Iman Album 3: James W. Iman Plays Huber, Berg, Feldman & Jonas

Featuring

James W. Iman
Klaus Huber
Alban Berg
Morton Feldman
Betsy Jolas

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Composer Biography

Alban Berg's Piano Sonata Op. 1 is considered a towering achievement, especially as he wrote it as a student in his twenties.

Performer Biography

James Iman is a vocal advocate for underrepresented composers, frequently performing music by women, BIPOC, and LGBTQIA+ composers, and has presented programs of works by female composers.

Composition History

Betsy Jolas, a composer on this album, avoided writing for the piano until she was nearly 50, expressing anxieties about confronting the instrument's 'plain naked truth'.

Compositional Technique

Morton Feldman, another composer on this album, experimented with varying degrees of performer discretion in his early works, including graph notation indicating pitches within registers and discrete time periods.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Klaus Huber, a composer featured on this album, stated that absolute stillness and the pauses are the most important elements in his work 'Ein Hauch von Unzeit II', allowing time to almost dissolve.

Performer Biography

Pianist James Iman specializes in music written since 1900, with an emphasis on works from 1945 onwards, and is known for his meticulous study of scores and aesthetic concepts.