Recorded at Prudence Myer Studio, Ian Potter Southbank Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, August 18, 2023
World Premiere Performance at Chapter House, Narrm/Melbourne, August 17, 2023
Artistic Director: Tina Stefanou
Recording and mixing: Alistair McLean
Mastering: Magnus Lindberg
Score Reader: Tom Stewart-Toner
Original design: Design Rows
Layout: Simon J. Karis
Photography: Sarah Walker
The Horror of the Avant-Garde(s) is a concerto for piano (Marc Hannaford) and percussion (Satoshi Takeishi) soloists and 13 players that far exceeds the expectations of the genre. Integrating several modes of improvisation within a fully structured framework and a polystylistic musical language, the work was premiered in Melbourne in an interdisciplinary presentation, incorporating butoh dance theatre, visual art, and culinary "horrors.