Downtown New York: A Tribute To Julius Eastman

In 1990, American composer Julius Eastman died an inglorious death. Twenty years earlier, he was one of the figureheads of New York's downtown music scene and his ground-breaking and often provocative compositions ushered in post-minimalism. As a black gay man, Eastman made his life the subject of his art. Pianist and Eastman connoisseur Daan Vandewalle was commissioned by DE SINGEL to create a full-evening spectacle as a tribute to this genius composer. He is joined by flutist Petr Kotik and pianist Joe Kubera - both friends of Eastman in the 1970s -, soprano Lieselot De Wilde, countertenor Arturo den Hertog, pianist Djuwa Mroivili and members of the legendary S.E.M Ensemble from New York.