KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Ode To Gravity: Avant-Garde Music and Art in Europe, 1973, 3 of 3

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interviews

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

OTG.1973.11.21.c1.C

Program Series

Ode To Gravity

Program Length

91 min

Part

3 of 3

Dates

1973-11-21 | broadcast
| 1973-10-23 | created

Description

A program produced by Charles Amirkhanian, while he was in the Netherlands as part of an exchange program with VPRO (Holland Radio). Amirkhanian reviews a number of European musical festivals, including a concert of Letterist music. In addition Charles interviews Pierre Boulez after a recent performance of his works. Also interviewed is the late composer Mauricio Kagel in Cologne, Germany as he prepares for the premiere of his work, “Zwei-Mann Orchester”, a work scored for homemade instruments, crudely operated by remote control strings and wires. Charles also interviews Walther König, owner of a bookstore specializing in art. The program concludes with a visit to the 7th Annual Cologne Art Fair, where the world’s greatest avant-garde galleries gather to display their wares. Charles interviews a number of gallery owners about the state of avant-garde art in Europe.

Genres

Modern Art
Avant-garde

Subjects

Art, Modern
Avant-garde (Art)
Electro-acoustic
Electronic music

Acknowledgment

Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by the GRAMMY Foundation.

Related places

Hilversum (Netherlands) (was recorded at)
Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)

Related Entities

Art Cologne
Internationaler Kunstmarkt
Amirkhanian, Charles
Law, Carol