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John King, composer

JOHN KING, composer, guitarist and violist, has received commissions from the Kronos Quartet; Red {an orchestra}, Ethel; the Albany Symphony/”Dogs of Desire”, Bang On A Can All-Stars; Mannheim Ballet; New York City Ballet/Diamond Project, Stuttgart Ballet, Ballets de Monte Carlo; as well as the Merce Cunningham Dance Co. His string quartets have also been performed by the Eclipse Quartet (LA) and the Mondriaan Quartet (Amsterdam). His quartet “Crucible” has premiered many of his compositions at The Stone (June 2007) and The Kitchen (April 2009). He has written 3 operas: “Herzstück/heartpiece”, based on the text of Heiner Müller, premiered at the 1999 Warsaw Autumn Festival and presented at the Kitchen NYC in 2000; “la belle captive” based on texts by Alain Robbe-Grillet, premiered at Teatro Colon/CETC in Buenos Aires in 2003, and toured to London’s ICA (Fronteras Festival) in 2004 and The Kitchen in 2005; and also his most recent opera, “Dice Thrown”, based on the Stéphane Mallarmé poem, an excerpt of which was performed by New York City Opera as part of its VOX series in May 2008. He has 2 recent CD releases of music for string quartet; “AllSteel” (Tzadik) and “Ethel” (Cantaloupe)

Interview: John King

November 4, 2010

Guitarist and violist John King has composed music for opera, theater, orchestras, chamber ensembles, rock bands, dance and film, and was Music Curator at New York City's The Kitchen from 1999-2003. He has received commissions from the Kronos Quartet, Ethel, Bang On A Can All-Stars, Mannheim Ballet, New York City Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, the Ballets de ...

John King "10 Mysteries" CD Release at Roulette May 15

May 7, 2010

String quartet Crucible (Cornelius Dufallo and Chris Otto, violins; John King, viola; and Alex Waterman, cello) will perform music from composer John King's new CD “10 Mysteries" at NYC's Roulette on Saturday, May 15, 2010 at 8:30 pm. Roulette is located at 20 Greene Street, NYC, between Canal and Grand. Tickets are $15/$10 and can be ...

10 Mysteries

By John King, composer

Label: Tzadik
Released: 2009