EVAN ZIPORYN
Airplane Ears Music
EVAN ZIPORYN
Description: Ziporyn started the Ambient Orchestra in 2016 to create living orchestral versions of great ambient recordings: Fripp, Eno, Terry Riley, etc. David Bowie’s untimely death impelled him to launch the ensemble with two tributes to this seminal figure. “We wanted to do something NOW, in the present moment, while our thoughts and feelings about David Bowie and what he represents are still all too present. Brian Eno defined ambient music as ‘an atmosphere, a surrounding influence, a tint…pieces for particular t
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Evan Ziporyn founded AMBIENT ORCHESTRA in January 2016 as a People’s Orchestra for the 21st Century. Our repertoire is the 'hidden-in-plain-sight' recorded masterworks of ambient music, electronica, progressive rock, fusion jazz, and world music. We seek to transform this treasure trove of beloved recorded repertoire into large-ensemble, live human performance, to help audiences connect to the intensity - and necessity - of the orchestral idiom.
The Ambient Orchestra is the brainchild of Artistic Director Evan Ziporyn, who arranges for and conducts the ensemble. Ziporyn, having done award-winning arrangements for Bang on a Can ( Brian Eno ’s Music for Airports ), YoYo Ma’s Silkroad Ensemble (the Grammy-award winning Sing Me Home and the soundtrack for Ken Burns / Lynn Novick ’s documentary The Vietnam War ), and Maya Beiser ( Uncovered ), launched the orchestra in the wake of David Bowie ’s untimely death in January 2016. Said Ziporyn, “We wanted t
EVAN ZIPORYN
Airplane Ears Music
EVAN ZIPORYN