Siegel: Terra

Featuring

Christina Dahl
Wayne Siegel
Anne-Mette Skovbjerg
Niels-Ole Bo Johansen

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Wayne Siegel's music is deeply rooted in American traditions, influenced by folk music, blues, avant-garde rock like Frank Zappa, and American minimalism, often making his work more accessible than other contemporary music.

Composer Biography

Wayne Siegel's jackdaw, Alice, played a central role in his 1995 work 'Jackdaw', where the bird's sounds were manipulated and transformed to create a dialogue with a bass clarinet.

Compositional Technique

Wayne Siegel extensively uses computers and electronic musical instruments, often mixing acoustic instruments with new technology and exploring interactive computer music in various artistic fields.

Notable Performances

Wayne Siegel earned a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for a 1993 performance of his piece 'Domino Figures', which featured 105 guitars.

Performer Biography

Niels-Ole Bo Johansen, the trombonist on this album, has been a professor of trombone at the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus since 2000 and is a co-founder of the Aarhus Sinfonietta.

Compositional Technique

Wayne Siegel frequently employs canon technique in his compositions, using electronic delays or multiple musicians to create works like 'Rosewood Afternoon' and 'Domino Figures'.

Composer Biography

Wayne Siegel, born in Los Angeles in 1953, moved to Denmark to complete his composition degree and has since remained there, becoming a prominent figure in Danish electronic music.