Charles Amirkhanian
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Charles Amirkhanian (born 19 January 1945) is a California-based composer, living in San Francisco, percussionist, sound poet, and radio producer of Armenian origin. He is mostly known for his electroacoustic and text-sound music. Performance artist Laurie Anderson praises his work: "The art of audio collage has been reinvented here...A brilliant sense of imaginary space." (ST-206)
Amirkhanian was Musical Director of Berkeley's KPFA-FM Radio in the Bay Area from 1969 to 1992 and directs the Other Minds Music Festival.
[edit] Discography
- Walking Tune (1998). ST-206. "One of the Year's 20 Best CDs," according to the Electronic Music Foundation.
[edit] External links
- Other Minds: Amirkhanian
- American Maverick: An interview with Charles Amirkhanian by Alan Baker, Minnesota Public Radio, June 2002
- CDeMUSIC: Charles Amirkhanian
- Walking Tune CD on Starkland
- compilation CD
[edit] Listening
- Art of the States: Charles Amirkhanian three works by Charles Amirkhanian
- UbuWeb: Charles Amirkhanian featuring music from Amirkhanian's LP Mental Radio
- Riding the Meridian: Ka Himeni Hehena Sound/Text by Charles Amirkhanian
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