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John King, composer
He has written 3 operas: “Herzstück/heartpiece”, based on the text of Heiner Müller, premiered at the 1999 Warsaw Autumn Festival and presented at the Kitchen NYC in 2000; “la belle captive” based on texts by Alain Robbe-Grillet, premiered at Teatro Colon/CETC in Buenos Aires in 2003, and toured to London’s ICA (Fronteras Festival) in 2004 and The Kitchen in 2005; and also his most recent opera, “Dice Thrown”, based on the Stéphane Mallarmé poem, an excerpt of which was performed by New York City Opera as part of its VOX series in May 2008.
He has 2 recent CD releases of music for string quartet; “AllSteel” (Tzadik) and “Ethel” (Cantaloupe). He was Music Curator at The Kitchen from 1999-2003 and is currently a co- director of the Music Committee at MCDC. He is also the recipient of the 2009 Alpert Award in the Arts for Music Composition.
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Interview: John King
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Ars Nova Workshop
Guitarist and violist John King has composed music for opera, theater, orchestras, chamber ensembles, rock bands, dance and film, and was Music Curator at New York City's The Kitchen from 1999-2003. He has received commissions from the Kronos Quartet, Ethel, Bang On A Can All-Stars, Mannheim Ballet, New York City Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, the Ballets de Monte Carlo and the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. In March 2010, King and the Crucible Quartet released 10 Mysteries on Tzadik, which features 11 ...
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John King "10 Mysteries" CD Release at Roulette May 15
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Peter McDowell Arts Consulting
String quartet Crucible (Cornelius Dufallo and Chris Otto, violins; John King, viola; and Alex Waterman, cello) will perform music from composer John King's new CD 10 Mysteries" at NYC's Roulette on Saturday, May 15, 2010 at 8:30 pm.
Roulette is located at 20 Greene Street, NYC, between Canal and Grand. Tickets are $15/$10 and can be reserved at 212.219.8242. Admission is free to Roulette members.
Earlier this year, John King released his second CD, 10 Mysteries on John Zorn's Tzadik ...
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Music
Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson