Reinier van Houdt
Thursday, September 4, 2014 at 8:00pm
Memorial Chapel
FREE!
The Connecticut debut of Netherlands-based pianist will feature an absorbing program of piano solos, including Waves 1 - 3 by the young Dutch composer ; sound journal 36 Enfilades for piano and tape by ; a piano variation of Chimanzzi by the late eccentric Texas genius ; and Fields Have Ears #1 by .Mr. van Houdt studied piano at the Liszt-Akademie in Budapest and the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. His programmatic choices involve a fascination with matters that escape notation—sound, timing, space, physicality, memory, noise, and environment—and points where interpretation touches improvisation. Mr. van Houdt has worked with John Cage, Alvin Lucier, Olivier Messiaen, and Luc Ferrari. He has premiered music by Robert Ashley, Alvin Curran, Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, Francisco López, Charlemagne Palestine, Yannis Kyriakides, Maria de Alvear, Jerry Hunt, Michael Pisaro, and John Oswald.