Barganier, Erich
Biography
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Studies: Duke University; New York University
Teachers: Mark Dancigers,Julia Wolfe, Robert Honstein, Joan La Barbara and Tae Hong Park
Website: http://www.barganiermusic.com/
Erich Barganier is a composer and multi-instrumentalist hailing from St. Petersburg, Florida who currently resides between New York City and Durham, NC. He writes chamber, orchestral, film, solo instrumental and electronic music that explores experimental technology, the edge of noise, improvisation, generative processes, and new forms of notation. His music has been released on People Places Records, cmntx, [walnut+locust], Belts and Whistles Records, Infrequent Seams, Off Latch Press, Nebularosa Records, Pleroma Records, NOUS Records, and Janus Music and Sound. Barganier's works have been presented by Bang on a Can, The International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (NYCEMF), Gaudeamus, Mostly Modern Festival, The New Music Gathering, Roulette Intermedium, National Sawdust, Le Poisson Rouge, Diffrazioni Festival, The DiMenna Center For Classical Music, Spectra Malaysia, Arts, Letters, & Numbers, and McGill University, among others.
He has written for Ensemble Dal Niente, Mivos Quartet, current and former members of the Bang On A Can All-Stars, Sybarite5, Quince, loadbang, and Sandbox Percussion Ensemble, among others. He has served as an artist-in-residence at The Conlon Collective (Utrecht, NL), CIRMMT (McGill University, Montreal, CAN), Westben Artist Retreat (Westben, CAN), and Oracle Egg (Los Angeles, USA).
Works for Percussion
Solo Works
Kogarashi - Solo Prepared Timpani
Ensemble Works
A Lament For The Inevitable Rebirth - 4 Players
Bastards of Empty Space - 2 Players
Bird-Scattered
Prisoner's Cinema - 8 Players
The Fire That Covers the Prayer of Fair Weather - 32 Players
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