Talking Drums


https://www.harvestworks.org/june-28-talking-drums-by-sergio-krakowski/

“Talking Drums” is a 20 minute composition for percussion, text and electronics that investigates musical rhythm and language. Using technology developed for his PhD in Computer Music, Krakowski creates video projections of speech and music that are controlled by percussion through a real time dialogue between percussionist and computer. “Talking Drums” was commissioned by Harvestworks with funding from the NY State Council of the Arts and presented in a myriad of stages such as The Guggenheim Museum of Bilbao, Drom – NYC, (Le) Poisson Rouge – NYC, Oi Futuro – Rio de Janeiro, and at the Museum of Moving Image – Queens – NYC, as part of the NY Electronic Art Festival 2015.

https://www.harvestworks.org/june-28-talking-drums-by-sergio-krakowski/ Born on December 18th 1979, Krakowski has dedicated his whole life to the Pandeiro, also known as the Brazilian Tambourine. A complete “hand drum kit”, this instrument has always been considered a symbol of Brazilian Music and Culture. Crossing whatever national and cultural barrier, Krakowski made this instrument a possible tool in various musical genres, from the Choro, the fundament of Brazilian Music, to Jazz, Contemporary and Electronic Music.