“Lectures” was initially composed in 2007 for a live performance in Warsaw, during a Cornelius Cardew music festival that was part of the series of events “Zakrzywienia Igły”, organized by Michał Libera. The original idea was to perform Cardew’s pieces but this later evolved towards an improvisation based on sounds appropriated from various Cardew recordings, complemented by additional instruments. With the help from Walter Cardew, the composer’s son, Kurek was also able to use unreleased recordings from lectures, performances and rehearsals conducted by Cardew, and recorded for private use. This release presents a further development of the pieces composed for the live performance, inspired by Cornelius Cardew and his lectures.

Piotr Kurek is a Polish composer and musician, working and living in Warsaw, born in 1978. Piotr Kurek studied classical piano and played drums but is most known from his activity in dance theatre and electronic music.

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The CD is now available directly from Crónica, through Boomkat or Zero Inch.