Second Inversion Interview on the Prepared Piano

Photo Credit: Maggie Molloy
Photo Credit: Maggie Molloy

 

KingFM’s modern classical music service, Second Inversion, just published a really nice interview with me about my upcoming Cage recitals.

The avant-garde and always-iconoclastic composer John Cage threw a wrench in the Western music tradition when he invented the prepared piano in 1940. Well, maybe not a wrench per se—but an eclectic assortment of hardware supplies, nonetheless.
Suffice it to say, it’s not so easy to get your hands on a prepared piano. And so, me being the unabashedly nerdy Cage fan that I am, I jumped at the opportunity to drop by to Myer’s piano studio and experience Cage’s prepared piano live, in-person. Myers was kind enough to let me try my hand at the prepared piano, and to answer some of my burning questions about his upcoming performances… Read More