thumb|350px|alt=alt text|charles amirkhanian charles amirkhanian (born january 19, 1945; fresno, california) is an american composer. he is a percussionist, sound poet, and radio producer of armenian extraction. he is mostly known for his electroacoustic and text-sound music. performance artist laurie anderson praises his work: "the art of audio collage has been reinvented here...a brilliant sense of imaginary space."listing for starkland cd == career == amirkhanian was music director of pacifica radio's kpfa-fm in berkeley, california from 1969 to 1992, and he co-directed the telluride instituteâs composer to composer festival in telluride, colorado between 1988 and 1991. he is the executive director and artistic director of the other minds music festival in san francisco, which he co-founded with jim newman in 1992. he has played a key role in recording and championing the work of conlon nancarrow and george antheil, among others.[grove dictionary of music and musicians (oxford university press, 2004)] in 1984, the american music center awarded him its letter of distinction for service to american composers through his work at kpfa fm in berkeley, california. this was followed in 2005 by another for his co-founding and directing the other minds festival in san francisco, california.american music center awards from ascap in 1989 he received the deems taylor award, also for service to american composers. as a composer he was awarded a grant in 1997 from the foundation for contemporary arts in new york city. in 2009, chamber music america and ascap honored him for his adventurous programming of contemporary music with other minds.ascap award 2009 == discography == * 10+2: 12 american text-sound pieces (1975). 1750 arch records s-1752 (lp) reissued in 2003 on other minds/cd 1006-2 compilation which includes amirkhanian's 'just (1972)' and 'heavy aspirations (1973) * lexical music (1979). 1750 arch records s-1779 (lp) * polipoetry issues numero 3: american sound poetry (1983). 3vitre â em 00383 (limited edition 7" lp) compilation containing amirkhanian's 'the putts' * mental radio: nine text-sound compositions (1985). cri-sd 523 (lp); reissued in 2009 on new world records nwcrl 523 (cd) * perspectives of new music pnm 26 (1988). compilation cd accompanying volume 26 issue of perspectives of new music magazine. contains: pas de voix (portrait of samuel beckett) * walking tune (1998). starkland st-206. "one of the year's 20 best cds," according to the electronic music foundation. == parti
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