Other Minds Festival: Line-Up announced

American concert organsiors and record label “Other Minds” have confirmed the roster for the 2008 version of their “Other Minds Festival”. The thirteenth year of the festival will feature experienced heavyweighst like Morton Subotnick and Frances-Marie Uitti (pictured) as well younger talents such as Keeril Makan. The stylistic spectrum will range from former Helmut Lachenmann-student Elena Kats-Chernin to the improvised New World Music-connotations of Wadada Leo Smith. Further artists announced for the festivities are Dieter Schnebel, Michael Bach, Åke Parmerud and Dan Becker. Concerts will take place March 6-7-8, 2008 at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco. Dubbed "The premier new music festival on the West Coast." As well as “A Who’s Who of the avant-garde”, previous editions of the festival have included the likes of Phil Niblock, Markus Stockhausen, Fred Frith, Michael Nyman, Ned Rorem, Evelyn Glennie and many others.