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Biography
Annie Gosfield, whom the BBC called "A one woman Hadron collider" works on the boundaries
between notated and improvised music, electronic and acoustic sounds, refined timbres and
noise. She is based in New York City, and her music is often inspired by the inherent beauty of
found sounds, such as machines, destroyed pianos, warped 78 rpm records and detuned radios.
She composes for others and performs with her own band, taking her music on a path through
festivals, factories, clubs, art spaces, and concert halls. Gosfield was a 2012 fellow at the
American Academy in Berlin, and received the Foundation for Contemporary Arts prestigious
“Grants to Artists” award. Dedicated to bringing out the unique qualities of each musician, her
music has been performed worldwide by the JACK Quartet, Stephen Gosling, Felix Fan, Joan
Jeanrenaud, The Bang on a Can Allstars and many others, at Warsaw Autumn, the Bang on a Can
Marathon, MATA, MaerzMusik, the Venice Biennale, OtherMinds, Lincoln Center, The Stone,
The Miller Theatre, and The Kitchen. Annie’s latest Tzadik CD “Almost Truths and Open
Deceptions” features a cello concerto, a piece for piano and broken shortwave radio, a 5-minute
blast by her band, and music inspired by baseball and warped 78‘s. Recent large-scale pieces
include compositions inspired by factory environments, jammed radio signals from WWII, and
her grandparents’ immigrant experiences in New York City during the industrial revolution.
Gosfield’s discography includes four solo releases on the Tzadik label, and she often writes on
the compositional process for the New York Times’ series “The Score.” She held the Darius
Milhaud chair of composition at Mills College, and has taught at Princeton University and
California Institute of the Arts.
OPERA America/Opera.ca Grants Awarded
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| GRANT NAME | YEAR | Opera Grants for Women Composers: Discovery Grants | 2023 |
Productions
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