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Evan Ziporyn
cl, bcl, *1959 US, Chicago
Musician / Composer of Classical
Evan Ziporyn (b. Chicago, Illinois, 14 December 1959) is an American composer of post-minimalist music with a cross-cultural orientation, drawing equally from classical music, avant-garde, various world music traditions, and jazz. He has composed for a wide range of ensembles, including symphony orchestras, wind ensembles, many types of chamber groups, and solo works, sometimes involving electronics. He has a particular interest in music for Balinese gamelan, for which he has composed numerous works, often combined with western instruments. He is also well known for his solo performances on clarinet and bass clarinet; additionally, he plays gender wayang and other Balinese instruments, saxophones, piano & keyboards, EWI, and Shona mbira. He is Faculty Director of the Massachusetts Institut
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2/2 (arr. E. Ziporyn) on Music for Airports: Live by Brian Eno & Bang On A Can All-Stars Frog's Eye on Evan Ziporyn: Frog's Eye by Evan Ziporyn & Gil Rose Tsmindao ghmerto on Bang on Can Classics by Bang On A Can All-Stars, Maya Beiser, Mark Stewart & Evan Ziporyn Qi - III. Transport on Spontaneous Symbols by Brooklyn Rider Qi - I. Lucid Flight on Spontaneous Symbols by Brooklyn Rider Qi - II. Garden on Spontaneous Symbols by Brooklyn Rider Ludwig van BadGuy (After Beethoven & Billie Eilish) on Ludwig van BadGuy by Evan Ziporyn & Maya Beiser Amok!: I on Evan Ziporyn: Gamelan Galak Tika by Evan Ziporyn, Robert Black & Mark Stewart Kekembangan on American Works for Balinese Gamelan by Sekar Jaya Gamelan Prelude to Sue on Bowie Cello Symphonic: Blackstar by Maya Beiser, Ambient Orchestra & Evan ZiporynTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
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| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Musiquette. Improvisations On Górecki | Adrien Lambinet / Mikołaj Pałosz / Kuba Sokołowski / Kamil Szuszkiewicz / Evan Ziporyn | 2017 | Album |
| Delicious Numbers: Works Of Gregg Smith For Voice And Instruments | Gregg Smith, Eileen Clark, Thomas Schmidt, Ari Streisfeld, Evan Ziporyn | 2016 | Album |
| Green Light | Evan Ziporyn / Wacław Zimpel / Hubert Zemler / Gyan Riley | 2015 | Album |
| Nayive | Eviyan - Iva Bittová, Gyan Riley, Evan Ziporyn | 2015 | Album |
| Eviyan Live | Iva Bittová, Gyan Riley, Evan Ziporyn - Eviyan | 2013 | Album |
| Big Grenadilla/Mumbai | Evan Ziporyn | 2012 | Album |
| Pierced | David Lang, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Evan Ziporyn, Theo Bleckmann | 2008 | Album |
| Frog's Eye | Evan Ziporyn - Boston Modern Orchestra Project / Anne Harley / Gil Rose | 2006 | Album |
| Typical Music | Evan Ziporyn | 2005 | Album |
| Waking Winds | MIT Wind Ensemble, Frederick Harris, Jr., Young-Nam Kim, Peter Child, Brian Robison, Gunther Schuller, Evan Ziporyn | 2004 | Album |
| Melody Competition / The So-Called Laws Of Nature | So Percussion - Evan Ziporyn, David Lang | 2004 | Album |
| ShadowBang | Evan Ziporyn With I Wayan Wija & Bang On A Can All-Stars | 2003 | Album |
| This Is Not A Clarinet | Evan Ziporyn | 2001 | Album |
| Gamelan Galak Tika | Evan Ziporyn | 2000 | Album |
| Animal Act | Evan Ziporyn | 1993 | Album |
| Transcription Service | Allen Kwela, Sandile Shange & Evan Ziporyn | 1984 | Album |
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