Ólafur Arnalds is one of the signature composers of ambient chamber music, and in the last year, he’s released an album based on the compositions of Chopin, scored BBC TV series, Broadchurch and recorded an all electronic project as Kiasmos.
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Minimalist pioneer Terry Riley turns 80 and shows no sign of slowing down. On his birthday, Daevid Allen, Jon Hassell, Kronos Quartet, Mike Oldfield and more talk about the influence of this minimalist icon who has gone beyond minimalism.
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https://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/echoes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/EchoesPodcast-WuMan.m4aPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSHear this interview in the Echoes Podcast here or download it from iTunes. The pipa is a Chinese lute, shaped like a teardrop with a course of deeply fretted strings that are played with fingernails. Wu Man is the Yo-Yo Ma of this instrument. And she’s played with…
If you love the charm of a broken music box, a building in decay, and moss covered gardens, then the fractured elegance of Digitonal is for you. The ambient chamber music band has released their first album in 7 years. It’s called Beautiful Broken and it’s the CD of the Month for June.
The ambient chamber music ensemble Bing & Ruth comes in to play their haunting, slow flowing ambient classical jazz live.
The ambient chamber music ensemble Bing & Ruth comes in to play their haunting, slow flowing ambient classical jazz live.
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Bing & Ruth mix reed instruments, two double basses, cello and delay electronics into a haunting, hypnotic ambient chamber music sound.
Sherry Finzer is a classical flute player who has discovered another path, creating ambient chamber music with electronic orchestration and flute choirs.
Chad Lawson is a musician with ambient tendencies. He started out as a jazz pianist, veered toward New Age before settling on an approach that is clearly his own voice.
The Big Ears Festival in Knoxville brought together an array of musicians from the bleeding edge of the avant-garde to the cutting edge of rock and folk. Kronos Quartet presided over this meeting ground of Vanguard music that included Laurie Anderson, Wu Man, Terry Riley, Rhiannon Giddens and much much more.