Gene 'Noizepunk' Pritsker
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Composer/guitarist/rapper Gene Pritsker has written over two hundred compositions, including chamber operas, orchestral and chamber works, songs for hip-hop and rock ensembles, etc. All his compositions employ an eclectic spectrum of styles and are influenced by his studies of various musical cultures. He is the founder and leader of Sound Liberation; an eclectic band playing the New York club circuit. Other organizations he is associated with include: Composers Concordance (advisory board since 96), Absolute Ensemble (co-founder/composer-in -residence 93-96), The American Composers Forum (member NY chapter since 96), and The New Music Connoisseur magazine (critic since 97).Band/artist history
Recently:
Mr. Pritsker has written a new bass concerto (electric and acoustic) called; Lost Illusions for bassist Mat Fieldes, the concerto will be performed in March 2004 by the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra in Australia with Kristjan Jarvi conducting. The Absolute Ensemble has released a CD on Enja Records featuring Mr. Pritskers Fix and his Arrangement of Super Bad. The CD is named after the septet. Poetic Subjects Eternal II for singers, rappers and Samplestra was performed by the Composers Concordance on May 29th, 2003. Pianist Kathy Supove is programing Illusions Again for piano and Samplestra for her performances. The Manhattan Brass Quintet premiered More enchantments of vanity on Feb. 10th. Also in February an orchestral arrangement of Black Sabbaths Paranoid was performed by the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra at BAM and by the Norrlands Opera Orchestra in Sweden. The Norrlands Orchestra also premiered three orchestrations of Frank Zappa songs. Next season Absolute Ensemble will tour around the world more orchestrations and music based on Zappa by Gene, including Reconstrions i & II 2 pieces based on themes from Zappa's Joes Garage album. In August, Gene had two premieres at The World Turning Festival; Dan Barrett premiered 'What Occurred In The Light, Goes On In The Dark' for solo cello and guitarist Greg Baker premiered 'Dead Souls. On. Nov. 29th Paradoxes for string quintet and samplestra will be premiered by the Carpentier string quartet at the Living Room.
In recent years Mr. Pritsker's performances include:
Cancer Ward was performed by the Talujon percussion quartet at Merkin Concert Hall as part of the World Institute Concert series.I'm Afraid You Might ask for A Fragment Of My Soul for solo piano was performed in venues from South Africa to Amsterdam and has been released on CD by pianist Guy Livingston entitled: Dont Panic on Wergo Records.Cries and Execrations of the Mob was performed by violinist Miltos Papastamou with the Athens Camarata Chamber Orchestra. A new chamber opera: Nietzsche The Madman, was produced at Theater 22. The septet Fix II and two arrangements of James Browns Super Bad have been performed around America and recorded for National Public Radio by the Absolute Ensemble. On June 21st the ensemble also premiered Mr. Pritskers new and strange arrangement of NY, NY. Mr. Pritsker and his eclectic hip-hop band Sound Liberation have recorded a CD and toured Newfoundland, Canada as well as performed all over New York in such clubs as Knitting Factory, Downtime, Wetlands and CBGBs. In the 2001 - 2002 season Mr. Pritsker's Pascals Contradiction for chorus and percussion quartet was performed at Merkin concert hall by the Ethos Percussion quartet. Mr. Pritsker premiered his requiem II for solo electric guitar and samplestra at ABC No Rio on March 15th. On May 26th the Argentinean chamber orchestra; Ensemble Rosario, performed Mr. Pritsker's Dead Souls II and the percussion ensemble of Cornell University Department of Music presented Cancer Ward on April 27th. In the summer of 2002 Mr. Pritsker was the composer-in-residence at the Lake Winnipesaukee Music Festival where three of his string quartets with Samplestra were premiered.Your musical influences
Stravinsky, ZappaWhat equipment do you use?
macs, DPAnything else?
Pritsker's music is not designed for easy listening or to melt into the background. It is insistent. It demands attention and curiosity.
- Chuin-Wei Yap, New York Newsday, February 19th, 2003
The audience seemed to like the Music immensely - as did this listener - and gave the seemingly spirited performance a most enthusiastic and well deserved welcome.
- Harris Goldsmith, New York Concert Review, March 1995
Funny and fast, (the Music) required the soloists to switch from jazz to Beethoven, blues to bossa nova, the Marseilles to improvisation with split-second timing
- Anemona Hartocollis New York Newsday, Feb. 20th, 1995
Talented composer
- Vladimir Zak New Russian Voice, April 1995
If they dont send him (Pritsker) into an insane asylum, then he will be recognized as a genius
- Dmitry Radyshevski Insight (Russian Newspaper), Jan. 1994
A vivid, Exciting piece (All I Want Now Is To Look At Life) it is one I want very much to hear again.
- Paul Somers The Star Ledger, November 29, 1995
Very original in approach
- Barry L. Cohen The Music Connoisseur, Fall 1996
This is large audience music, and a lot of people would like it
- Joseph Pehrson The Music Connoisseur, Summer 1999
Kinetic music, drawing heavily on jazz and rock syles.
- Anthony Tommasini The New York Times, July 2000
Pritsker dissolves the artificial boundaries between high brow, low brow, classical, popular musics and elevates the idea that if its done well it is great music, regardless of the style or genre.
- Joseph Pehrson The Music Connoisseur, Fall 2001
Genes rap songs are clever, complex, and very interesting musically, exactly what the market stuff is not.
- Barry L. Cohen The Music Connoisseur, Fall 2001
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