Ron Nagorcka
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Ron Nagorcka is an Australian composer
, didjeridu and keyboard
player. Nagorcka has been an important figure in the Australian experimental music scene for some 40 years. Since 1988 he has been living in Tasmania
, and creating a large body of works for sampled bird and animal sounds, conventional instruments, and didjeridu, in large part using complex just intonation systems.
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, didjeridu and keyboard
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
player. Nagorcka has been an important figure in the Australian experimental music scene for some 40 years. Since 1988 he has been living in Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
, and creating a large body of works for sampled bird and animal sounds, conventional instruments, and didjeridu, in large part using complex just intonation systems.
External links
- Ron Nagorcka's website
- Biography of Ron Nagorcka at the Australian Music Centre
- John Jenkins, "Ron Nagorcka", Twenty-two Contemporary Australian Composers, Chapter 17, NMA Publications, Melbourne, 1988.