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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

Genepritsker@gmail.com

Genepritsker@gmail.com

- Raymond Tuttle, Fanfare Magazine

"...audacious...multitalented."

- The New York Times

'Intending to make music

dangerous again.”
- Sequenza21

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Recent & Upcoming

Performances:

2024

Nov.

11/1
Performances with dance of ‘Under the Wolf’s Cloak’ at James Madison University’s Forbes Performance Centers Forbes Mainstage Theater featuring JMU’s Virginia Repertory Dance Company.

11/1

‘ImproVisitaions’, Bruce Arnold and Gene Pritsker guitar duo, album released on Muse Eek Publishing Inc Records

11/2
Two performances with dance of ‘Under the Wolf’s Cloak’ at James Madison University’s Forbes Performance Centers Forbes Mainstage Theater featuring JMU’s Virginia Repertory Dance Company with Gene on guitar

11/2

Machiko Ozawa performs ’Tango In V’ as part of her Traveling Violin Recital at Kirara Hall, Kamakura, Japan

11/3 Machiko Ozawa performs ’Tango In V’ as part of her Traveling Violin Recital at the German Culture Center, OAG Hall, Aoyama Tokyo, Japan

11/9

'I Knew A Women' for baritone and Samplestra performed as part of Composers Concordance Presents 'Baritone Andrew White'

at The Delancey

11/14
Miolina performs ‘Empty Bottles’ as part of their event Constructivism / Deconstructivism at Greenwich House Music School

11/16

'Mama, I Can't Breathe Chorale #1 & #3' performed as part of Composers Concordance Presents 'My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama Guitar Quartet' concert at Silvana

11/22

'Game Over' premiered as part of Composers Concordance Presents 'Art of The Art Song' concert with soprano Ljiljana Winkler, trumpeter Peter Oswlad and the CompCord String Quartet at St. John's in the Village. Also a performance of new arrangements of Puccini and Mendelssohnsongs.

11/17

'Opposite Extreme of Compassion' for solo violin performed by Ekaterina Gubanova at the Nosov Mansion in Moscow, Russia

11/29

'Jocose Flows' for 4 trumpets and rhythm section premiered as part of Composers Concordance Presents 'Trumpetation' concert at NUBLU also on the event 'Canon - Speak Your Mind III' is performed

Dec.

12/2

Premier of ‘In Memory of Thomas E. Youngs’ for 2 trumpets as part of 'Thomas E. Youngs A Celebration Of Life' presented by Composers Concordance. Also a performance of 'Plastic Plants And Balloon Dogs’ on a poem of Robert C. Ford at this event.

12/6

Premiered of 'Awakening Your Inner Schizo' as part of Composers Concordance Presents

'Adam Holzman 'SCHIZO' Piano & Electronics' concert at Kostabi World

12/8

Machiko Ozawa performs 'Tango in V" as part of her 'Récital de violon' in Studio L'Accord Parfait, Paris France.

12/14

‘Fashion Runway I’, ‘Gladiator’, ‘Expedition Continued I’ and ‘Ostinatos/Solos #2 - Reethigowla' performed as part of Composers Concordance Presents ''Chamber vs. The 1s & 2s' concert at Red Eye

12/21

'Under The Wolfs Cloak' and 'I Like The Memories' premiered as part of Composers Concordance Presents 'Music & Film @ Westbeth' concert at Westbeth

2/29
'The 25th Bar Of The 25th Opus’ for electric guitar and piano premiered as part of Salon Concerts at Klavierhaus

with pianist Jed Distler.

2025

Jan

1/4

Jeffryes Brothers piano and drum set duo perform 'Essence' and 'Time Here Becomes Space III' as part of Composers Concordance presents Jeffryes Brothers at Kosatbi worl

1/18
‘I knew A Woman’ for baritone and Samplestra performed by Andrew White as part of Composer's Voice TV show on NYC cable access TV with Manhattan
Neighborhood's Network channel 2.

1/24

duoJalal viola and percussion duo perform 'True' and an arrangement of Mark Kostabi's 'Mr. It' as part of Composers Concordance presents duoJalal at Kosatbi world

Feb

2/2

Tasman & Noizepunk (Tasos Papastamou - violin and Gene Pritsker - Di.J. / Guitar) perform a set featuring Gene's 'America Electronique' and Sound Liberation performs a set both as part of Composers Concordance presents 'Double Feature' at Silvanas in Harlem

Gene premieres the 3 movement ' Pets Suite' with Sound Liberation

2/3

Warren Nicholson performs 'Dazed Variation’ in Hamilton, Ontario as part of The Sunday Afternoon Concert series

2/8

Todd Rewoldt and the CompCord String Quartet premiere 'Sillage' as part of Composers Concordance presents Pizza Pizzicato at St. John's in the Village

Also a new arrangement by Gene of the song 'That's Amoure'

2/9

The Process Session #3 a live recording session with Tasman & Noizepunk

@ Cossin Studios

2/15

'Resigned' premiered as part of Composers Concordance presents Octogenarians at Gallery MC

with John Clark - horn, David Taylor - bass trombone and a rhythm section.

2/20

Premiere of the 40min composition 'The Painters' by the CompCord Modified String Quartet as part of Composers Concordance presents 'The Painters' at Westbeth.

2/23

Petro Krysa premieres 'Ukrainian Lullabies ReMix', 'Krompli' and other music for violin and Samplestra in Bruges, Belgium as part of his events celebrating Ukrainian culture at YOT

2/23

'Prism Sonata' premiered as part of Composers Concordance presents PRISM at Steel Wig Music with Machiko Ozawa - violin & Jai Jeffryes -piano

2/28

The Bowers/Fader duo perform 'Coconut Cornmeal Cake’ at the Tenri Cultural Institute

2/28

Petro Krysa premieres 'Ukrainian Lullabies ReMix', 'Krompli' and other musiic for violin and Samplestra in Brussels, Belgium as part of his events celebrating Ukrainian culture at La Planque

March

3/3

'Tête-à-tête' premiered as part of Composers Concordance presents TromBonafide at NUBLU with Trombonist

Dave Tayloir, Dick Griffin and Steve Swell with a rhythm section

3/8

Multiple Composition performed and premiered as part of Composers Concordance presents 'Seth & Gene’s Excellent Electroacoustic Adventure'

at Westbeth

3/13

'Waltz Up' premiered as part of Composers Concordance presents The Waltz Project at The Austrian Cultural Forum with The CompCord Ensemble

3/14

The Waltz Project is repeated at the Bohemian National Hall as part of an Austrian Cultural Forum event. 'Waltz Up (Chart)' is premiered as well as other compositions of Gene.

3/16

The song cycle 'Protest Songs on poems of John Pietaro premiered as part of Composers Concordance presents Protest Songs at The Stonewall Inn with The Bowers-Fader Duo and other musicians

3/20

Multiple Composition performed as part of Composers Concordance presents 'Seth & Gene’s Excellent Electroacoustic Adventure'

In San Jose, Costa Rica

3/20

Multiple Composition performed as part of Composers Concordance presents 'Seth & Gene’s Excellent Electroacoustic Adventure' In Turrialba, Costa Rica

3/27

Multiple Composition performed as part of Composers Concordance presents 'Seth & Gene’s Excellent

Electroacoustic Adventure'

In Mexico City, Mexico

3/28

Multiple Composition performed as part of Composers Concordance presents

'Seth & Gene’s Excellent Electroacoustic Adventure'

In Morelia, Mexico

April

4/2
Gene will have a new score premiere to a silent film as part of the 2025 Sound of Silent Film Festival presented bt Access Contemporary Music at Music Box Theater in Chicago, IL

4/4
‘Sorrow, Like Pleasure, Creates Its Own Atmosphere’ performed by Lisa Bost-Sandberg
as part of 23rd Annual Electronic Music Midwest Festival at Kansas City Kansas Community College in Kansas City, MI

4/4

Release of the album 'The Process Sessions #1&2' on Composers Concordance Records. Gene's compositions include 'My Unscheduled Fate' with Jay Rodriguez on sax and Gene on guitar and 'Pandemic Dance #2' with Kathleen Supové on piano and Gene on guitar.

4/6

'Echoed Ecstasy' premiered as part of Composers Concordance presents CompCord Ensemble Meets Erik Hawkins Dance' at St. Mark's Church in-the Bowery

4/13

Sound Liberation performs at Mahogany Hall in Bern, Switzerland with featuring Ljiljana Winkler as part of Philipp Moll Sunday Jazz

4/16

Concert at t the Wittelsbacher Castle in Freidberg. Germany with Sound Liberation featuring Ljiljana Winkler and Ensemble Der Gymnasium Big Band

Many compostions of Gene's are performed

4/18

Sound Liberation Di.J. Quartet featuring Ljiljana Winkler performs at Café Museum In Passau, Germany

May

5/3

Premiere of a new composition for viola and piano as part of Composers Concordance presents 'Michael Hall and Kathleen Supové ' at Kostabi World

5/10

Premiere of a new composition for triangle and string quartet as part of Composers Concordance presents 'String Quartet +' at Cossin Theater in China Town

Four Premieres as part of 13th Annual CompCord Festival
– Motion –

May 18th

Handance

St. Marks Church in The Bowery

II.

May 23rd

CompCord LittleBig Band

Swing and Lindy Hop

Loft393

III.

Sunday May 25th 6pm

15th Annual

Comp-Play-Comp Marathon

DROM NYC

IV.

May 30th

Motion Électronique'

Silvana Harlem

5/18

The Bowers/Fader duo perform 'Coconut Cornmeal Cake’ at Scholes Street Studio

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

Gene & The Strings

This album demonstrates some of Composer Gene Pritsker's compsotions that explore the various sounds of string instruments. From solo violin compositions performed by Lara St. John and Machiko Ozawa to string quartets performed by the CompCord String Quartet and Kahlo String Quartet to music for multiple strings including compositions for 3 violin, 5 violins and 2 electric guitars.

Under The Wolf’s Cloak

‘Under The Wolf’s Cloak’ music by Gene Pritsker poem by Imelda O'Reilly, for narrator, chorus and two Marimbas Performed by Imelda O'Reilly - narrator David Cossin - marimba Macrófona Choir

Sound Liberation Di.J. Quartet

Sound Liberation Di.J. Quartet Gene Pritsker - Di.J. / guitar Peter Oswald - trumpet Clemens Rofner - bass Simon Springer - Drums

Ljiljana Winkler and the Solenne Band perform the music of Gene Pritsker

'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

Better Now - Sound Liberation

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.

Dave & Gene Duo

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

‘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

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Let's Save The World Suite

‘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.

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CLOUD ATLAS SYMPHONY

Duets For The End Of The World’

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' Gene Pritsker & Erik T. Johnson

'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