Shueh-li Ong’s new album, “MissOriented Metaphor,” once again confirms the talent of the Australian-born, Singaporean origins Nashville musician. The possible initial feeling of disorientation in front of the kaleidoscope of sensations evoked by this work is soon dispelled by the songs’ compositional solidity and the album’s internal coherence.
An interview with theremin player and teacher Kip Rosser about the discovery of Juliet Shaw’s archive and custom theremin (probably built by Léon Theremin himself).
A performance of George Gershwin’s ‘Summertime’ by Juliet Shaw. Thanks to Kip Rosser for this file.
With great pleasure, we received the following message from the American thereminist Kip Rosser: To all of you thereminists, theremin enthusiasts, electro-musicians and electronic music lovers the world over…Juliet Shaw was a concert pianist and thereminist whose performing career spanned from the early 1930s through the late 1980s. Yet, she’s barely mentioned anywhere online or […]
Eric Ross is a composer, performer, multi-instrumentalist, and theremin player. He has written countless scores in his long career, including many pages of original music for the theremin. He has presented rich multimedia performances worldwide, mixing music, video, and computer art and dance. And he has released several recordings. In this interview, Eric tells us about his long musical journey.
Eric Ross / Youseff Yancy Live in NYC
Opus 28: Variations. For ensemble. (created: 3/83-11/83, Binghamton, NY, New York City). Duration c.30 min. Videotape and stills-Mary Ross-commissioned by USA National Endowment for the Arts in Dance, Film, Video. Premiere, Whitney Center NY, 11/8/83, (1) Intrada 2) Live at Lincoln 3) Synthetic Horn 4) Suspension/Mandala 5) Lerida 6) Trills 7) De La Aare 8) Percussion 9) Steel Drums 10) Postlude and Codetta. Eric Ross- Theremin, electronics, guitar, piano, percussion. Youseff Yancy-trumpet, flugelhorn, Theremin. Atsuko Yuma, Mary Ross-voices.
Eric Ross / Youseff Yancy Live in NYC
Opus 30: No. 2, Electronic Suite. For ensemble. (created: 1/84, Binghamton, NY, New York City). Duration c. 30 min. Premiere, Roulette Performance Space, NYC, 1/31/84 (1) Prelude 2) Colonne 3) Vif. 4) La Reve 5) Nydia 6) The Labyrinth of Sound. Video and stills-Mary Ross, Eric Ross-Theremin, electronics, guitar, piano, Youseff Yancy-Theremin, trumpet. Atsuko Yuma, Mary Ross-voices.
Johann Sebastian’s Bach “Fugue No, 2 in C minor” from “The Well Tempered Clavier” performed by the RCA Mark I synthesizer. Taken from the 1955 “The Sounds And Music Of The RCA Electronic Music Synthesizer” L.P. (RCA Victor Red Seal – LM-1922).
Lydia Kavina is one of the greatest thereminists of all time. The last protégé of Léon Theremin, she started studying the theremin at the age of nine. She played a fundamental role in the so-called “renaissance of the theremin,” performing all over the world, making recordings, participating in film soundtracks, writing original music for theremin, and teaching the instrument to new generations of thereminists. I had the pleasure of exchanging a few words with her.
The latest release of Timeless Sonic Factory, the creature of long-time thereminist Maurizio “ErMan” Mansueti, is a beautiful, intense, and captivating theremin concept album. In addition to putting the theremin at center stage, it shows it in a new light.
