Peter Gordon (composer)
Peter Gordon (born June 20, 1951 in New York City ) is an American composer and musician ( guitar , saxophone , keyboards ).
life and work
Gordon spent his childhood in Virginia . He started playing the piano at the age of seven and the clarinet at the age of nine . At the age of 13, Gordon moved with his family to Munich, where his father worked as a radio journalist for Voice of America . Gordon took lessons from Don Menza and Peter Jona Korn . Gordon studied composition at the University of San Diego with Kenneth Gaburo and Roger Reynolds . At Mills College he studied with Robert Ashley and Terry Riley and received his Masters . Captain Beefheart and the poetry of David Antin and Kathy Acker (whom he married in 1976) inspired him. In 1975 Gorden moved to New York City. In November 1976, works by Blue Gene Tyranny and himself were presented by an all-star ensemble in a concert series at the University of Berkeley under the motto Trust In Rock (released on a double CD in 2019). He founded the Love of Life Orchestra (LOLO) in 1977 .
Gordon worked with video artist Kit Fitzgerald and with Lawrence Weiner .
Gordon has composed numerous film scores , including for the film Joe versus the Volcano . He has recorded with Robert Ashley, David Van Tieghem , Arthur Russell , Laurie Anderson , Rhys Chatham , Suzanne Vega , The Flying Lizards and David Johansen .
Awards (selection)
- National Endowment for the Arts
- New York State Council on the Arts
- 1985 Bessie Awards for Secret Pastures
- 1985 Obie Award for Falso Movimento's Otello
- 1988 Berlin artist program of the DAAD
- 1991 Japan-US Creative Artists Fellowship
- 1993 Grand Prize for video art at the International Electronic Cinema Festival in Montreux with Kit Fitzgerald.
Web links
- Discogs
- Peter Gordon at Allmusic (English)
- Peter Gordon in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ documenta 8 catalog: Volume 1: Essays; Volume 2: Catalog page 326; Volume 3: artist book; Kassel 1987, ISBN 3-925272-13-5 .
- ↑ a b c lovely Artists Peter Gordon , accessed February 16, 2016.
- ↑ Geeta Dayal, June 23, 2014 Peter Gordon: The Love of Life Orchestra Founder's Formative Years, accessed on February 13, 2016 (English)
- ^ Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany Lawrence Weiner / Peter Gordon, accessed on February 13, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gordon, Peter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gordon, Peter Lawrence |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer and musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 20, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |