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01 May 2026
In Focus: Alvin Lucier
Focus on Alvin Lucier
Working since the 1960s, composer Alvin Lucier eschewed traditional musical theory and embraced technology to tease out the natural "music" latent in the physical world around us. He produced sound art with unusual mediums: echo-location tappers, magnets and wires, and even his own brain. Even when engaging with the usual repertoire of the orchestra, his approach remained doggedly unconventional.
Lucier passed away in 2021, aged 90, leaving behind an enormous legacy that reshaped the way we think about composition, performance, and music itself.
Photo: Kris Serafin
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- Alvin LucierMusic For Solo Performer
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- Alvin LucierMusic On A Long Thin Wire
- Alvin LucierThe Duke Of York
- ExcerptAlvin Lucier On A Lifetime Of Experiments
- Alvin LucierCriss Cross (2013)
- Alvin LucierVespers
- Alvin LucierSunlight Diamond
- Alvin LucierI Am Sitting In A Room
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- Alvin Lucier40 Rooms
- Alvin LucierSferics
- Alvin Lucier, Matthias KaulThe Sacred Fox
- Alvin LucierViolin Solo, Conrad Harris
- Alvin LucierClarinet
- Alvin Lucier(Middletown) Memory Space
- ExcerptEvan Ziporyn Interviews Minimalist Composer Alvin Lucier, 2014
- ExcerptAlvin Lucier On A Lifetime Of Experiments
- Alvin Lucier, Matthias KaulDistant Drums
- ExcerptAlvin Lucier On A Lifetime Of Experiments
- Alvin LucierMusic For Piano With Magnetic Strings