news
—> 7 april 2021 | just announced: Julius Eastman Vol. 1 Femenine
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Wild Up - Julius Eastman Vol. 1: Femenine, "Prime" (single)
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the first installment in Wild Up's epic Julius Eastman anthology,
to be released on June 18, 2021 by New Amsterdam Records* a few singles (excerpts) will be released in the coming months peep the first on YouTube, streaming everywhere this weekend *(bandcamp: stream entire first track [cliffhanger!] & preorder) |
—> 10 february 2021 | "A DECADE OF JULIUS EASTMAN: Developing a Contemporary Performance Practice"
the Cornell Center for Historical Keyboards posted my essay about a decade of researching and performing Julius Eastman's music
the Cornell Center for Historical Keyboards posted my essay about a decade of researching and performing Julius Eastman's music
—> 20 march 2020 | new solo album released: nocturnes & lullabies
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"stunning solo recital of new work" ~ best of bandcamp: contemporary classical april 2020 "valitutto creates an almost entirely new landscape of piano music and sound....killer use of dynamics and attack along with pedal deployment of nearly unreal expertise" ~ anearful: of note in 2020 classical "this entire album grips both performer and listener alike, glimpsing a hazy yet urgent future where nocturnes and lullabies still haunt our dreams" ~ the whole note "all eight of the works on this album espouse a poetry of sound that invites a kind of expansive introspection" ~ gapplegate classical-modern music review "clearly a real labour of love...a wonderfully distinctive album" ~ see the full interview with composers edition |