Christopher Adler
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Genre: Classical / Experimental / Other
Location San Diego, California, US
Profile Views: 16101
Last Login: 5/30/2010
Member Since 5/31/2007
Website www.christopheradler.com
Record Label Tzadik, pfMENTUM, Nine Winds, etc.
Type of Label Indie
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Bio
Christopher Adler is a composer, performer and improviser living in San Diego, California. His music draws upon over a decade of research into the traditional musics of Thailand and Laos and a background in mathematics. He is a foremost performer of traditional and new music for the khaen, a free-reed mouth organ from Laos and Northeast Thailand. As a pianist and conductor, he has performed with many of the West coast's finest improvisers, and he performs contemporary solo and ensemble repertoire and is pianist and composer-in-residence for the San Diego New Music resident ensemble NOISE. He received Ph.D. and Master's degrees in composition from Duke University and Bachelor's degrees in music composition and in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and he is currently an Associate Professor at the University of San Diego. His work may be heard on Tzadik, innova, pfMENTUM, Nine Winds Records, Artship Recordings, Vienna Modern Masters, Circumvention, Accretions, and WGBH's Art of the States. ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. -
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........ ..Demo Track info: .. .. .. ..Three Lai.. (1996), by Christopher Adler .. Performed by Christopher Adler, khaen, Eric Pritchard, violin, Jonathan Bagg, viola.. released on ..Epilogue for a Dark Day .. (Tzadik, 2004) .... ..Schorl .. .. improvisation by the Alan Lechusza / Christopher Adler Duo .. released on ..Mineralia.. (pfMENTUM, 2006) .... ..Iris.. (2003), by Christopher Adler .. Performed by NOISE: Lisa Cella, flute, Colin McAllister, guitar, Morris Palter, marimba, Franklin Cox, cello .. released on ..Ecstatic Volutions in a Neon Haze .. (innova, 2008) .... ..Lai Yai Lam Thang Yao .. .. improvisation for solo khaen (Lao / Northeast Thai mouth organ) in a traditional style, by Christopher Adler ....... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .. ..MP3s for sale here:.... Khaen solos (previously unreleased studio recordings).. .. Improvisations in traditional styles.... Lai Sootsanaen.. Lai Yai Lam Pheun.. Lai Yai Lam Thang Yao.. Lam Khonsavane (Isaan style).. ..Traditional Thai and Lao composition.... Lao Duang Deuan.. ..Original composition.... Tashi Delek (1998) ....... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .. ..CDs available:.... ..Ecstatic Volutions in a Neon Haze.., innova.. ..Epilogue for a Dark Day.., Tzadik.. ..Mineralia.., pfMENTUM.. ..Transcontinental.., Nine Winds Records.. ..Rubble 2.., Accretions.. also performing on:.. Derek Keller, Impositions and Consequences, Tzadik.. David Loeb, The Silent Waterfall, Vienna Modern Masters.. Nathan Hubbard, (compositions 1998-2005), Circumvention.. Nathan Hubbard, Skeleton Key Orchestra, Circumvention ....... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .. ..Writings available:.... "Reflections on Cross-Cultural Composition" in ..Arcana II: Musicians on Music.., edited by John Zorn (Hips Road, 2007) -
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Bach, Sweelinck, Buxtehude, Ciconia, Beethoven, Schumann, Stravinsky, Ives, Messiaen, Alain, Cowell, Cage, Feldman, Reich, Riley, Glass, Xenakis, Ferneyhough, Hosokawa, Bang on a Can, Ziporyn, Michael Gordon, Louis Andriessen, John Zorn, Evan Parker, Matthew Shipp, John Coltrane, Cecil Taylor, Wadada Leo Smith, Ruins, Otomo Yoshihide, Thai music, Lao music, Cambodian, music, Burmese music, Japanese music, Chinese music, Indonesian music, Vietnamese music, Indian classical music, bluegrass, mountain music, and this list should be much much longer...... -
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Bio:
Christopher Adler is a composer, performer and improviser living in San Diego, California. His music draws upon over a decade of research into the traditional musics of Thailand and Laos and a background in mathematics. He is a foremost performer of traditional and new music for the khaen, a free-reed mouth organ from Laos and Northeast Thailand. As a pianist and conductor, he has performed with many of the West coast's finest improvisers, and he performs contemporary solo and ensemble repertoire and is pianist and composer-in-residence for the San Diego New Music resident ensemble NOISE. He received Ph.D. and Master's degrees in composition from Duke University and Bachelor's degrees in music composition and in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and he is currently an Associate Professor at the University of San Diego. His work may be heard on Tzadik, innova, pfMENTUM, Nine Winds Records, Artship Recordings, Vienna Modern Masters, Circumvention, Accretions, and WGBH's Art of the States. ..Member Since:
May 31, 2007Members:
Demo Track info:
Three Lai (1996), by Christopher Adler
Performed by Christopher Adler, khaen, Eric Pritchard, violin, Jonathan Bagg, viola
released on Epilogue for a Dark Day (Tzadik, 2004)
Schorl
improvisation by the Alan Lechusza / Christopher Adler Duo
released on Mineralia (pfMENTUM, 2006)
Iris (2003), by Christopher Adler
Performed by NOISE: Lisa Cella, flute, Colin McAllister, guitar, Morris Palter, marimba, Franklin Cox, cello
released on Ecstatic Volutions in a Neon Haze (innova, 2008)
Lai Yai Lam Thang Yao
improvisation for solo khaen (Lao / Northeast Thai mouth organ) in a traditional style, by Christopher Adler
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MP3s for sale here:
Khaen solos (previously unreleased studio recordings)
Improvisations in traditional styles
Lai Sootsanaen
Lai Yai Lam Pheun
Lai Yai Lam Thang Yao
Lam Khonsavane (Isaan style)
Traditional Thai and Lao composition
Lao Duang Deuan
Original composition
Tashi Delek (1998)
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CDs available:
Ecstatic Volutions in a Neon Haze, innova
Epilogue for a Dark Day, Tzadik
Mineralia, pfMENTUM
Transcontinental, Nine Winds Records
Rubble 2, Accretions
also performing on:
Derek Keller, Impositions and Consequences, Tzadik
David Loeb, The Silent Waterfall, Vienna Modern Masters
Nathan Hubbard, (compositions 1998-2005), Circumvention
Nathan Hubbard, Skeleton Key Orchestra, Circumvention
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Writings available:
"Reflections on Cross-Cultural Composition" in Arcana II: Musicians on Music, edited by John Zorn (Hips Road, 2007)
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10 of 62Morea classically trained musician who can still improvise! Well done, bravo, best regards
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It is with pleasure that we announce that today is the first day of Rüdiger
Oppermann’s KLANGWELTEN Festival 2009. For this year’s tour Oppermann has
chosen no less than eight wonderful musicians from around the globe to perform
with him. Among these are two outstanding Lao musicians; Somdee Luangnikhone
and Oneta Bussady, both performers of the quintessential Lao instruments khaen
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The tour, which is no less a tour-de-force of world music, lasts for an
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See the program and read more about the music and the artists of the
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