Evan Ziporyn

Evan Ziporyn

Evan Ziporyn (* 1959 in Evanston near Chicago , Illinois ) is an American composer and clarinetist .

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Ziporyn, who began composing in his school days, studied composition at the Eastman School of Music with Joseph Schwantner and at Yale University with Robert Moore , David Lewin and Martin Bresnick . He also took piano lessons from Christopher Oldfather and clarinet lessons from Keith Wilson . He played free jazz and improvisational music and in the summer of 1980 he played with Wayan Suweca and Michael Tenzer in the gamelan ensemble Gamelan Sekar Jaya .

In 1981 he traveled to Bali, where he studied wayang music with Wayan Suweca and percussion with I Madé Lebah . Upon his return he continued his studies at the University of California at Berkeley with Gerard Grisey and Andrew Imbrie . With a Fulbright scholarship he studied in Bali with I Wayan Loceng in 1987 . He also worked with the Ensemble Sekar Jaya , whose artistic director he became in 1989, and participated in the performance of works by contemporary composers such as Louis Andriessen , Morton Feldman , Michael Gordon , David Lang , Steve Reich and Julia Wolfe .

In 1992 he was one of the founding members of the Bang on a Can All-stars . He played world premieres with the group, which performed with musicians such as Nik Bärtsch , Iva Bittová , Don Byron , Bryce Dessner , Brian Eno , Philip Glass , Meredith Monk , Kyaw-kyaw Naing , Terry Riley , Cecil Taylor , Henry Threadgill and Wu Man of more than a hundred works by contemporary composers, including Ornette Coleman , Ralph Shapey , Tan Dun and Thurston Moore . In 2005 the All Stars were named "Ensemble of the Year" by Musical America magazine .

In 1996 he recorded Steve Reich's New York Counterpoint , and in 1998 he worked on Reich's Ensemble's Grammy- winning album Music for 18 Musicians . In 2001 his solo album This Is Not a Clarinet was released . He received composition commissions a. a. by Yo-Yo Mas Silk Road Project , the Kronos Quartet , the Orkest De Volharding , Maya Beiser and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project , with whom he recorded the CD Frog's Eye in 2006 .

Ziporyn has been teaching at MIT since 1990 , where he founded the Gamelan Galak Tika student ensemble in 1993 . He is the Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Music at MIT.

In 2004 Ziporyn received a Goddard Lieberson Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters , and in 2007 the USA Artists Walker Award . His wife is the composer Christine Southworth , they have been living together in Lexington (Massachusetts) for a few years .

Works

• Notes to Self for bass clarinet, 2010
• Gamelan Lapanbelas for gamelan ensemble, 2010
• Tabla Concerto: Mumbai for tabla , strings and percussion, 2010
• A House in Bali , opera based on the memoir by Colin McPhee for sextet, gamelan ensemble, two tenors, soprano and Balinese dancers, 2009
• Where Was I? for cello, piano and percussion, 2008
• Hive for clarinet quartet, 2007
• Bayu Sabda Idep for gamelan ensemble and chamber string orchestra, 2007
• CuBaliBre for Wayang-Duo, 2007
• Hard Drive for orchestra, 2007
• Hval for bass, 2007
• Big Grenadilla for bass clarinet and chamber orchestra, 2006
• Speak, at-man! for alto flute and piano, 2006
• Sulvasutra for string quartet, pipa and tabla , 2006
• Belle Labs for violin, clarinet and heliphon , 2006
• Thread for clarinet, alto and bass flute, violin and cello, 2005
• Sabar Gong for gamelan ensemble and Senegalese Sabar drummers, 2005
• The Ornate Zither and the Nomad Flute for soprano and wind ensemble, 2005
• Aradhana for gamelan ensemble and Pipa , 2004
• Oedipus Rex , choirs and incidental music for the piece by Sophocles , 2004
• Was chant for orchestra, 2004
• In Bounds for piano, 2004
• Ngabe (for Sari Club) for gamelan ensemble and orchestra, 2003
• Breathing Space for string quartet, 2003
• Frog's Eye for orchestra, 2002
• Kebyar Kebyar for gamelan ensemble, 2002
• Drill concerto for solo bass clarinet and wind ensemble, 2002
• No Return for violin, clarinet and sounds of the Salmon River, 2002
• More Songs About Telephones and Dogs for mixed ensemble, 2002
• Tight Fitting Garments for violin and clarinet, 2002
• ShadowBang , Balinese shadow puppet theater, 2001
• Typical Music for Piano Trio, 2000
• Pondok for piano, 2000
• Melody Competition for percussion sextet, 1999
• Four Impersonations for solo clarinet, 1999
• Current rate for pipa and CD recording or two pipas, 1999
• Serenity Now for wind nonet, 1998
• Partial Truths for solo bass clarinet, 1997
• Dreams of a Dominant Culture for flute, clarinet, percussion, electric piano, violin and cello, 1997
• Eel Bone for string quartet, 1996
• Amok! six movements for gamelan ensemble, double bass and sampler, 1996
• Houtman's Men in Buleleng , 1996
• Tsmindao Ghmerto for solo bass clarinet and wind ensemble, 1995
• Kebyar Maya for cello and CD recording or cello octet, 1995
• Tire Fire for gamelan ensemble, two electric guitars, electric bass and keyboard, 1994
• Pay Phone for violin, viola, electric guitar, bass clarinet and keyboard, 1993
• Esto House for violin, violla, electric guitar, bass clarinet and keyboard, 1993
• Aneh Tapi Nyata for chamber ensemble and Balinese percussion, 1992
• Tsmindao Ghmerto for bass clarinet, 1992
• Walk the Dog for bass clarinet and electronics, 1992
• Be-In for bass clarinet and string quartet, 1991
• Bossa Nova for wind quintet, 1991
• Studies in Normative Behavior, Vol 1 for solo percussion, 1991
• China Spring for oboe and piano, 1991
• The Motions for viola solo or with CD recording, 1990
• Dog Dream for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, cello and electric guitar, 1990
• Kekembangan for saxophone quartet and gamelan (with I Nyoman Windha ), 1990
• Night Bus for Gamelan Ensemble, 1990
• Tree Frog for bass clarinet, baritone saxophone, trombone, percussion, keyboard and violin, 1990
• What She Saw There for bass clarinet or cello and two marimbas, 1988
• Fractal-Head for piano, 1987
• Waiting By The Phone for solo clarinet, 1986
• Filling Station for orchestra, 1986
• Pleasureville, Pain City for orchestra, 1985
• Twine for soprano, two saxophones, bass clarinet, violin, viola and percussion, 1985
• Some Coal for piano, 1985
• LUVTime for bass clarinet, baritone saxophone, trombone, percussion and piano, 1984
• The Water's Fine for piano, 1983
• Weltscenen for piano, 1981
• Two Obsessions for solo clarinet, 1980
• Ten String Quartets , 1979

Web links

• Evan Ziporyn's website
• Evan Ziporyn at the MIT music program
• Evan Ziporyn at the Silk Road Project
• Ziporyn at Bandcamp

supporting documents

1. ↑ Evan Ziporyn: Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor , MIT Music and Theater Arts, accessed October 18, 2019