Michael Finnissy Keynote Address at Symposium

I invited my mentor Michael Finnissy to deliver the keynote address at the Nanhua University Dept. of Ethnomusicology’s “Symposium of New Works and Research into Contemporary Composers”.  See my more detailed post on the symposium here:

Nanhua University: Symposium of New Works and Research into Contemporary Composers “Avant-Garde and Experimental Creative Considerations in Art Music” 2021.7.3

You can read his address here:

Michael Finnissy Keynote Address

The video of the address and subsequent sincere and passionate discussion can be enjoyed here:

I uploaded the pieces included as musical extracts in the address here for readers to listen to at the appropriate place in the address:

(Musical Extract: Ukarakteristisk Marsj (1999))

(Musical Extract: Seven Sacred Motets, (1991) Et cum factus esset)

 

Please buy the full recordings if you like the performances: