Gordon Monahan

Gordon Monahan (born 1956 in Kingston, Ontario) is a Canadian pianist and composer of experimental music. He has been active since at least 1978. Along with his own work, he has performed works by other composers such as John Cage, James Tenney, Udo Kasemets and Roberto Paci Dalò. Recently, he has also created site-specific sound installations.

Awards

Monahan won first prize at the 1984 CBC National Radio Competition for Young Composers.^[1] In 1992-93 he was artist-in-residence with the DAAD in Berlin.

Notable works

• Speaker Swinging (1982)
• Piano Mechanics (1982)
• Long Aeolian Piano (1984/88)
• Music From Nowhere (1989)
• Aquaeolian Whirlpool (1990)
• Spontaneously Harmonious in Certain Kinds of Weather (1996)
• Theremin in the Rain (2003)
• Theremin Pendulum (2008)

External links

• His homepage
• Biography at the Canadian Encyclopedia
• Video of his piece "Speaker Swinging"

Notes

1. ^ Monahan's official biography

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