Ives Ensemble honors Morton Feldman's final piece Piano, violin, viola, cello

By Rutger Muller, 21 November 2011

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Reviewed at Felix Meritis, Amsterdam on 15 November 2011

Feldman, Piano, violin, viola, cello

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Rutger Muller

A masters student in music technology from Amsterdam, Rutger searched for peculiarly beautiful sounds in experimental electronic music, and later learned to appreciate the acoustic sounds of contemporary classic music. He's always on the look-out for new music that can instantly captivate him.