[NewMusic] yuji takahashi powder

Ava Mendoza ava.mendoza at gmail.com
Tue Jan 2 21:35:41 PST 2007


oh sweet. thanks. yeah i would love to know about any recordings of
him playing piano at all, whether it's other people's music or his
own..

On 1/2/07, Damon Smith <damon at balancepointacoustics.com> wrote:
> It is one of the great Xenakis pieces he plays.
> On Jan 2, 2007, at 9:32 PM, Ava Mendoza wrote:
>
> > ee?
> >
> > On 1/2/07, Damon Smith <damon at balancepointacoustics.com> wrote:
> >> Eonta.
> >> On Jan 2, 2007, at 6:13 PM, weasel walter wrote:
> >>
> >>> i've heard many of yuji takahashi's great performances (particularly
> >>> in
> >>> improvisation with joelle leandre and on many xenakis works), but
> >>> don't
> >>> know his composed stuff at all . . . KILLER pianist.
> >>>
> >>> ww
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, 2 Jan 2007 17:49:13 -0800 "Ava Mendoza"
> >>> <ava.mendoza at gmail.com>
> >>> writes:
> >>>> i have been listening to Finger Light, yuji takahashi's record on
> >>>> tzadik a bunch recently. there is a solo piano piece on it (called
> >>>> Finger Light) that has really put me in awe of him.. the score is
> >>>> all
> >>>> very detailed fingerings but no actual pitches, so it is all about
> >>>> these physical patterns that repeat in different ways throughout
> >>>> the
> >>>> piece..he is playing piano on it and it is pretty amazing playing.
> >>>> does anyone know about any of his other piano works? there are some
> >>>> really nice pieces on this record for shamisen also, but i would
> >>>> really like to hear more of his piano things if i can find them..
> >>>> don't know much about his music really..
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