On Monday, December 8th at 4pm, Velvet Einstein airs his recent interview with composer and pianist Thomas Kotcheff. They discuss Thomas’s recent collaboration with Bryan Curt Kostors, Between Systems, which brings a landscape of synths to the music of John Cage and Morton Feldman. They also delve into the importance of live music, including the importance of mistakes.
Between Systems reimagines the boundaries of modern classical performance by refracting the early piano works of John Cage and Morton Feldman through a vivid sound world of synthesizers, live processing, and electronic textures. Blurring fidelity and transformation, the album expands the role of the classical interpreter into one of bold experimentation and sonic reinvention.
Thomas Kotcheff is a Los Angeles based composer and pianist. His compositions have been performed internationally by The Riot Ensemble, Seattle Symphony, New York Youth Symphony, wild Up, Sandbox Percussion, Trio Appassionata, Argus Quartet, Lyris Quartet, Alinde Quartett, USC Thornton Edge, The Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble, HOCKET, Peabody Percussion Group, Latitude 49, and the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble amongst others.
