Morton Feldman was born in New York on January 12, 1926. In 1949 the most significant meeting up to that time took place - Feldman met John Cage, commencing an artistic association of crucial importance to music in America in the 1950s. Cage was instrumental in encouraging Feldman to have confidence in his instincts, which resulted in totally intuitive compositions. He never worked with any systems that anyone has been able to identify, working from moment to moment, from one sound to the next. His friends during the 1950s in New York included the composers Earle Brown and Christian Wolff; painters Mark Rothko, Philip Guston, Franz Kline, Jackson Pollock and Robert Rauschenberg; and pianist David Tudor. He is today considered as one of the most important composers of the century.
(Biography Last updated 11 May 2004)
Release date 15 June 2007
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Performed by Stephane Ginsburgh on a Bösendorfer 225, during a sunny day.
"My past experience was not to 'meddle' with the material, but use my concentration as a guide to what might transpire. I mentioned this to Stockhausen once when he had asked me what my secret was. 'I don't push ... [more]
Release date 1 June 2002
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This is the last act of a trilogy that began 10 years ago with the release of Triadic Memories, performed on piano by composer Jean-Luc Fafchamps. Followed by Piano Pieces For More Than 2 Hands, performed by The Bureau des Pianistes (incuding Jean-Luc Fafchamps and Stephen Ginsburgh), and finally this ... [more]
