Eyvind Kang

Eyvindur (Eyvind) Kang (born 23 June 1971 in Corvallis, Oregon, United States) is a composer and violist. He was raised in Canada and the United States, and has since lived and worked in countries ranging from Italy to Iceland.

Biography

A recurring theme in his solo work is the "NADE", the meaning of which Kang is not willing to disclose. Referring titles include "Theme from the first NADE", "5th NADE/Invisible Man", "Theme from the sixth NADE" (all three from the debut album 7 NADEs, 1996); "Jewel of the NADE", "Mystic NADE" (both from Theater of Mineral NADEs, 1998) and "Harbour of the NADE" (Virginal Co-ordinates, 2003). His preferred instrument is the viola.

In 2014 Kang visited Vossajazz in western Norway, for a gig with Bill Frisell's trio Beautiful Dreamers, including with drummer Rudy Royston, for the opening consert. During the consert Norwegian trumpeter Arve Henriksen joined in for a tune.

Discography

Solo albums

Nades

Nades is a commune in the Allier department in the Auvergne region in central France.

Population

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7 NADEs

7 NADEs is the debut album by violinist/multi-instrumentalist Eyvind Kang which was released in 1996 on John Zorn's Tzadik Records as part of the Composer Series.

Reception

Allmusic music critic Stacia Proefrock wrote "In a world where almost no sound exists in a pure space without distraction, this combination of thematically distant musical bits does seem to make sense, but it inhibits his ability to set an overall tone for the work. Occasionally beautiful or beautifully painful, this album nonetheless suffers from its randomness."

Track listing

All compositions by Eyvind Kang

Personnel

Nadeș

Nadeş (Hungarian: Szásznádas, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈsaːsnaːdɒʃ]; German: Nadesch) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Măgheruș (Küküllőmagyarós), Nadeș, Pipea (Pipe) and Țigmandru (Cikmántor).

Coordinates: 46°19′17″N 24°43′09″E / 46.32139°N 24.71917°E / 46.32139; 24.71917

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