Flotation Device 2023-01-29 - Dai Fujikura interviewed

Dai Fujikura joins us in conversation for the February 2023 premiere of his Wavering Worlds with Seattle Symphony. His life journey from Osaka to London, his musical influences (which range from Darmstadt avant-gardists to Sibelius and the soundtrack to Alien 3), and his newest—improvisational—recording are among the topics covered in this interview with Flotation Device host Michael Schell.

Plus, we've got free improv from Portugal, France and New York, subversive opera from Iran, radical organ music from Austria and Alvin Lucier, and a sampling from the latest batch of John Zorn’s Bagatelles. We honor the centenary of beloved composer and teacher Ursula Mamlok, and the golden anniversaries of Elliott Carter’s formidable Third String Quartet and Ornette Coleman’s lone foray into North African cross-culturalism. Extraordinary music for extraordinary listeners, originally aired January 22, 2023.

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