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Gene Pritsker Composer
“Mischief-maker and cultural blender-in-chief, Pritsker is a serious artist, yet much of his work is witty and irreverent.” Anyone can draw a mustache on the Mona Lisa, but few musicians draw it as artistically and creatively as Gene Pritsker.”
- Raymond Tuttle, Fanfare Magazine
"...audacious...multitalented."
- The New York Times
'The shape-shifting Gene Pritsker is one of the only composers who continues to break down the barriers that still exist in the sometimes water-tight compartments that industry marketers revel in."
- Raul d'Gama Rose, All About Jazz
'Intending to make music
dangerous again.”
- Sequenza21
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“Mischief-maker and cultural blender-in-chief, Pritsker is a serious artist, yet much of his work is witty and irreverent.” Anyone can draw a mustache on the Mona Lisa, but few musicians draw it as artistically and creatively as Gene Pritsker.”
- Raymond Tuttle, Fanfare Magazine
"...audacious...multitalented."
- The New York Times
'The shape-shifting Gene Pritsker is one of the only composers who continues to break down the barriers that still exist in the sometimes water-tight compartments that industry marketers revel in."
- Raul d'Gama Rose, All About Jazz
'Intending to make music
dangerous again.”
- Sequenza21
Featured Videos
Gene Pritsker Composer
Recent & Upcoming
Performances:
2023
Nov.
11/4
Premiere of 'unCHARTed Deconstructed #3' as part of Composers Concordance presents Charts & Graphics at The Delancey
11/11
Premiere of 'Poets Songs' as part of Composers Concordance presents Cycles & Solos at Tenri Cultural Institute
11/12
Violinist Machiko Ozawa performs 'Tango in V' at Rockwood Music Hall
11/16
Composers Concordance presents
Sounds Liberation 'Setting Fee The Funk'. Gene's compostions include 'Setting Fee The Funk', 'Come Sunday Funk' and the premiere of 'K'nuf Funk'
11/16
St. Cloud State University New Music Ensemble performs three of Gene's Compostions at SCSU in St. Cloud, MN.
'Fur Elise Charleston', 'Where Is That River Now' and 'What We Got Here Now'
11/18
Premiere of 'Bach and the Nanny-Goat Bassoonist II' for alto sax, e. guitar and piano as part of Composers Concordance presents 'Todd Rewoldt & Friends' at Steel Wig.
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'Low Key' Chamber Concert series #28 with Ljiljana Winkler - soprano,
Peter Oswald - trumpet, Gene Pritsker - electric guitar, Robert C. Ford - poet, Special Guest: Desiree Langovits - Mezzo Soprano
Gene's compostions include 'Weeping, 'Sky Vault Theme Song;, 'Closing Bell' and arrangements of Mark Kosatbi songs.
11/26
‘Folk-Like Melodies’ for solo viola performed by Eddy Malave as part of Missing Link Ensemble ‘Improving The Silence’ event at The National Opera Center Marc A Scorca Hall
11/29
Soprano Ljiljana Winkler and the CompCord Ensemble perform Gene's 'Path' and 'Scatalism - Chamber Version' as part of Composers Concordance presents Art Of The Art Songs at DROM NYC
Dec.
12/1
Premiere of 'World AIDS Day Haikus' for soprano and brass quartet and 'But How Will You Die When Your Time Comes' for brass quartet as part of Composers Concordance presents 'Gene & The Brass' with:
Peter Oswald, Franz Hackl - trumpets,
John Clark - Horn, Steve Swell - trombone
Ljiljana Winkler - soprano
At the Delancey
Release of the Album 'Sound Liberation Di.J. Quartet'. On Composers Concordance Records
12/10
Premiere of 'Dronecantation' for melody and drone as part of Composers Concordance presents Adam Holzman Drones & Pulses at Kostabi World
12/16
Premiere of 'Coconut Cornmeal Cake' for mezzo soprano and classical guitar performed as part of Composers Concordance presents 'Generations XIII'
The Bowers-Fader Duo
at Kostabi World
12/20
Various compositions performed as part of Composers Concordance presents 'Guitars & Poems'. including: 'The Lion Tamer', ''He Did It Steinway II', 'Riverhead Twins', 'Slippery Slope' at Greenwich House Music.
12/22
Premiere of ''Portrait In My Locket' a new song based on Felix Mendelssohn piano trio #2 with poetry by Erik T. Johnson as part of Composers Concordance presents 'Centuries Trio' at Kostabi World
12/28
Accordionist Tadas Motiečius and The Čiurlionis Quartet perform ‘Revisited Residue’ at Lithuanian National Philharmonic in Vilnius, Lithuania
12/30
Accordionist Tadus Motiečius and The Čiurlionis Quartet perform ‘Revisited Residue’ at the
Kupiškis cultural center in Kupiškis, Lithuania
2024
Jan
1/6
Album Release concert for Sound Liberation Di.J. Quartet as part of Composers Concordance presents Eclectic Bands
1/11
Low Key Chamber Concert #30 with
Jason Kao Hwang and Dave Soldier - violins. Premiere of 'The Reflection Method'
1/13
Premiere of 'Confucius Three Methods Of Wisdom' as part of Composers Concordance presents Steps Trio at Gallery MC
1/14
Performance of 'Confucius Three Methods Of Wisdom' as part of Composers Concordance present Composers With Drinks Listening to Music LIVE at Westbeth
1/20
Premiere of ''Inspiration On A Very Famous Glissando' as part of Composers Concordance presents Rhapsody in Blue Centennial at Greenwich House
1/27
Gene has many compositions performed as part of Composers Concordance presents CompCord Ensemble @ The NWEAMO Festival. At San Diego State
University, in San Diego CA.
Inckuding the premiere of 'Desert Lullaby' and 'Isolated'
Feb
2/3
Gene has compositions performed as part of Composers Concordance presents 'Violins & Poems' at The Delancey
2/9
Low Key Chamber Concert #31 with
Tasos Papastamou - violin.
2/17
Gene has a composition premiered as part of Composers Concordance presents 'Memory Palace Ensemble' at Gallery MC
2/18
Anne Akiko Meyers premieres 'Animals Carnaval' a the 22nd Annual Laguna Beach Festival in Laguna Beach, CA.
2/25
Sound Liberation Trio performs a set of Gene's compositions as part of Composers Concordance event at NUBLU
2/29
Low Key Chamber Concert #31 with
Dennis Brandner - saxophone.
March
3/2
Gene has a silent film composition premiered as part of Composers Concordance presents Silent Films @ Westbeth
3/9
'Vivaldi's Hot House' Sound Liberation feat. violinist Lara St. John perform a concert of Gene’s compositions at Joes Pub Presented by Composers Concordance
3/17
Premiere of the ballet 'Only A Game' as part of Composers Concordance 'New Ballets' event at St. Marks Church.
3/23
Caballito Negro Duo premiere a piece for flute and percussion as part of Composers Concordance event at The Delancey
3/29
Low Key Chamber Concert #31 with
Michael Visceglia - bass and Oliver Marec- sax
April
3/5
A new compostions for a silent film premiered in Chicago as part of the 'Sound Of Silence' Featival.
3/11
Concert in Ingolstadt, Germany with 'Ljiljana Winkler, Peter Oswald and the Solenne Band. Many of Gene's compositions are performed.
3/13
Concert at the Wittelsbacher Schloss in Friedberg, Germany with 'Ljiljana Winkler, Peter Oswald and the Solenne Band. Many of Gene's compositions are performed.
3/15
Sound Liberation feat. soprano Ljiljana Winkler perform a concert at ZWE in Vienna, austria.
3/23
Premiere of a new composition at the 14th AnnualComp-Play-Comp Marathon
'40 Ounce' as part of
Composers Concordance 12th Annual CompCord Festival –CompCord @ 40–
3/27
Premiere of a new composition at '1984'
Feat: CompCord Ensemble as part of
Composers Concordance 12th Annual CompCord Festival –CompCord @ 40–
About
Composer Gene Pritsker has written over nine hundred compositions, including chamber operas, orchestral and chamber works, electro-acoustic music and songs for hip-hop and rock ensembles. His compositions employ an eclectic spectrum of styles, that are influenced by his studies of various musical cultures.
He is the founder and leader of Sound Liberation, an eclectic hip hop-chamber-jazz-rock-etc. ensemble. He also Co-Directs Composers Concordance and is a co-founder and composer-in-residence of the Grammy nominated Absolute Ensemble. Gene's music is performed all over the world at internationally recognized festivals and by highly respected ensembles and performers.
"My music is extremely eclectic, for me music has no bounds - I view the world of music as one big genre. My motto for my art is 'ending the segregation of sound vibration.'"
Gene is also a guitarist/rapper/Di.J./ and producer and incorporates each of these musical attributes to create music that is “not designed for easy listening or to melt into the background. It is insistent. It demands attention and curiosity."
- New York Newsday.
Gene worked closely with jazz fusion legend Joe Zawinul and has orchestrated major Hollywood movies, including 'Cloud Atlas', for which he wrote his ''Cloud Atlas Symphony’ and the 2021 film The Matrix Resurrections
PROJECTS
Sound Liberation / Recordings / Film/Commercial / Money (hip-hop opera) VRE Suite / solo, duo, trio... / Cello Lounge / William James's... opera
Di.J. Noizepunk / Cloud Atlas Symphony / Samplestra / Reinventions / DAYS Composers Concordance & Comp Cord Records / EMX / Maggots / Concertos
RiteOfSpring..Eclectic / Manhattan in Charcoal / Melodies Alone.. / EroicAnization / Groove Possessed / Trump Concerto / Blog
Sound Liberation Di.J. Quartet Gene Pritsker - Di.J. / guitar Peter Oswald - trumpet Clemens Rofner - bass Simon Springer - Drums
'Blues from an Airport Bar' by Gene Pritsker is a song cycle based on 4 poems of Jacob Miller. The music is inspired by the blues, but with very extended harmony and melody.. The song ‘Path’ is originally written as an r&b track, here it is transformed into a jazzy/operatic chamber piece that features the brilliant voice of Ljiljana and the groovy ensemble playing of the Solenne Band
On ‘Better Now’ Gene Pritsker’s compositions explore soul, hip-hop, modern jazz, cross over classical, blues, r&b, jazz fusion and more. Recorded over a period of two years in various locations and studios, some tracks recorded remotely some in a studio station. The album takes you on a no holds bar genre defying journey that is the defining style of Sound Liberation.
Composer/bass trombonist Dave Taylor and composer/guitarist Gene Pritsker present a full album of duets for this unique instrumental combination. The album was mostly recorded remotely during the pandemic, some of the music was newly written for the project and many of the pieces Dave and Gene performed together before. The whole album was inspired after the duo recorded Gene’s ‘Pandemic Dance #22’, which was part of his Pandemic Dances project.
‘Only A Game’ was a commission by Robert Shannon Fields, to write music for his ballet libretto that he wrote decades ago in the former east Germany. I wrote this string trio inspired by the actions and words of Robert's ballet scenario. The music flowed to the imaginary dancers in my mind that were swaying, jumping acting out Robert's story; the 3rd act starts with a scene called 'A Special Game’. Here the solo cello delves into Shostakovich like chromaticism and lyricism, playing a game with
Soubrette auf der Toilette
‘Let’s Save the World Suite’ is a seven movement composition based on three poems of Erik T. Johnson. It is scored for a quintet of trumpet, sax, electric guitar, electric bass and drum set, with a narrator reciting the poem in three of the movements.
CLOUD ATLAS SYMPHONY
Duets For The End Of The World' is a collaboration between alto saxophonist Todd Rewoldt and composer/guitarist Gene Pritsker, recorded remotely during the pandemic. The album emphasizes duets Pritsker wrote for Rewoldt and himself, but also features Gene’s music for solo alto sax and electronics, larger chamber ensembles, and a composition by composer Seth Boustead.
'Stray-in-Place Song Cycle' is an album of six eclectic songs by Gene Pritsker, based on the poetry of Erik T. Johnson and inspired by the lockdown of 2021. Three of the songs are rock-influenced and the others have jazzier roots. All are performed by world-class musicians. A variety of singers add their unique styles to six pieces, giving the recording an extra-eclectic flavor. They are: Stefanie Egger (Austria); Sophie Dunér (Sweden); Berzan Önen (Turkey); Yelena Dudochkin (USA); and Stefani
Protest
GP Trio
EroicAnization
Maggots and other Chamber music of Gene Pritsker
MONEY A Chamber Hip-hop Opera By Gene Pritsker Performed by Sound Liberation:
An All Gene Pritsker compositions album featuring members of EMX (Eclectic Music eXtravaganza)
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