My memory was faulty -- the obits were in French and Romanian

http://tinyurl.com/4aus4t

from the Silence list.... ("Richard Friedman" )

This is depressing. I interviewed him about 20 years ago for KPFA, and
have presented some of his recorded music occasionally on the
radio. He was a strange person. (Some one used "bizarre" once, in
French). But his music was quite exacting. In our interview (I wonder
if I can find it) he seemed very taken by the fact that we were born
on the same day (Jan 6 in NYC would have been Jan 7 in Europe), but
two years earlier. This seemed to create a sort of bond between us in
his mind that somehow escaped me. Perhaps something lost in
translation. His English was not that good, and my French
embarrassingly poor.

Over the years he did manage to send me (or have his publisher send
me) new recordings of his work, which always impressed me in their
extra-musical construction ... details that without explanation would
certainly not be perceived merely by listening.

Clearly, his ears were indeed larger than anyone else's.

This is sad, because he never got the recognition he sought. The
reason I was able to interview him so long ago was that he had been
sent to San Francisco to try to convince the S.F. Symphony to play his
music. That mission failed.

Extremely sad.


On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 6:43 AM, Rod Stasick  wrote:

> Very sad and too young at only 66.  I could only find a French and
> Romanian mention, but English obits may soon be available:
> http://tinyurl.com/4aus4t If you are unfamiliar with this composer,
> you can check here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatiu_Radulescu

==John ffitch

Hopefully he will gain recognition, even if too late. I would love to  
see that interview if you could find it.

Young indeed, apparently it was a case of cancer which seemed to be  
under control.

He was a true explorer...

Peiman




On 30 Sep 2008, at 10:50, jpff wrote:

> My memory was faulty -- the obits were in French and Romanian
>
> http://tinyurl.com/4aus4t
>
> from the Silence list.... ("Richard Friedman" )
>
> This is depressing. I interviewed him about 20 years ago for KPFA, and
> have presented some of his recorded music occasionally on the
> radio. He was a strange person. (Some one used "bizarre" once, in
> French). But his music was quite exacting. In our interview (I wonder
> if I can find it) he seemed very taken by the fact that we were born
> on the same day (Jan 6 in NYC would have been Jan 7 in Europe), but
> two years earlier. This seemed to create a sort of bond between us in
> his mind that somehow escaped me. Perhaps something lost in
> translation. His English was not that good, and my French
> embarrassingly poor.
>
> Over the years he did manage to send me (or have his publisher send
> me) new recordings of his work, which always impressed me in their
> extra-musical construction ... details that without explanation would
> certainly not be perceived merely by listening.
>
> Clearly, his ears were indeed larger than anyone else's.
>
> This is sad, because he never got the recognition he sought. The
> reason I was able to interview him so long ago was that he had been
> sent to San Francisco to try to convince the S.F. Symphony to play his
> music. That mission failed.
>
> Extremely sad.
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 6:43 AM, Rod Stasick  wrote:
>
>> Very sad and too young at only 66.  I could only find a French and
>> Romanian mention, but English obits may soon be available:
>> http://tinyurl.com/4aus4t If you are unfamiliar with this composer,
>> you can check here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatiu_Radulescu
>
> ==John ffitch
>
>
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A very interesting interview here that I read a few month ago.

http://www.paristransatlantic.com/magazine/interviews/radulescu.html

Peiman

On 30 Sep 2008, at 10:50, jpff wrote:

> My memory was faulty -- the obits were in French and Romanian
>
> http://tinyurl.com/4aus4t
>
> from the Silence list.... ("Richard Friedman" )
>
> This is depressing. I interviewed him about 20 years ago for KPFA, and
> have presented some of his recorded music occasionally on the
> radio. He was a strange person. (Some one used "bizarre" once, in
> French). But his music was quite exacting. In our interview (I wonder
> if I can find it) he seemed very taken by the fact that we were born
> on the same day (Jan 6 in NYC would have been Jan 7 in Europe), but
> two years earlier. This seemed to create a sort of bond between us in
> his mind that somehow escaped me. Perhaps something lost in
> translation. His English was not that good, and my French
> embarrassingly poor.
>
> Over the years he did manage to send me (or have his publisher send
> me) new recordings of his work, which always impressed me in their
> extra-musical construction ... details that without explanation would
> certainly not be perceived merely by listening.
>
> Clearly, his ears were indeed larger than anyone else's.
>
> This is sad, because he never got the recognition he sought. The
> reason I was able to interview him so long ago was that he had been
> sent to San Francisco to try to convince the S.F. Symphony to play his
> music. That mission failed.
>
> Extremely sad.
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 6:43 AM, Rod Stasick  wrote:
>
>> Very sad and too young at only 66.  I could only find a French and
>> Romanian mention, but English obits may soon be available:
>> http://tinyurl.com/4aus4t If you are unfamiliar with this composer,
>> you can check here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatiu_Radulescu
>
> ==John ffitch
>
>
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