Contact: Genepritsker@gmail.com

"...audacious...multitalented."

- The New York Times

'Intending to make music

dangerous again.”
- Sequenza21

Gene Pritsker Composer

New Albun trailer

EroicAnization

Genepritsker@gmail.com

Recent & Upcoming Performances:

2020

Oct.

10/2

'One Slide Fits All' a 6 channel electronic piece premiered at the Cube Festival in Moscow.

10/3

The premiere of ''Footprints Of Steel’ for narrator & Di.J. on the poem by Robert C. Ford and the electronic track ‘Fortune Favors the Rave’ both Performed at Composers Concordance ‘Fortune Favors the Rave’ concert as part of our ‘Comp/Lit.’ Festival.

10/4

The premiere of 'Void' for woodwind quintet and percussion by the musicians of the Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra Wernigerode at Liebfrauenkirchhof, Wernigerode, Germany, as part of Impuls Festival. The piece will be performed three times throughout the day.

10/16
Lara Diaz and Marco Pastor perform ‘Bitter Suite’ as part of the Silverstein Works 2020 Woodwind Fest

10/19
Payton MacDonald performs 'What The Waves Were Always Saying’ for solo marimba as part of William Paterson University New Music Series

10/22

The premiere of 'Beethoven’s Erotic Eulogy' by VKKOrchester at the Blitz Club in Munich, Germany as part of the Impuls Festival -

10/24

The premiere of 'Beethoven’s Erotic Eulogy' by VKKOrchester at Prince Charles in Berlin, Germany as part of the Impuls Festival '

Nov.

11/1

The premiere of 'Conga Graffiti' for 3 congas as part of Composers Concordance 'Conga Mania' concert at Kostabi World

11/7

Release of the new album 'EroicAnization' on Composers Concordance Records - a full album of GP music inspired by Beethoven - including 'Ludwig's Night Out', 'Fur Elise Charleston' and 'EroicAnization' Di.J. concerto. performed by ensemble Kontraste, conducted by Hans Rotman.

Trailer

11/14

The premiere of 'WE' by the CompCord Ensemble as part of Composers Concordance 'We, the Whole People' concert at Michiko Studios.

11/16

'Drummer Dances' for clarinet quartet performed by the Licorice quartet as part of Composers Concordance 'Clarinet Motion' concert at William Paterson University

11/21
'Tyranny of Choice’ for solo clarinet performed by Thomas Piercy as part of "Moments in This Time" benefit concert Covid-19 Musicians Relief

11/29

The premiere of 'The Dress In The Wind' for narrator, electric guitar and Samplestra on the poetry of Erik T. Johnson as part of Composers Concordance Comp-Play-Comp Marathon 'Words & Music Theme" at DROM

Dec

12/9

The premiere of 'Kinda Charts' for jazz band as part of Composers Concordance Charts concert at Kosatbi World

12/30

11 of Gene's 'Pandemic Dances' performed as part of Composers Concordance 'Pandemic Dances' concert at Kostabi World

2021

Jan

1/24

'The Difference' for piano and string quartet performed as part of Composers Concordance 'Mark & Gene - Piano & strings' concert at Kostabi World. With Jai Jeffryes and Quartet Metadata. Also Jai premieres 'Prelude & Fugue #3' and new arrangements of Mark Kostabi's compostions.

Date TBA

'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' as arranged for violin and piano performed by Lara St. John and Matt Herskowitz

at Cemal Resit Rey Concert Hall
in Istanbul, Turkey as part of their 'Istanbul Recital'.

Feb

2/1

The premiere of Pete’s Pots for flower pots & percussion quartet, by Peter Jarvis and the NJ Percussion quartet at Shea Auditorium in William Paterson university

2/13
‘No Illness’ performed by Stefanie Schlesinger - voice,

Wolfgang Lackerschmid - vibes,

Peter Oswald - trumpet
Uli Fiedler - bass and Harry Alt - drums In As part of HYBRASS-PROJECT at Stadthalle Friedberg (municipal hall)
Friedberg/Bayern, Germany

March

3/6

Sound Liberation performs at the Delancey.

3/12-14-16

The Baltic Sea Philharmonic performs Gene's 'Runo Songs' on their tour with Kristjan Jarvi conducting.

April

Premiere of 'Duets For The End Of The World' for alto sax and electric guitar with

Todd Rewoldt as part of Composers Concordance 'David Taylor & Todd Rewoldt Meet My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama Guitar Trio' at Kostabi World

4/10

Performing with ensemble Kontraste in Nuremberg, Germany - a program of GP music inspired by the 20's.

4/??

The premiere of 'The Omnipotent Sorcerer' by the CompCord Ensemble at the Howland Cultural Center in Beacon, NY

July

7/23

The premiere of 'A Deeper Purple' Project with ensemble Konstaste in Nuremberg Germany. A full concert of Gene's re-imaginings of the music of Deep Purple and the premiere of 'A Depper Purple Overture' for Di.J.and chamber ensemble. Performed at St. Catherine Nuremberg.

About

    Composer Gene Pritsker has written over eight 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. 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.