On September 16th, American minimalist composer and musician Jon Gibson will be performing his masterpiece ‘Visitations’ at Rewire x Korzo. As a founding member, Gibson also has been performing in the Philip Glass Ensemble for the past 45 years. Bomb Magazine interviewed Jon Gibson about his personal work, shortly before his concertat National Sawdust festival in New York.
“Whether you’re drawing a straight line or zig-zagging through the history of American Minimalist music, there is one person you’re bound to meet. Jon Gibson is a New York-based composer and performer with an encyclopedic list of collaborators, including Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Arthur Russell, and Terry Riley. Gibson’s own work evokes a sense of uncharted exoticism that invites the listener to spin the compass and follow. His phrasing and textures float like smoke in the air—boundless, serpentine, and weightless.”
Read the complete feature here.