Other Minds Festivals ➔ Charles Amirkhanian, Chinary Ung, Bent Sørensen, & Ben Johnston (l to r), full length portrait, seated, panel discussion, San Francisco CA., (2009)
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Ella LindgrenIdentifier
IM.OM.FP.0014b.006Dates
2009-03-05 | createdWork Type
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Charles Amirkhanian, Chinary Ung, Bent Sørensen, & Ben Johnston (l to r) during the panel discussion that came right before the commencement of the first concert of the 14th Other Minds Festival, held at the Jewish Community Center in San Francisco, on March 5, 2009.Born in 1942 in Takeo, Cambodia, Ung studied clarinet at the University of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh, before moving to the United States in 1964 where he studied at Columbia University with Chou Wen-Chung, receiving his doctorate in 1974. He is currently a Professor of Music at the University of California in San Diego. His many works are often marked by the incorporation of traditional Cambodian elements combined with more typical Western orchestral instrumentation.
Born in 1958, Bent Sørensen has studied music with Per Nørgård and Ib Nørholm, among others. An active composer since the 1980s, Sørensen’s works are often marked by originality, imagination, and technical proficiency. Equally comfortable composing for small chamber ensembles, and large orchestras, he has also written at least one full opera. Sørensen has been the recipient of numerous commissions and awards, including the prestigious Nordic Council Music Prize in 1995 and the Wilhelm Hansen Composer Prize in 1999.
American composer Benjamin Burwell Johnston was born March 15, 1926 in Macon, GA. Living briefly in Berkeley, CA, in 1950, he was associated with Harry Partch and studied at the University of California and Mills College. From 1951 to 1983 he taught at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Group portraits--2000-2010Men
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Ella Lindgren / Other MindsPhoto Credits
Ella LindgrenRelated Event
Other Minds Festival 14Related place
San Francisco (Calif.) (was created at)Related Entities
Lindgren, EllaAmirkhanian, Charles
Ung, Chinary, 1942-
Sørensen, Bent, 1958-
Johnston, Ben
Other Minds Festival