Music: Klangtext I Michael Pisaro

The music and ideas of Wandelweiser composer Michael Pisaro are featured in an evening of performances and discussion at Columbia University’s Deutsches Haus. This event will showcase musicians from New York’s aaaviary collective, Columbia University German Department’s Ross Shields, New York-based writer, interdisciplinary artist, and Wandelweiser specialist, G Douglas Barrett, and the composer himself. Works including Pisaro’s ‘fields have ears’ and ‘harmony series’ will be performed alongside a panel discussion with the composer on Wandelweiser’s roots, aesthetic, and philosophical background. Reception to follow.

This event is made possible with the generous support of the Fritz Reiner Fund and the Department of Germanic Languages