Other Minds Festivals ➔ Gyan Riley, Paweł Mykietyn, Tom Johnson, & Kidd Jordan (l to r), half length portrait, seated and standing, facing down and slightly left, Woodside CA., (2010)
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IM.OM.FP.0015d.011Dates
2010-03-02 | createdWork Type
Digital photographImage Class
Composer & Performer PortraitsImage Series
OM15: Carla Kihlstedt JpegsDescription
Gyan Riley, Paweł Mykietyn, Tom Johnson, & Kidd Jordan (l to r), listening to a fellow composer give a presentation during their retreat at the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, in Woodside CA., prior to the start of the 15th Other Minds Festival.Born in 1977, Gyan Riley is a talented guitarist and composer who has mead a reputation fro himself in both the jazz and classical music worlds. Riley has successfully completed a number of prestigious commissions from the Carnegie Hall Corporation, Paul Dresher Ensemble, and New York Guitar Festival, as well as for Other Minds, where his “When Heron Sings Blue,” received its world premiere at OM 15. Riley has performed widely as a soloist as well as appearing with such notable musicians as Zakir Hussain, Michael Manring, and his father, pioneering minimalist composer and pianist, Terry Riley.
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.
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.
Born in 1935, Jordan is a jazz saxophonist and composer of the first order, having performed and recorded with such legendary musicians as Cannonball Adderley, Ornette Coleman, Ray Charles, Cecil Taylor, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Sun Ra, and many, many more. He is the founder of the Improvisational Arts Ensemble, London Branch, and Improvisational Arts Quintet. In addition to his illustrious performance and recording career, Jordan has taught at Southern University for 36 years where his students have included both Branford and Wynton Marsalis.
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Group portraits--2010Men
Composers
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Carla Kihlstedt / Other MindsPhoto Credits
Carla KihlstedtRelated Event
Other Minds Festival 15Related place
Woodside (Calif.) (was created at)Related Entities
Kihlstedt, CarlaMykietyn, Paweł
Johnson, Tom, 1939-
Jordan, Kidd, 1935-
Riley, Gyan, 1977-
Other Minds Festival
Djerassi Resident Artists Program