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Erik Friedlander Performs John Zorn's Volac

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:54:33 -0400

Erik Friedlander Performs John Zorn’s Volac
Philadlephia, PA
Ars Nova Workshop

Shivtei Yeshuron-Ezras Israel

2015 S. 4th Street

Philadelphia , PA

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Price: $25 Advance / $30 DOS

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Ars Nova Workshop is pleased to host a three-part concert series
featuring the work of composer John Zorn inside a 19th century South
Philly synagogue.

Wednesday, June 12, 2013
8:00pm - 9:30pm»>

Erik Friedlander - New Film Music

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 10:25:45 -0400

I’ve posted music from a few of the films I did last year. I’m also
working on a website redesign - more on that soon.

You can check the music at SoundCloud:

*Future Weather:*
A film by Jenny Deller.
A coming of age story with an environmental twist.

5M2 - Tree Planting:
http://erikf.hosted.phplist.com/lists/lt.php?id=N0gIDQgZBQ8YBAhS

6M1 - Life Starts Making Sense:
http://erikf.hosted.phplist.com/lists/lt.php?id=N0gIDQsZBQ8YBAhS

*Spade:*
Short film by Mandi Riggi

starring Jorge Garcia.
A dark confrontation in an interrogation room between a detective and
killer becomes a mind game.

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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:59:59 -0400

Lucia Pulido - Tonight at 730p at Symphony Space

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 11:48:12 -0500

Lucia Pulido - Tonight at 730p at Symphony Space:

Hi Everyone,

I am pleased to let you know that I’ll be performing with LUCIA PULIDO
at Symphony Space. The concert is tonight, Feb 9 at 730P. Stop over if
you can make it.

Leonard Nimoy Thalia,

2537 Broadway at 95th Street,

New York, NY 10025-6990

More info:

NO COMPASS - SOLTER RESETS FRIEDLANDER I am pleased to announce...

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 14:04:47 -0400

NO COMPASS - SOLTER RESETS FRIEDLANDER

I am pleased to announce a new remix EP. I handed Scott Solter 5 tracks from Broken Arm and he came back with a complete rethinking of the music. I will be offering a 10” vinyl release of but meanwhile, you can grab the cd or download the music.

Erik Friedlander - October News!

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 13:46:07 -0400

**October 18, 630p - The Jewish Museum**

**I will be premiering new music inspired by the “Crossing Borders”
show at The Jewish Museum. The program will be heard in at TJM
galleries at 630p on October 18th. The concert is free with admission
to the museum. For more information check out the TJM website

**

Read the NYTimes review

of the “Crossing Borders” Show

The Jewish Museum is located at 1109 5th Ave at 92nd St,

New York NY 10128 (MAP

).

General information:212.423.3200

**October 16 - New Release - “No Compass: Solter Resets Friedlander”**

Producer/engineer Scott Solter

brings you No Compass: Solter Resets Friedlander, an EP of five tracks
from Erik Friedlander’s 2008 “Broken Arm Trio” CD completely
reinvented by Solter. In his hands the acoustic cello, bass and drums
trio tracks have become vertigo-inducing panoramas»»>

Concert Announcement - September 11 at The Iridium

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 10:42:41 -0400

**September 11, 8p & 10p at The Iridium**

**”Resonations”**

**On September 11 I’ll be performing with a fantastic group of
musicians and what should be a beaufitul concert

Hi Everyone, I scored my first feature film last year....

Sun, 06 May 2012 10:25:58 -0400

Hi Everyone,

I scored my first feature film last year. It’s called /*Future
Weather*/ and the film had its premier at the Tribeca Film Festival
just recently. Good things are happening for the film which stars Amy
Madigan, Lili Taylor, William Sadler, Marin Ireland and features
newcomer Perla Haney-Jardine (“pure grace..” - Variety

)

But in order to get more good things going this Indie film needs help.
So, I’m asking you to stop by the Future Weather Kickstarter

site and check out the info. If you like what you see, donate.

Kickstarter campaigns offer a variety of enticements including DVDs,
posters, and a soundtrack recording (!). Here’s a gift just for
reading this far: check out this extended version from the Future
Weather soundtrack. In this scene Amy Madigan’s character Greta storms
out of the house after some whithering teen behavior from her grand
daughter. The track features Doug Wamble, guitar; Michael Sarin, drums
and Shanir Blumenkrantz, bass.

STREAM/DOWNLOAD “Greta”

Thanks!

Erik Friedlander

links:

*kickstarter campaign:
*http://erikf.hosted.phplist.com/lists/lt.php?id=N0gLB0VUBERSCgc%3D

*future weather website:

*http://erikf.hosted.phplist.com/lists/lt.php?id=N0gLDUVUBERSCgc%3D

*VARIETY review*:
http://erikf.hosted.phplist.com/lists/lt.php?id=N0gLBkVUBERSCgc%3D

*Tribeca Premiere photos:
*http://erikf.hosted.phplist.com/lists/lt.php?id=N0gLA0VUBERSCgc%3D»»>

Garry Winogrand, in a Bill Moyers feature, talks about...

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:05:01 -0400

Garry Winogrand, in a Bill Moyers feature, talks about photography. I find this inspirational.

Occupy Wall Street Anniversary - Michael Greenberg

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 12:44:00 -0400

On this the 6-month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, it’s a good time to check out Michael Greenberg’s 4 articles in The New York Review of Books. I was too occupied myself with my wife’s illness when it was all going on. As close as I am, living downtown as we do, it still felt like a distant background noise. Reading these thoughtful reports brings it to life again for me. Try them: Immerse yourself!

” The Occupy Wall Street movement that began in Zuccotti Park in New York’s financial district on September 17 has grown to a degree that seems to have stunned even its organizers and most ardent supporters. From the first days, most news outlets, if they deigned to cover the movement at all, ridiculed the protesters for lacking a specific political agenda or concrete demands. They were “leaderless,” “directionless.” But less in this case has proven to be more: Occupy Wall Street’s vague, open-ended character has been crucial to its success. The catchphrase “We are the 99 percent” has a galvanizing succinctness, speaking directly to a wealth gap that has widened over the past decade to a point not seen since the Great Depression.”

first article:
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/nov/10/zuccotti-park/

second article:

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/dec/08/zuccotti-park-what-future/

third article:

http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2011/nov/18/crackdown-zuccotti-occupy-wall-street/

fourth article:

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/feb/09/what-future-occupy-wall-street/

Armory show. My take-aways: William Leavitt, James Ensor, Amy...

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 08:44:10 -0500

Armory show. My take-aways: William Leavitt, James Ensor, Amy Cutler (I wasn’t able to find a link for the Cutler that’s at the show - worth a look)

Latest “American Power” Video - Movement #4

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 08:30:43 -0500

Latest “American Power” Video - Movement #4

MetroCard Magic

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:37:00 -0500

I was getting off the subway the other morning at 33rd street when I saw a woman in her late twenties approach. Armed with her white, single-ride MetroCard, she eyed the train that was still waiting in the station. She had the time, but did she have “it” — that MetroCard magic? Her quick swipe was greeted with a thud. “Oh no,” she said, wilting, her face crinkling with stress. She tried again, swiping slower, then faster. People behind were already turning up the heat. She didn’t have “it” — was it self-confidence, luck, or skill? Whatever it might be, it was sorely lacking, and now she was just flailing away, like a gambler stuffing her last quarters into a slot machine hoping for a reprieve.

I felt for her. I’ve been wondering too if I’ve lost my mojo.

In late November, two days after my wife died, I fell off a bicycle, completely tearing the ulnar collateral ligament in my left thumb. It was the end of a tough year, and it was only fitting that I was going to see the end of this year out with a cast on my left arm. I got myself to a good surgeon* who, two weeks later, operated and reattached the ligament. I was set up for recovery, 2012 was coming, but I still felt like I had a target on my back.

Now that the cast is off and I have regained some of the lost strength and flexibility in my thumb, I’m starting to feel a bit more confident. But unlike a thumb injury, the road map for recovery from grief seems less clear. It’s not a straight line kinda thing. Hope Edelman, in Motherless Daughters writes, “Mourning works like any series of cycles: One ends and a new one begins, slightly different from its predecessor, but with the same fundamental course.” I get that. Rather than proceed through the five stages of grief (denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance, Kubler-Ross) in an organized march, it feels more like a bee visiting flowers, it’s more improvisational (I can relate to that!): land over here on denial, now a visit to depression, back to denial, a little taste of anger. There may be no real end, no resolution..I’m OK with that.

But what about regaining my touch with the MetroCard? This is important! I never done it, but I compare the Metrocard swipe to walking on hot coals — it’s all about the attitude, the confidence with which you approach. Now, before I swipe, I visualize the happy, green “GO” circle, and it seems to be working.

At Canal Street two tourists were having trouble swiping. People were gathering, a train was approaching. A short, neatly dressed man counseled them through gate, “What message are you getting? Too slow, try it faster.” Nothing seemed to work. I was about to offer my own ideas when the gentleman motioned them to follow him. He led the two women to the emergency exit door where he calmly pushed it open, allowing them to walk through…that works too!

*Dr. Steven Beldner, Hand Surgery Center

New LP from Erik Friedlander with Deluxe Poster

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:07:47 -0500

Hi Everyone,

Photographer Mitch Epstein and I have collaborated on a new limited
edition LP entitled, American Power. The 500 hand-numbered albums are
signed by both of us, and feature 6 new solo cello compositions,
gate-fold artwork by Mitch Epstein, as well as a two-sided, 24x36 inch
poster of Epstein’s photographs and my handwritten score. Purchase of
the 180-gram, audiophile LP is accompanied by a free digital download
of the music. You can get your copy here

(http://erikf.hosted.phplist.com/lists/lt.php?id=N0gIBUVRSA5cBQ%3D%3D
)

Here is some background of the project:

In 2011, Mitch Epstein was awarded the Prix Pictet Photography Prize,
and was asked to create a presentation to celebrate the award in
Arles, France, in early July. In a Roman amphitheater in the center of
Arles, Friedlander and Epstein collaborated on a presentation of
music, narration, and photography. The success of the evening led to
the creation of this beautiful LP, a special chronicle of their
performance in Arles.

Mitch Epstein began work on American Power in 2003. The project was a
five-year long, twenty-five state investigation of energy production
and consumption in the United States, and how they had become manifest
in the country’s landscape and culture. The book was published in 2009
(Steidl).

The American Power LP

Suggested Retail: $45.00 USD

www.americanpowermusic.com
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My new sounds:

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:27:34 -0500

My new sounds:

Getting My "Motor" Back

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:26:26 -0500

I’ve been watching a whole lot of Battlestar Galactica and I’d just like to pause and say..what a cool show! However, watching 19 episodes in 12 days does not contribute (at least doesn’t directly contribute) to my getting my motor back. (speaking of getting nothing done because of BG, check out Portlandia on this topic: http://youtu.be/yYjLrJRuMnY)

If you watch a little football, which I’ve also been doing thanks to the Giants (a pattern developing here?), you may hear sportscaster or analysts talking of a particular players motor. It’s a term used to describe will power and persistence. A player with a good motor plays at a high level play after play, despite fatigue. I like this terminology, and it hit me the other day, I don’t have my motor back..and then I wondered for how long has it been…idling or stuck in park?

It occurred to me that I have been spending my energies for weeks leading up to my wife’s death, first attempting to keep the inevitable at bay while trying to maintain my wife’s spirits, my own sanity and my daughter’s outlook . Then I was managing the doctors, nurses, insurance, specialists, appointments as Lynn’s complications grew more severe, it’s a big undertaking. Then there was Lynn’s dying which is all so new and difficult. So, I suppose it’s no surprise I’m feeling like my motor isn’t running yet on all cylinders.

But slowly things are improving. A few days I ago I performed for the first time in 2 or 3 months and it felt good. Performing with Lucia Pulido was a blast - her singing comes from all the right places (heart and soul), and a duo we performed was moving for me. Then Saturday night, over at the Stone for an Improv Night, I had a few more glimmers of magic when I sat down with Ikue Mori and Anthony Coleman for an improv that was exceptional. Playing with these two amazing musicians, veterans of the Downtown scene was so much fun, and I felt again why I love music and why I’m so proud to be a part of the scene here in NYC.

Walking home from The Stone I was buzzed, feeling connected to spirit of the city. It was cold and slush was everywhere but people were out and being a part of just another Saturday night was kindling some optimism in me - I was feeling my motor.

Talking With My Wife

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:52:11 -0500

My wife left behind piles of notes: notes to herself, written in an illegible scrawl. Lynn was a writer and these notes pertain mostly to an unfinished memoir she was working on. I didn’t expect this, but looking over the notes, I find myself feeling that there is a possibility of discovery - almost like having new conversations with her. I see my name or my daughter’s name on a page, it jumps out at me, luring me in. It’s like one of those Nickolas Cage movies where he’s figuring out a secret code that unlocks a new meaning to the Constitution. I press on, only to find myself in a thicket of scrapes and lines, curves and dots. The hand writing is so bad that I am frustrated at every turn.

I’ve kept a bunch of notebooks, but have tossed a big pile. I’m thinking the pull to ‘continue’ our conversation might not be terribly healthy, at least in this way and over the long term. So, I’ll keep a few around in case I can figure out the code to unlock her handwriting, and let my other conversations with her be in my head and heart.

..looking back and looking ahead

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:37:37 -0500

As many of you know I lost my wife this past November. She died after a rough year of cancer treatments due to a recurrence of breast cancer. I started my mourning the day she died by heaving a huge breath, a sigh of relief, Lynn’s struggle was over. It’s not easy for a 54 year old person to die no matter how sick they are — dying is tough work and watching it happen can be brutal.

The day after her death I completely tore a ligament in the thumb of my left hand after falling off a bicycle - so I complicated an already difficult situation! The weeks that have followed have been odd. At first Lynn was everywhere, and yet nowhere, I couldn’t separate myself from her, and frankly, didn’t want to. Then there was the constant sensation that she would be calling any minute to let me know where she was and when she would be home.

Contrary to what seems to be conventional wisdom, I haven’t found the holidays to be particularly painful. There seems to be a constant flow of activities, family gatherings, sporting events, and general noise to distract my daughter and me. And, really, is everyone actually having such a great time now?! Rather, I’m dreading the return of January, with the long arm of winter just beginning and “normal” life taking over.

It hasn’t helped that I haven’t been able to play the cello. I’m already in a strange situation and to compound that, I can’t do what I usually do — something that defines me, at least partially. But I’m looking forward to getting out of this little hand cast I’ve been locked into for the last 2-3 weeks. I’m not sure what I’ll be able to do right away, but I’m sure I will at least get a start on the road to playing/performing again.

I will be back! There are two projects coming down the pike soon. I have an LP called “American Power” that is a collaboration with photographer Mitch Epstein. It will be shipping in mid January. Later, I’ll have an EP of remixes by Scott Solter who attacked 5 tracks from the original Broken Arm Trio CD and created a set of wild and beautiful electronic landscapes.

I look forward to 2012. Even with the pain I am carrying around right now there is opportunity to create. See you in ‘12 and Happy New Year!

Wednesday! Guy Klucevcek and The Bantam Orchestra

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:26:06 -0400

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 19, 8 PM at The Stone, Ave. C/2nd Street Guy
Klucevcek, accordion; Mary Rowell, violin; Erik Friedlander, cello;
with Pete Donovan on bass. Included will be music from _Flying
Veggies, Stolen Memories_ (Tzadik), and one piece from _Citrus, My
Love_ (recrec/swiss). GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN: NIGHT LIFE

GUY KLUCEVSEK

Oct. 19: The Sui-Generis Accordionist And Composer GUY KLUCEVSEK
reprises Several Works From The Nineties That He Recorded For The
Experimental Labels Tzadik And Xi. Klucevsek, A Sensitive And Tasteful
Virtuoso, Grew Up In The Coal Country Of Western Pennsylvania And
First Heard And Fell In Love With The Accordion As A Five-Year-Old,
When He Saw The Italian-American Dick Contino Play The Instrument On
Television. His Compositions Are Both Whimsical (He Will Be Performing
Selections From His 1991 Album, “Flying Vegetables Of The
Apocalypse”) And Deeply Moving, Especially In His Lyrical And
Hypnotic, Slow-Paced Pieces. Joining Him Here Will Be A Reformed
Version Of His Nineties Band, The Bantam Orchestra, Which Includes The
Violinist MARY ROWELL and The Stellar Downtown Cellist ERIK
FRIEDLANDER.

THE STONE [1] Avenue C at 2nd St. , New York, N.Y.
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Erik Friedlander's Bonebridge 9/27 8p

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 02:32:03 -0400

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