Tom Johnson & Paweł Mykietyn (l to r), half length portrait, facing forward, San Francisco

Other Minds Festivals ➔ Tom Johnson & Paweł Mykietyn (l to r), half length portrait, facing forward, San Francisco CA., (2010)

Still image


Identifier
IM.OM.FP.0015b.011
Dates
2010-03-05 | created
Work Type
Digital photograph
Image Class
Composer & Performer Portraits
Image Series
OM15: Shershow-Peña Jpegs
Description
OM 15 composers Tom Johnson and Paweł Mykietyn (l to r) taken during the festivities surrounding the first concert of the 15th Other Minds Festival, at the Jewish Community Center in San Francisco CA., on March 5, 2010.

Tom Johnson, born in 1939, worked as a music critic for the Village Voice for many years before moving to Paris in 1983 where he has since largely devoted himself to composition. He is considered a minimalist composer and his works are often based on simple scales or logical, mathematical progressions or combinations of a select number of notes. However Johnson has produced a large body of work, including a number of operas and compositions for orchestra or large ensemble, as well as a variety of radio pieces.

Paweł Mykietyn is a Polish composer and clarinetist, whose works, already widely popular in his home country, are quickly gaining a reputation throughout Europe, and with his appearance at OM 15, the United States as well. He was still a student at the Academy of Music in Warsaw in 1993, when he had his first debut at the world renowned Warsaw Autumn Festival, and has since then become a bit of a mainstay at what is, one of Europe’s most prestigious forums for contemporary classical music. In addition to his composing, Mykietyn has continued his career as a clarinetist, often performing with the Nonstrom Ensemble, a quartet specializing in modern works which he founded.
Genres & Subjects
Group portraits--2010
Men
Composers
Image Ownership
Ellen Shershow Peña
Photo Credits
Ellen Shershow Peña