Peter Garland
Composer
Peter Garland is a composer, world traveler, musicologist, and writer whose music is informed by his well-traveled ear and intense personal vision, and since the early 1970s, his work has been marked by a return to a “radical consonance” and simplification of formal structure. Garland’s music have been commissioned, played and recorded by such noted performers as pianists Aki Takahashi, Herbert Henck, and Sarah Cahill; percussionist William Winant; accordionist Guy Klucevsek; and the ensembles Essential Music and Apartment House. A
longtime Cold Blue associate, Garland’s music has appeared on eight of the label’s releases.
“Garland’s music seems to be about the sheer expressive power of sound itself. . . . He is one of our true originals.” (Robert Carl, Fanfare magazine)
“[Garland] is an avatar of an experimental American tradition . . . a composer of mesmerizing music . . . the musical conscience of my generation.” (Kyle Gann, Chamber Music magazine)