 10, 2008)
Donald Erb (August 12, 2008)
Lita Roza (born Lilian Patricia Lita Roza; August 14, 2008)
Gerald “Jerry” Wexler (coined the term “rhythm & blues”; August 15, 2008)
Ronnie Drew (The Dubliners; August 16, 2008)
Johnny Arlington “Dizzy” Moore (The Skatalites; August 16, 2008)
Pervis Jackson (The Spinners; August 18, 2008)
LeRoi Holloway Moore (Dave Matthews Band; August 19, 2008)
Stephen B. "Steve" Foley (The Replacements; August 23, 2008)
Jack Hutton (Melody Maker founder; August 24, 2008)
Adam Nodelman (Sunburned Hand of the Man, Borbetomagus; August 25, 2008)
Jerry Reed (born Jerry Reed Hubbard; September 1, 2008)
Chris Witchhunter (born Christian “Chris” Dudek, of Sodom; September 7, 2008)
Jason Stuart (Hawkwind; September 8, 2008)
Hector Zazou (September 8, 2008)
William Kelly Graves (The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower; September 15, 2008)
Richard William Wright (Pink Floyd; September 15, 2008)
Norman Jesse Whitfield (Motown; September 16, 2008)
Mauricio Kagel (September 18, 2008)
Earl Palmer (New Orleans drummer; September 19, 2008)
Steve Gray (Brian Eno; September 20, 2008)
Marc Moulin (Aksak Maboul, Telex; September 26, 2008)
Nick Reynolds (The Kingston Trio; October 1, 2008)
Gidget Gein (born Bradley Anne Stewart; October 9, 2008)
Alton Nehemiah Ellis OD (godfather of rocksteady; October 10, 2008)
Neal Paul Hefti (October 11, 2008)
Terry Fox (October 14, 2008)
Frankie Venom (born Francis Hannah “Frank” Kerr, of Teenage Head; October 15, 2008)
Levi Stubbs (born Levi Stubbles, of The Four Tops; October 17, 2008)
Rudy Ray Moore (October 19, 2008)
David Hazelton (Master Musicians of Hop-Frog, Amenti Suncrown; October 22, 2008)
Ray Ellis (October 27, 2008)
Patrick Thomas “Pat” Leonard (Moving Targets; October 29, 2008)
Frank A. “Mack Heat” Navetta (The Descendents; October 31, 2008)
Jimmy Carl Black (The Mothers of Invention; November 1, 2008)
Yma Sumac (born Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chavarri del Castillo; November 1, 2008)
Ralph Joseph “Jody” Reynolds (November 7, 2008)
Miriam Makeba (November 9, 2008)
John “Mitch” Mitchell (The Jimi Hendrix Experience; November 12, 2008)
Richard James “Richey” Edwards (The Manic Street Preachers; November 23, 2008)
Pekka Pohjola (Wigwam, The Group; November 28, 2008)
Munetaka Higuchi (Loudness; November 30, 2008)
Odetta (born Odetta Holmes; December 2, 2008)
George Brecht (born George MacDiarmid, of Fluxus; December 5, 2008)
Lisa M. “Coop” Cooper (Picasso Trigger; December 7, 2008)
Henning Christiansen (Fluxus; December 10, 2008)
John “Sean” Byrne (The Count Five; December 15, 2008)
David Michael Gordon “Davey” Graham (the folk guitarist; December 15, 2008)
Eartha Mae Kitt (born Eartha Mae Keith; December 25, 2008)
Delaney Bramlett (Delaney & Bonnie; December 27, 2008)
Lars Gustav Gabriel Hollmer (Samla Mammas Manna; December 27, 2008)
Frederick Dewayne “Freddie” Hubbard (December 29, 2008)

"SI ESTO SIGUE ASÍ COMO ASÍ/ NI UNA TRISTE SOMBRA QUEDARÁ.."

Monday, January 05, 2009

Festival Internacional de Música Contemporánea de Chile

Transcribo a continuación los párrafos de la gacetilla que involucran al dúo de Luis Conde y Alcides Larrosa. Para aquellos que estén por Santiago de Chile a mediados de enero y quieran darse una vuelta:

Martín Matalón, Alcides Larrosa y Luis Conde programados en un Concierto Especial, que incluirá Electrónica, Audiovisual e Improvisación Libre Contemporánea

Este 9º festival se realizará en los días 12, 13, 14 y 15 de enero próximos en la Sala Isidora Zegers, Santiago de Chile. Durante el mismo se presentarán 43 obras, cuya ejecución estará a cargo de más de cien músicos participantes, a través de muy variadas formaciones.

También merece un párrafo especial la inclusión en la programación del dúo que conforman Luis Conde (clarinetes soprano y bajo más sakuhachi) y Alcides Larrosa (guitarras españolas de ocho cuerdas con y sin trastes), dado que no es frecuente que en festivales de estas características, en los cuales tradicionalmente ha primado la inclusión de obras creadas por el compositor y luego recreadas por el/los intérpretes, sean invitados a participar quienes profesan el arte de la improvisación libre contemporánea. Ésta se caracteriza, ante todo, por la creación espontánea y frente al público de una obra comprendida dentro de una estética contemporánea, sin pautas que la predeterminen en particular. Es decir que el público experimenta el proceso de la creación de dicha obra en el mismo momento en que es ejecutada por única vez.

Para mayores detalles sobre este festival son importantes los siguientes enlaces:

Sala Isidora Zegers

Departamento de Música Facultad de Artes

Consejo de Fomento de la Música Nacional