ÓBIDOS – July 20, 1985 Remember how I said southern Portuguese doesn’t sound like it reads? Óbidos is pronounced “HO-beech.” The “H” is a gutteral “CH sound as in “Bach.” Only the people who live in the area pronounce it this way; the attaché at the Embassy didn’t. When our English-speaking driver Carlos (KAR-loosh!) picked us up at the train station and… Read more →
Author: Joseph Bertolozzi
#2 of 7 – BERTOLOZZI 1985 STATE DEPT CONCERT TOUR OF PORTUGAL
LISBON My wife Sheila accompanied me on this tour as page turner/assistant for the concerts as she had in 1982’s European tour. We landed and went to our hotel. Though the whole itinerary was arranged from train tickets, buses, connections, lodging, ground transport, etc., we had to make a connection with the Embassy first. Asking for directions was a little daunting.… Read more →
#1 of 7 – BERTOLOZZI 1985 STATE DEPT CONCERT TOUR OF PORTUGAL,
A 30th ANNIVERSARY RETROSPECTIVE OF JOSEPH BERTOLOZZI’S ORGAN CONCERT TOUR OF PORTUGAL FOR THE US STATE DEPARTMENT – 1985-2015 When you play the organ, you usually don’t own your own instrument. You have to go somewhere to play and even to practice. So it’s natural to go out and try better and better instruments. It can lead one to the great cathedrals and concert halls… Read more →
BRIDGE/TOWER MUSIC DOCUMENTARY VIEWING TONITE
The first viewing of NOISEMAKERS, a documentary about composers working in experimental forms will be tonite, Thursday May 14 at 7pm on the State University of NY at New Paltz campus in Lecture Center 102. The showing is free and open to the public. Directed by Kevin O’Connor it features a segment on both Bridge Music and Tower Music. I personally cannot attend… Read more →
FIRST MIXES OF TOWER MUSIC
I am going to the studio today where the sound engineer, Paul Kozel, is doing the preliminary mixes of “Musique de la Tour.” You may remember Paul as the lead audio engineer on the Eiffel Tower with me. Here we are back at the Paris apartment in 2013 discussing the day’s recording sessions. Read more →
THE NEXT BRIDGE MUSIC DOCUMENTARY
Bridge Music apears in a senior thesis film about experimental music from the State University of NY at New Paltz. Here’s the film crew in my home in front of The Bronze Collection on March 26, 2015: Kevin O’Connor, Shia, Joseph Bertolozzi, Dante Corrocher, Lauren. If there is a public screening I’ll post the details. Keep track of Tower Music on… Read more →
BRIDGE MUSIC BEGINS ITS SIXTH SEASON
Starting today, composer Joseph Bertolozzi’s Bridge Music is back on the tower landings of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Mid-Hudson Bridge and available for the public to enjoy along with the majestic views of the Hudson River. “The Bridge Authority is proud to be able to host this unique and groundbreaking musical composition for a 6th year,” Bridge Authority Executive Director Joseph… Read more →
BERTOLOZZI TO LECTURE ON TOWER MUSIC AT CLARK UNIVERSITY
Joseph Bertolozzi will lecture on #TowerMusic at Clark University‘s 2015 Dialogue Symposium, Monday, March 16 @ 7pm in the Higgins Lounge at Dana Commons. He will describe sampling and playing the Eiffel Tower, one of the world’s most famous monuments, the music he created, and the possibilities of playing the world around us. Co-sponsored by the Higgins School of Humanities… Read more →
TOWER MUSIC ALBUM CURRENTLY IN THE MIX
The #TowerMusic album is currently being mixed in preparation for commercial release. It’s been a long process and this stage will take awhile too; this project has so many unknowns and variables but the wait will be worth it…see the inspiration flowing out of my head in the pic below? Read more →
DOCUMENTARY FEATURING BRIDGE/TOWER MUSIC WINS AWARD
The SOUNDHUNTERS documentary, featuring both Bridge Music and Tower Music / Musique de la Tour, as well as the work of Jean-Michel Jarre and others, won the “FIPA d’Or” award for best trans-media documentary at this French festival. It will be released on European TV later this year. Will let you know if/when it airs in USA. https://www.facebook.com/festival.FIPA/photos/a.10152015538524902.1073741826.90262629901/10152882705644902/?type=1&fref=nf Read more →