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Composers » O » John Oswald (1953)
- Residence: Toronto, ON, Canada
A recent Governor General Award Media Arts Laureate, Ars Electronica Digital Musics and Untitled Arts Award winner, as well as the fourth inductee into the CBC Alternative Walk of Fame, John Oswald has also been nominated to third place in a list of the most internationally influential Canadian musicians, tied with Celine Dion. The BBC Scottish Orchestra, recently performed a retrospective of his concert works. He is currently preparing visual and sound installations, including A Time To Hear For Here, a permanent aural environment for the new Royal Ontario Museum Crystal, and a series of videos for Canada’s largest LED screen, while continuing to develop withinstandstillnessence, a large-scale chronophotic light fresco. He also continues to improvise music and dance regularly.
[CEC / Concordia Archival Project (CAP), 2008]
List of Works
- Bell Speeds — John Oswald
- Don’t (2:54 / 1988) — John Oswald
- Pocket (3:22 / 1988) — John Oswald
- Pretender (2:46 / 1988) — John Oswald
- Spring (3:42 / 1988) — John Oswald