ArtistInfo

Johnny Reinhard

bsn, *1956 US
Musician / Composer / Conductor of Classical

Johnny Reinhard (1956- ) is a microtonal composer, bassoonist and conductor. He employs many avant-garde techniques in his bassoon performance such as glissando and multiphonics, as well as using just intonation and other microtonal tuning systems. He studied at the Manhattan School of Music and at Columbia. He taught at New York University. Notable compositions by Reinhard include "Dune" (1990), "Cosmic rays" (1995), "Middle-Earth" (1999), "Talibanned Buddhas" (2000), and "Semantics of tone" (2007). He reconstructed and performed Charles Ives' Universe symphony in 1996.

Instruments

• Bassoon
• Bass
• Percussion

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