Phillip Bimstein
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| Gender | Male |
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| Industry | Arts |
| Location | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
| Introduction | Described by Outside Magazine as “America's only all-natural politician-composer,” Phillip Bimstein lives in Salt Lake City and Springdale, Utah, where he served two terms as mayor. A recipient of grants and awards from the NEA, Meet The Composer, American Composers Forum and Austria’s Prix Ars Electronica, Bimstein’s music has been performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, the Bang on a Can Festival, the Aspen Music Festival, London’s Royal Opera House, and on PBS and MTV. His first CD, Garland Hirschi's Cows, garnered rave reviews internationally in Stereo Review, Wired, Fanfare, Stereophile, and Schwann Opus. The New York Times wrote of his second CD, Larkin Gifford's Harmonica, "the irresistible charm of Mr. Bimstein’s music has less to do with technology than with his uncanny knack for finding the music of everyday life." Bimstein served as chair of the Utah Humanities Council and vice-president of the American Music Center in New York. Bimstein performs and writes for the chamber folk ensembles blue haiku and Red Rock Rondo. He teaches “Composing a Community” at the University of Utah. More info at: http://www.bimstein.com |
| Interests | Music, composing, dialogue, community, politics, philosophy, psychology and ... CATS! |