Experimentelle Musik, Gesang, Sound

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23 VIII 69, 2:50:45 - 3: 11 a.m., The Volga Delta, 20:15 Min.
La Monte Young: Bowed Gong
Marian Zazeela: Bowed Gong

"With the founding in 1962 of ’The Theatre of Eternal Music’, La Monte Young began work on his ongoing ensemble work The Tortoise, His Dreams and Journeys (1964-present). Over the years, members of The Theatre of Eternal Music have included Terry Riley, John Cale, Jon Gibson, Jon Hassell, and Marian Zazeela. His other major ongoing work has been his ‘The Well-Tuned Piano’ (1964-73-81-present [siehe A-1989-08]), for a special, justly tuned Bösendorfer Imperial piano. By 1987, his performances of this work had expanded to a duration of almost six and a half hours.
Since the early 1960s, La Monte Young has collaborated with visual artist Marian Zazeela. Together, they have designed numerous ’sound and light’ environments, utilizing electronically generated sustained tones in a specially lighted environment. In addition, Mr. Young's concert works are usually presented with lighting designs by Ms. Zazeela.
In 1970, along with Terry Riley and Marian Zazeela, La Monte Young began his studies with the north Indian vocal master Pandit Pran Nath. They became his disciples, a relationship that continued until Pran Nath's death in June 1996" (zit. nach http://www.otherminds.org/shtml/Young.shtml).