Robert Ashley "Concrete"

[Michael Zacherl.]

On 3.3.2012, at 22:55 , K9 Kai Niggemann wrote:

> Wow. that makes mw jealous!
> Kai

Sorry!  ;-)

However, during this festival they also showed `Perfect Lives` - all episodes on one afternoon/evening.

Funnily enough, maybe also due to the extensive length of the material, the audience became fewer and fewer until there were just three of us left.
Then the projectionist and the sound guy kindly asked if we would mind if they stopped the show ... after many hours.
;-)

> On 03.03.2012, at 03:18, Michael Zacherl. wrote:
> 
>> On 2.3.2012, at 19:18 , K9 Kai Niggemann wrote:
>> 
>>> I'm a big fan of Robert Ashley, a modern opera composer from NY. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ashley)
>>> 
>>> He claims he is the oldest Ableton Live user in the world which is likely true (b. 1930!). 
>>> 
>>> Here is the opening piece from his "Concrete" Opera (2006), which will be staged in NY in April (but I'm afraid I won't make it…)
>> 
>> I saw "made out of concrete" in 2009 in Vienna - pretty cool stuff! 
>> http://gallery.sinespine.org/concerts/Wien_Modern/2009/robert_ashley/odeon/DSC_4932e-604x.jpg.php
>> 
>> m.



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