Annie Gosfield

Biography

Annie Gosfield is a New-York-based composer who works on the boundaries between notated and improvised music, electronic and acoustic sounds, refined timbres and noise. She composes for others and performs with her own group, taking her music to festivals, factories, clubs, art spaces and concert halls. Much of her work combines acoustic instruments with electronic sounds, incorporating unusual sources such as satellite sounds, machine sounds, detuned or out-of-tune samples and industrial noises. Her work often contains improvisation and frequently uses extended techniques and/or altered musical instruments. She won a 2012 Berlin Prize. She was born in Philadelphia.

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Annie Gosfield, whom the BBC called "A one woman Hadron collider" lives in New York City.
She works on the boundaries between notated and improvised music, electronic and acoustic sounds, refined timbres and noise. She composes for others and performs with her own band, taking her music on a path through festivals, factories, clubs, art spaces, and concert halls. Her most recent work includes an opera performed by the L.A. Phil in Walt Disney Concert Hall and on the streets of L.A.; a concert of work about immigrants; and a sextet inspired by, and performed under Diego Rivera’s “Detroit Industry” murals.

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• 01 515 Annie Gosfield: THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANETS: HEAVENLY BODIES AND EARTHLY GOSSIP (excerpts) Dec 9, 2022
• 02 354 Annie Gosfield: Bottom of the Barrelhouse Jan 1, 2020
• 03 525 Annie Gosfield: A Mother's Note and a Single Vote Sep 26, 2019
• 04 661 Annie Gosfield - Burn Again with a Low Blue Flame - Felix Fan, Cello 2 Jul 25, 2018
• 05 186 Gosfield: Refracted Reflections and Telepathic Static Jun 2, 2018