William Winant
William Winant is a very active percussionist from the San Francisco Bay Area. He is known in the classical world as an enthusiastic participant in avant-garde music, and also works in pop, rock, and jazz music. He has made more than 100 recordings in all genres.
Winant is a member of the faculties of the University of California's home in Berkeley and at its Santa Cruz campus. In addition, he teaches at Mills College in Oakland. Leading composers who have written for him include John Zorn, Lou Harrison, Terry Riley, Fred Frith, Somei Satoh, Wadada Leo Smith, John Cage, Alvin Curran, Gordon Mumma, and Alvin Lucier. The New York Times Critic's Choice for best contemporary recording of 1988 was his recording of Lou Harrison's La Koro Sutro on the New Albion label. One of his major projects was a collaboration between several avant-garde composers and the rock band Sonic Youth, named by The Village Voice as one of the best rock/classical fusion recordings ever made.
Major artists with which he has worked include Pierre Boulez, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Yo-Yo Ma, the Mark Morris Dance Group, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Anthony Braxton, Iannis Xenakis, Keith Jarrett, Frederic Rzewski, Ursula Oppens, and Cecil Taylor. Kronos String Quartet, and the avant-rock band Mr. Bungle. He appeared on the Danny Elfman's soundtrack as percussion soloist on Batman Returns, and also played with Elfman's former rock band Oingo Boingo.
He is a member of the John Zorn Chamber Ensemble, the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, Room, and Challenge. For ten years he was the percussionist of the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra and the timpanist of the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra for four years.
In March 2012, he, along with the James Fei Alto Saxophone Quartet, performed during a premiere concert of Roscoe Mitchell compositions at Mills College. That same year, he worked on Double Dupe Down with Zeena Parkins and Secret of Secrets with Aaron Novik.
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Discography
18 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Garland: The Basketweave Elegies
Klassiek - Released by Cold Blue Music on 10 feb. 2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Garland: Moon Viewing Music (Inscrutable Stillness Studies #1)
Klassiek - Released by Cold Blue Music on 16 feb. 2018
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Halcyon Days
William Winant, William Winant Percussion Group, Vicki Ray, Lisa Moore, Aron Kallay
Kamermuziek - Released by Cold Blue Music on 10 feb. 2023
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Ocean of Storms
Tania Chen, Henry Kaiser, Wadada Leo Smith, William Winant
Jazz - Released by Fractal Music on 20 jan. 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Zones of Influence
David Rosenboom, William Winant
Klassiek - Released by Pogus on 20 jun. 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Cage: The Ten Thousand Things
John Cage, Tom Peters, Vicki Ray, Aron Kallay, William Winant
Klassiek - Released by MicroFest Records on 16 sep. 2013
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
New Works by Frederic Rzewski
Frederic Rzewski, David Abel, Julie Steinberg, William Winant
Klassiek - Released by Music and Arts Programs of America on 1 jan. 1997
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Dancing on Water
Kamermuziek - Released by Cold Blue Music on 1 mei 2001
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Polansky: 4-Voice Canons
Kamermuziek - Released by Cold Blue Music on 1 nov. 2002
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Parkins, Rzewski & Tenney: Music for String Quartet & Percussion
The Eclipse Quartet, William Winant
Kamermuziek - Released by New World Records on 4 jun. 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Eleventh Hour
Arditti String Quartet, Fred Frith, Uwe Dierksen, William Winant
Jazz - Released by Winter & Winter on 21 feb. 2005
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
John Cage at Summerstage (na Not Applicable - John Cage - Chris Mann)
Joe Killian, John Cage, Joan La Barbara, Leonard Stein, William Winant
Vocale muziek (wereldlijk en religieus) - Released by Music and Arts Programs of America on 1 apr. 2011
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Megasonic Chapel
Tania Chen, Danielle DeGruttol, Henry Kaiser, Soo-Yeon Lyuh, William Winant
Azië - Released by Fractal Music on 17 jul. 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
In the Praise of Shadows
Chamberlain Zhang, William Winant
Alternative en Indie - Released by 9669 on 15 jan. 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Vermilion Traces; Donaueschingen 2009
Frank Gratkowski, Chris Brown, William Winant
Jazz - Released by LEO RECORDS on 1 okt. 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Lost to the City
Thurston Moore, Tom Surgal, William Winant
Jazz - Released by Intakt Records on 10 mrt. 2000
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Music for Harp
Dan Reiter, Tod Brody, Karen Gottlieb, Daniel Kennedy, William Winant
Kamermuziek - Released by Innova on 25 sep. 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Chris Brown: Iconicities
Klassiek - Released by New World Records on 1 sep. 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo