Other Minds Festivals ➔ Gavin Bryars, head and shoulders portrait, facing forward, (2001)
Still image
Identifier
IM.OM.FP.0007.011Dates
2001-03-01/2001-03-31 | createdWork Type
Photographic printImage Class
Composer & Performer PortraitsImage Series
OM07: Fago B&W PrintsDescription
English composer Gavin Bryars taken while he was visiting the San Francisco Bay Area so as to participate in the 7th Other Minds Music Festival n March of 2001. Gavin Bryars was born in Yorkshire, Great Britain in 1943. His first musical reputation was as a jazz bassist working in the early sixties with improvisers Derek Bailey and Tony Oxley. He abandoned improvisation in 1966 and worked for a time in the United States with John Cage. Subsequently he collaborated closely with composers such as Cornelius Cardew and John White. From 1969 to 1978 he taught in departments of Fine Art in Portsmouth and Leicester, and during his time at Portsmouth College of Art, he was instrumental in founding the legendary Portsmouth Sinfonia. His first major work as a composer was “The Sinking of the Titanic” (1969) and “Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet” (1971). He has composed prolifically for theater and dance as well as for the concert hall.Genres & Subjects
Portrait photographs--2000-2010Men
Composers
Image Ownership
John Fago / Other MindsPhoto Credits
John FagoRelated Event
Other Minds Festival 7Related place
Woodside (Calif.) (was created at)Related Entities
Fago, JohnBryars, Gavin
Other Minds Festival