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The New York Times described him as "...audacious...multitalented." Joseph Pehrson, writing in The Music Connoisseur, Fall 2001, described Pritsker as "dissolv[ing] the artificial boundaries between high brow, low brow, classical, popular musics and elevates the idea that if it's done well it is great music, regardless of the style or genre". Other organizations he is associated with include: Composers' Concordance, Absolute Ensemble, The international Street Cannibals. Some of Gene Pritsker's music is published by: Falls House Press, Gold Branch Music, Periferia Sheet Music & Calabrese Brothers music and recorded by: Col Legno, Enja, Eutrepe, Wergo and Capstone record labels. Upcoming 2010 highlights include violinist Anne Akiko Meyers recording 'Variations on Sakura, Sakura' for Koch Records. Gene will be composer-in- residence at William Paterson University where he will have numerous premieres and performances of his music. The Premiere of Gene's solo drum set piece 'Opposite Extreme of Benevolence' by percussionist Peter Jarvis as well as the recent publication of this piece in the anthology: 'Drumset Music for the Concert Stage'. The Premiere of 'Essentially Tragic' for solo electric bassoon, chamber orchestra & Samplestra to be performed by Matthias Kronsteiner and the Tactus Ensemble at Manhattan School of Music as part of the inaugural Contemporary Performance Program Concerto Competition. Numerous concerts and premieres with The International Street Cannibals and The Composers Concordance. Tours with the Absolute Ensemble where his piano concerto 'Reinventions' will have many performances around the world. 2009 highlights include: 'Reinvention #3' for bandoneón, piano and chamber orchestra premiered at the '09 Bremen Musikfest by the Absolute Ensemble. A concert and a CD release called 'solo-duo-trio-quartet-quintet: the chamber and electronic music of Gene Pritsker'. The premiere of the 'VRE Suite', a one hour composition for Sound Liberation, also a recording of this work. A concert of Gene's music at the Blaine Jazz festival in Blaine, WA, including the premiere of ''Unsubstantiality of Things' for mixed sextet. The song 'No Truth' featured in the motion picture 'The Wedding Brothers'. Gene at the Austrian Outreach festival where he had a duo concert with tubist Jon Sass and a premiere of an arrangement of Miles Davis' 'Bitches Brew' for the Outreach Orchestra. A CD release of Gene's orchestrations of the Music of Joe Zawinul as performed by the Absolute Ensemble with Mr. Zawinul on keys (the last recording he did). In '08 Gene had a new piano concerto: 'Reinventions' for piano and chamber orchestra based on J.S. Bach's piano Inventions premiered at the '08 Bremen Musikfest on Sept. 13th with pianist Simone Dinnerstein and Absolute Ensemble with Kristjan Jarvi conducting. His chamber/hip-hop opera Money was performed at the Etna Festival in Catania, Sicily. His band Sound Liberation released a new CD on Col-Legno records called 'Open Up Your Ears and Get Some'. The band played a CD release concert in New York's Drom in November, and performed at Joe's Pub and at the Blue Note. They also performed in Ragusa, Sicily in May. Gene has many performances/premiers at the Outreach Festival in Schwaz, Austria. Vise, Come in to My Kitchen, Sarangi Surround and Corruption in Conference for Moog and Concert band performed by Adam Holtzman and Stadtmusik Schwaz concert band, Gene conducting. In the 2006 -07 season Gene premiered two chamber operas; Money 1 & Money 2, at the Flea Theater and at the Players Theater in New York, He also performed these 2 operas at the Outreach Festival in Schwaz, At the 07 Outreach Festival Gene had many performances, including his Bassoon and samplestra piece; Electrically Tragic Premiered by Martin Kuuskmann and various performances with his band Sound Liberation and The International Street Cannibals a group that combines chamber music and boxing. |
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Mr. Pritsker has won the following prizes and accolades:
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