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By Joseph Pfender, 31 May 2013

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Reviewed at Metropolitan Museum of Art, Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, New York City on 29 May 2013

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Ryuichi Sakamoto, Piano

Alva Noto, Electronics

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Joseph Pfender

Joseph Pfender, a PhD student in musicology at NYU, has active research interests in electroacoustic and multimedia performance, perceptual agency, music and folklore, and theorizing orchestration. He has presented work in conjunction with the Metropolitan Opera, and in Athens, Greece.