This album is a co-production with WDR, a German public broadcasting institution.
Performer Biography
Paulo Álvares, the pianist, has recorded all of Mauricio Kagel's keyboard music.
Performer Biography
Michael Faust, the flutist on this album, was the first German musician to win the Pro Musicis award in New York.
Composer's Artistic Vision
In the early 1960s, Mauricio Kagel developed 'instrumental theatre,' where the sound itself becomes subject to the performers acting out a dramatic context for the work.
Composer Biography
Mauricio Kagel, the composer, was self-taught and earned his degree in philosophy and literature from the University of Buenos Aires.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Mauricio Kagel's aesthetic combined precisely organized elements with others that undermined such precision, examining the role of 'control' in art and society.
Composer's Artistic Vision
From his earliest works, Mauricio Kagel actively opposed the neo-classical conservatism favored by the Perón government, demonstrating an anti-establishment intent.
