Composer John Cage was also a philosopher, a writer, and a printmaker, among other things, and a leading figure of the post-war avant-garde in America. He is considered the most influential American composer of the 20th Century. His composition teachers included Henry Cowell (1933) and Arnold Schoenberg (1933-35). In 1937, he formed a percussion orchestra in Seattle, something he did later in San Francisco, Chicago and New York, where he finally established himself in 1942. He was instrumental in the development of modern dance, and worked for a long time as the musical director of the Merce Cunningham Company. He worked as well in the visual art field, in particular with Jasper Johns.
John Cage was a restless explorer and an innovator, always looking for new sounds. He invented the “prepared piano” (a piano with its sound altered by placing various objects in the strings) and used many uncommon instruments (such as tin cans or blenders); he very soon included electric and electronic sounds in his compositions, and gave the notion of silence in music a completely new meaning by composing a work (4’33”), in 1952, where the three movements are performed without a single note being played. His compositional techniques are based upon chance and the non-intentionality of the creator, thus giving the musicians a great freedom for interpretation.
His artistic thought made a big impact on contemporary music: his studies of Indian philosophy and Zen Buddhism encouraged him to completely dismiss the dogmatism of Western rationality. Many observers assert that Cage was more of a creator (in the wide acceptation on the word) than a traditional composer.
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Los Angeles (California, USA), 1912 – New York City (New York, USA), 1992
20
Octo 2020
7:00 pm
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Cancelled
ArnoldCage |
Quebec City (Québec)
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20
June 2020
10:00 pm
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Cancelled
CageMillerSokolović |
Snape Bridge (UK)
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5
May 2018
8:00 pm
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Cage |
Toronto (Ontario, Canada)
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30
Apri 2018
7:00 pm
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Série QB
CageDicksonFujiiHoshiyaJamiesonKondo |
Montréal (Québec)
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21
Janu 2018
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
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AperghisBouchardBoudreauCageCompagneDeromeEvangelistaGougeonHétuJulien-RobertLaporteMartinMorinNormandeauOesterleSarkissianToninatoVivierXenakis |
Free admission
Montréal (Québec)
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28
Octo 2016
2:00 pm
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CageFeldmanFerneyhoughIvesOesterleStravinskyWebern |
Free admission
Aberdeen (Scotland, UK)
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23
Apri 2016
8:30 pm
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Cage |
Wevelgem (Belgium)
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24
Nove 2015
7:00 pm
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Cage |
Borås (Sweden)
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6
Marc 2015
8:00 pm
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ButterfieldCageTenneyUnderhill |
Kingston (Ontario, Canada)
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26
Febr 2015
7:00 pm
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BoscBoudreauBrégentBreuleuxCageLebrat |
Montréal (Québec)
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16
Dece 2014
5:00 pm
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ArnoldCage |
Free admission
Montréal (Québec)
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5
Sept 2014
7:00 pm
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CageHoshiyaKondoOesterleVivierWatanabe |
Tokyo (Japan)
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7
June 2014
7:30 pm
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CageClementiScelsiSciarrino |
Edmonton (Alberta, Canada)
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28
May 2014
8:00 pm
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CageClementiScelsiSciarrino |
Toronto (Ontario, Canada)
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22
Apri 2014
8:00 pm
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Série QB
Cage |
Montréal (Québec)
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22
Febr 2014
1:00 pm
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CageMolitorTenney |
Bristol (England, UK)
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1
Febr 2014
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CageClementiThórarinssonWalshe |
Reykjavík (Iceland)
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28
June 2013
9:00 pm
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Cage |
Harrington (Québec)
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16
Nove 2012
8:00 pm
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Cage |
Graz (Austria)
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9
Sept 2012
4:00 pm
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CageFeldmanFrey |
Borås (Sweden)
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5
Sept 2012
7:00 pm
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Série QB
Cage |
Free admission
Montréal (Québec)
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24
Augu 2012
8:30 pm
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Cage |
Montréal (Québec)
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11
Augu 2012
2:30 pm
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Cage |
Workshop
North Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada)
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29
July 2012
11:00 am
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CageFeldmanMiller |
Ottawa (Ontario, Canada)
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15
Marc 2011
8:00 pm
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CageTenneyWolffZimmermann |
Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada)
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10
Marc 2011
8:00 pm
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CageTenneyWolffZimmermann |
Victoria (British Columbia, Canada)
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25
Febr 2011
9:00 pm
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Cage |
Montréal (Québec)
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7
Octo 2010
8:00 pm
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Série QB
CageTenneyWolffZimmermann |
Montréal (Québec)
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22
June 2010
8:00 pm
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BozziniBozziniCageDelbecqMarchandMerkel |
Montréal (Québec)
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28
Marc 2009
4:00 pm
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CageTenneyWolffZimmermann |
Berlin (Germany)
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25
Marc 2009
8:00 pm
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CageStieblerZimmermann |
Brno (Czech Republic)
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18
Marc 2009
9:00 pm
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BoudreauCageFrehnerKoeringVörösova |
Lyon (Rhône, France)
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4
Marc 2009
8:00 pm
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Série QB
BeethovenBhagwatiCage |
Montréal (Québec)
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9
Febr 2008
8:00 pm
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Série QB
Cage |
Montréal (Québec)
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6
May 2001
5:00 pm
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CageFrey |
Aarau (Switzerland)
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15
Marc 2001
8:00 pm
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Série QB
CageIvesMozartRea |
Montréal (Québec)
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9
Febr 2001
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Série QB
CageIvesMarcelRea |
Montréal (Québec)
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5
Febr 2001
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Série QB
CageMozartRea |
Montréal (Québec)
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18
Augu 2000
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CageFeldman |
Sheffield (Vermont, USA)
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12
Augu 2000
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Série QB
CageFeldmanSokolović |
Montréal (Québec)
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