KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Speaking of Music: David Van Tieghem, 1 of 2

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interview and Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

SOM.1987.10.29.A

Program Series

Speaking of Music

Program Length

102 min

Part

1 of 2

Dates

| broadcast
| 1987-10-29 | created

Description

Recorded on October 29, 1987 as part of the San Francisco Exploratorium’s Speaking of Music series, Charles Amirkhanian interviews percussionist David Van Tieghem about his life and musical influences. A video is shown of Van Tieghem playing a variety of percussion instruments followed by a live demonstration of all his various percussion instruments and playing techniques. The program concludes with a collaboration between Van Tieghem and video artist John Sanborn.

Genres

Electro-Acoustic / Electronic
New music

Musical Selections

[unidentified video] -- Thunder Lizard -- [live demonstration]

Performers

David Van Tieghem, percussion

Subjects

New music
Electro-acoustic
Electronic music
Popular music
Synthesizer music
Percussion music
Mixed media (Music)

Related places

San Francisco (Calif.) (was recorded at)
Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)

Related Entities

Amirkhanian, Charles
Van Tieghem, David