William Winant is a percussionist. Percussion instruments are music instruments played by being struck, shaken, rubbed or scraped, hence the percussive name. ...
William Winant is an extremely virtuosic and highly regarded Percussionist. In addition to Contemporary Classical Music, he has also performed and recorded with a variety of musicians and composers including Glenn Spearman, Thurston Moore, Sonic Youth, Mr. Bungle, and is a well-regarded performer of Lou Harrison's music. He has also frequently collaborated with John Zorn. Thurston Moore Thurston Joseph Moore (July 25, 1958 – ) is an American musician, probably best known as a singer and guitarist for Sonic Youth. ... Sonic Youth is a rock group formed in New York City in 1981. ... Mr. ... Lou Silver Harrison (May 14, 1917 - February 2, 2003) was an American composer. ... John Zorn (born September 2, 1953 in New York City) is a American composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist. ...
WilliamWinant, "one of the best avant-garde percussionists working today" according to Mark Swed of The Los Angeles Times, has collaborated with some of the most inovative and creative musicians of our time, including John Cage, Iannis Xenakis, Keith Jarrett,
Many important composers have written works for him, including John Cage, Lou Harrison, John Zorn, Peter Garland, Alvin Curran, Chris Brown, Gordon Mumma, Alvin Lucier, Terry Riley, Fred Frith, Somei Satoh, and Leo Wadada Smith.
Winant has performed as a guest artist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under the direction of Pierre Boulez; the San Francisco Symphony (with the
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