Embassy Events
Two American Composer-Performers Premier Work at New Music Festival
October 8, 2008
On Saturday October 18 two American composer-performers join Slovak musicians at the Evenings of New Music festival, to premier a collaborative work. Elliott Sharp is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, and performer who has personified the avant-garde experimental music scene in New York City for over thirty years. He has released over sixty-five recordings spanning the musical spectrum from blues, jazz, and orchestral music to noise, no wave rock, and techno music. David Dramm was born in Illinois, growing up in San Diego, California. His composition studies began with Robert Erickson at University of California, San Diego, and later at Yale University with Louis Andriessen and Earle Brown. The Volkskrant described his music as "ground-breaking terrain between Charles Ives, Jimi Hendrix and Lou Reed." The NRC Handlesblad wrote, "As rock musician, writer and composer, Dramm is creating a furore in Holland." Other musicians performing in the performance: Peter Graham, Hilary Jeffery, VENI ensemble and Marián Lejava.