Eve Beglarian (born

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, U.S., July 22, 1958) is a contemporary American

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, performer and audio producer of

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descent. Her music is often characterized as

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.Woodard, Josef
"A Bird’s Eye, a Wonderer’s Ear"
. Liner note essay.

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, the

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All-Stars, The

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, The California EAR Unit, The Orchestra of St. Luke's, Relâche, The

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Ensemble, Sequitur, and The

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, among many others. She received a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Robert Rauschenberg Award (2015).

Discography

Albums

*''Overstepping'' (1998) *''Tell the Birds'' (2006)

Collaborations

*''Dream Cum Go Down'' - Eve Beglarian and Juliana Luecking (1995) *''Dancing in Place'' - Elizabeth Panzer (1999) *'' Play Nice'' - Twisted Tutu (1999) *'' Almost Human (Beiser)'' -

Maya Beiser Maya Beiser (born 31 December 1963) is an American musician, cellist, performing artist and Record producer, producer who lives in New York City. Beiser was raised on a kibbutz in Israel by her France, French mother and Argentina, Argentine father ...

(2007)

Compilations

*''Lesbian American Composers'' (1998) *''Emergency Music'' (1998) *''Messiah Remix'' (2004) *''To Have and to Hold'' (2007) *''

60x60 60x60 is a collection of 60 electroacoustic or acousmatic works from 60 different composers/artists, each work 60 seconds or less in duration. 60x60 project showcases sixty new works, each sixty seconds or less, by sixty composers in a continuo ...

(2004-2005)'' (2007) *''Ceci n'est pas une guitare'' (

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, 2007) *''Electric Creatures'' ( Sussidiaria, 2018)

References

External links

Composer Finds a Muse in the Mississippi (The New York Times)EVBVD Music: Eve Beglarian
by

Kyle Gann Kyle Eugene Gann (born November 21, 1955, in Dallas, Texas) is an American composer, professor of music, critic, analyst, and musicologist who has worked primarily in the New York City area. As a music critic for ''The Village Voice'' (from 1986 ...

Podcast interview on MikeyPod
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