Tribute to Alvin Lucier

Alvin Lucier was one of the most prominent and important composers and sound artists of the 20th and 21st century. His oeuvre includes live-electronic performances, instrumental compositions and sound installations. The "Tribute to Alvin Lucier" will feature performances from various phases of the composer's work, which exemplify his diverse oeuvre. Lucier had a very personal connection to Berlin and its music and sound art scene and often enjoyed visiting the city to work on projects - for example, as a DAAD scholarship holder in 1990/91, to the "resonanzen" festival of singuhr - hoergalerie dedicated to him in 1999, and as a central player of MaerzMusik in 2017. Most recently, his close cooperation with the Ever Present Orchestra brought him to Berlin for concert premieres and recording sessions in 2018. To honor this special Berlin connection of the composer, performers who have worked with Lucier in the city have been invited for the Memorial Concert.

Program
Works by Alvin Lucier:
"Silver Streetcar for the Orchestra" for solo triangle (1988).
"Arrigoni Bridge" for violin, alto saxophone, cello and three electric guitars (2019)
"Bird and Person Dyning" for performer with microphones, amplifiers, loudspeakers and electronic sound producing objects (1975)
"On a Carpet of Leaves Illuminated by the Moon" for solo cello and pure wave oscillator (2000)
"I am sitting in a room" for electromagnetic tape (1970)

With
Robyn Schulkowsky, The Ever Present Orchestra, Nicolas Collins, Michael Moser

Tickets: Free admission - donations are welcome!

Organizers: Ever Present Orchestra and singuhr - projekte berlin
In cooperation with Kultur Büro Elisabeth
Supported by: Musikfonds

Photo: "I am sitting in a room" by and with Alvin Lucier 1999 in Berlin, singuhr - hoergalerie in parochial, © Michael Schroedter