Zeena Parkins, multi-instrumentalist, composer, improvisor, well-known as a pioneer of the electric harp, has also extended the language of the acoustic harp with the inventive use of unusual playing techniques, preparations, and layers of digital and analog processing. Zeena makes use of anything wi

no tags

Joseph Beuys said:"Everyone- each person - is an artist."  Martin Kippenberger said: " Every artist is a person."

As one of the most prodigious artists of the 1980s and 1990s, Martin Kippenberger epitomised the romantic notion of the artist in the late 20th century.Reinventing himself

no tags

Mat Maneri, born on October 4th, 1969 in Brooklyn, New York is an American composer, improviser and jazz violin and viola player, specifically derivatives such as the five-string viola, the electric six-string violin, and the baritone violin. He is the son of the saxophonist Joe Maneri. Maneri has r

no tags

Two-time Grammy-nominated jazz musician Dave Douglas is arguably the most prolific and original trumpeter/composer of his generation. From his New York base, where he's lived since the mid 1980s, Douglas has continued to earn lavish national and international acclaim including trumpeter, composer, an

no tags