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Elliott Sharp
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<h2 id="biography">Biography</h2> <p>Sharp was classically trained in piano from an early age, taking up clarinet and guitar as a teen. He attended <a href="/facts/Cornell_University/FGyXuXeI">Cornell University</a> from 1969 to 1971, studying anthropology, music, and electronics. He completed his B.A. degree at <a href="/facts/Bard_College/jfSuNso2">Bard College</a> in 1973, where he studied composition with <a href="/facts/Benjamin_Boretz/oR2VWvSU">Benjamin Boretz</a> and Elie Yarden; jazz composition, improvisation, and <a href="/facts/Ethnomusicology/sAR6hLhq">ethnomusicology</a> with trombonist <a href="/facts/Roswell_Rudd/yFANokk6">Roswell Rudd</a>; and physics and electronics with Burton Brody. In 1977 he received an M.A. from the <a href="/facts/University_at_Buffalo%2c_The_State_University_of_New_York/gbIhPu11">University at Buffalo</a>, where he studied composition with <a href="/facts/Morton_Feldman/J6rPmL6Y">Morton Feldman</a> and <a href="/facts/Lejaren_Hiller/ke9Jbqnf">Lejaren Hiller</a>, and ethnomusicology with Charles Keil.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> </p><p>From the late 1970s, Sharp established himself internationally. His compositions have been performed by the <a href="/facts/JACK_Quartet/jMbegtQo">JACK Quartet</a>, <a href="/facts/Kronos_Quartet/wNNJp2kn">Kronos Quartet</a>, <a href="/facts/Ensemble_Musikfabrik/mkhx2yao">Ensemble Musikfabrik</a>, the <a href="/facts/Hr-Sinfonieorchester/p5cMQfjA">hr-Sinfonieorchester</a>, the <a href="/facts/Ensemble_Modern/5BDcEnXp">Ensemble Modern</a>, Continuum, the Orchestra of the <a href="/facts/SEM_Ensemble/2WdEp4mW">SEM Ensemble</a>, the <a href="/facts/FLUX_Quartet/eNXgnVqz">FLUX Quartet</a>, Zeitkratzer, the Soldier String Quartet, and Grammy-winning violinist <a href="/facts/Hilary_Hahn/fjrsxKPm">Hilary Hahn</a>. His work has been featured at festivals worldwide, including <a href="/facts/Other_Minds_(organization)/3EUoQwVP">Other Minds</a> in San Francisco 2021, the 2018 <a href="/facts/RuhrTriennale/tttVod5x">RuhrTriennale</a>, Huddersfield 2018, MaerzMuzik Berlin 2014, Tomorrow Festival Shenzhen 2012, New Music Stockholm festival 2008, <a href="/facts/Donaueschingen_Festival/7nH5mu9a">Donaueschingen Festival</a> 2007, <a href="/facts/Hessischer_Rundfunk/VlbaW5Ba">Hessischer Rundfunk</a> Klangbiennale 2007, <a href="/facts/Venice_Biennale/W17joCIB">Venice Biennale</a> 2003 & 2006, and <a href="/facts/Darmst%25C3%25A4dter_Ferienkurse/yKTRGzp7">Darmstädter Ferienkurse</a> fur Neue Musik 2003. </p><p>He has collaborated regularly with many people, including <a href="/facts/Christian_Marclay/XfjRWo7V">Christian Marclay</a>, <a href="/facts/Nels_Cline/AbIsoNAV">Nels Cline</a>, <a href="/facts/Bobby_Previte/bypD6MgC">Bobby Previte</a>, <a href="/facts/Z%2527EV/UxpnUIX0">Z'EV</a>, <a href="/facts/Joey_Baron/Y9b3l2zR">Joey Baron</a>, <a href="/facts/David_Torn/8DAvvpaN">David Torn</a>, Eric Mingus [de], <a href="/facts/Zeena_Parkins/kMgkDNkj">Zeena Parkins</a>, <a href="/facts/Vernon_Reid/oWyy288v">Vernon Reid</a>, and <a href="/facts/Frances-Marie_Uitti/P6CD1QwC">Frances-Marie Uitti</a>, as well as qawaali singer <a href="/facts/Nusrat_Fateh_Ali_Khan/HeezjXhT">Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan</a>, blues legend <a href="/facts/Hubert_Sumlin/vhbzLouq">Hubert Sumlin</a>, actor/writer <a href="/facts/Eric_Bogosian/UeX9HwDD">Eric Bogosian</a>, jazz greats <a href="/facts/Jack_DeJohnette/xeSU2XSm">Jack DeJohnette</a> and <a href="/facts/Sonny_Sharrock/eEuW0AYz">Sonny Sharrock</a>, pop singer <a href="/facts/Debbie_Harry/1bX0M5J3">Debbie Harry</a>, and <a href="/facts/Bachir_Attar/H4BKd6n0">Bachir Attar</a>, leader of the <a href="/facts/Master_Musicians_of_Jajouka/wE00hdP7">Master Musicians of Jajouka</a>. He was curator of the monumental sound-art exhibition ‘’Volume: Bed of Sound’’ for <a href="/facts/MoMA_PS1/YzmvNKSW">MoMA PS1</a>, which featured the works of 54 artists including <a href="/facts/Vito_Acconci/bdbhm1R8">Vito Acconci</a>, <a href="/facts/Tod_Dockstader/Eg4QLqzx">Tod Dockstader</a>, <a href="/facts/John_Duncan_(artist)/dasGC2kV">John Duncan</a>, <a href="/facts/Walter_Murch/IfpWy5Fd">Walter Murch</a>, <a href="/facts/Muhal_Richard_Abrams/vJIIp04c">Muhal Richard Abrams</a>, <a href="/facts/Laurie_Anderson/oV94W7fg">Laurie Anderson</a>, <a href="/facts/Chris_%2526_Cosey/cyLIIc34">Chris & Cosey</a>, <a href="/facts/Survival_Research_Laboratories/ro0K76qM">Survival Research Laboratories</a>, <a href="/facts/Ryuichi_Sakamoto/JrsjF2BU">Ryuichi Sakamoto</a>, <a href="/facts/Sonic_Youth/KcpJeQ3H">Sonic Youth</a>, and <a href="/facts/Butch_Morris/FDqngRsg">Butch Morris</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> </p><p>He produces records for a wide variety of artists, and has curated several <i>State of the Union</i> CDs, compilations of one-minute tracks by experimental musicians. He releases music under his own label, <a href="https://zoar-records.bandcamp.com/">zOaR music</a>, as well as <a href="/facts/Punk_rock/voBjpcpS">punk</a> label <a href="/facts/SST_Records/fFMhyEjr">SST</a> and <a href="/facts/Downtown_music/FIfnuxjU">downtown music</a> labels such as <a href="/facts/Knitting_Factory/fIpNyIgq">Knitting Factory</a> records and John Zorn’s <a href="/facts/Tzadik_(record_label)/NF85sQ3A">Tzadik</a> label. Sharp describes himself as a lifelong "science <a href="/facts/Geek/UnRCAlCu">geek</a>",<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> having modified and created musical instruments since his teen years, and frequently borrowing terms from science and technology for his compositions. </p> <p>Sharp received the 2015 Berlin Prize in Musical Composition, spending six months as a Fellow-in-Residence at the <a href="/facts/American_Academy_in_Berlin/eVTVXYQb">American Academy in Berlin</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> He was awarded a 2014 <a href="/facts/Guggenheim_Fellowship/SuatTbVK">Guggenheim Fellowship</a>, was a 2009 Master Artist-in-Residence at the <a href="/facts/Atlantic_Center_for_the_Arts/t1NsSJLc">Atlantic Center for the Arts</a>, a <a href="/facts/New_York_Foundation_for_the_Arts/txGCrJN1">New York Foundation for the Arts</a> Fellow in music in 2010 and 2019, and received a 2003 <a href="/facts/Foundation_for_Contemporary_Arts/C1BcCpps">Foundation for Contemporary Arts</a> Grants to Artists Award.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> He has composed scores for feature films and documentaries,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> created music and sound-design for The Sundance Channel, MTV and Bravo networks; and has presented numerous sound installations in art galleries and museums. <i>Guitar Player</i> magazine’s 30th anniversary issue included Sharp among their list of “The Dirty Thirty – Pioneers and Trailblazers”. </p><p>In March 2011, Sharp's 60th birthday was celebrated with a weekend of all-star concert events entitled "E#@60", hosted by Brooklyn's <a href="/facts/ISSUE_Project_Room/Uzcpq40q">ISSUE Project Room</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> In March 2021, his 70th birthday was celebrated with a series of concert events entitled “E#@70”, presented by Brooklyn’s <a href="/facts/Roulette_Intermedium/A9MukI1p">Roulette</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a> </p><p>Sharp lives in lower Manhattan with media artist <a href="/facts/Janene_Higgins/41hElzkj">Janene Higgins</a> and their two children.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="discography">Discography</h2> <h3>Solo</h3> <ul><li><i>The Collapsed Wave</i> (2023)</li> <li><i>Steppe</i> (2023)</li> <li><i>Octal: Book Four</i> (2022)</li> <li><i>Karman Lines</i> (2021)</li> <li><i>Isosceles</i> (2020)</li> <li><i>Cryptid Fragments 1991-1996</i> (2020)</li> <li><i>Octal Book Three</i> (2014) for solo 8-string guitarbass</li> <li><i>The Yahoos Trilogy</i> (2013)</li> <li><i>Octal Book Two</i> (2010)</li> <li><i>Tectonics – Abstraction Distraction</i> (2010)</li> <li><i>Concert in Dachau</i> (2008)</li> <li><i>Octal Book One</i> (2008)</li> <li><i>Solo Beijing</i> (2007)</li> <li><i>Sharp? Monk? Sharp! Monk!</i> (2006)</li> <li><i>Quadrature</i> (2005)</li> <li><i>Velocity of Hue</i> (2004)</li> <li><i>Tectonics – Errata</i> (1999)</li> <li><i>Tectonics – Field and Stream</i> (1997)</li> <li><i>Sferics</i> (1996)</li> <li><i>Tectonics</i> (1995)</li> <li><i>Westwerk</i> (1992)</li> <li><i>K!L!A!V!</i> (1990)</li> <li><i>Looppool</i> (1988)</li> <li><i>Rhythms and Blues</i> (1980)</li> <li><i>Resonance</i> (1979)</li></ul> <h3>As a leader</h3> <ul><li><i>Nots</i> (1981) with <a href="/facts/Art_Baron/q7ECVkDX">Art Baron</a>, <a href="/facts/Olu_Dara/jfw5kQS4">Olu Dara</a>, <a href="/facts/Bill_Laswell/GXJp4j9I">Bill Laswell</a>, Diana Meckley, M.E. Miller, Charles K. Noyes, Phillip Wilson</li> <li><i>I/S/M:R</i> (1982) with Michael Brown, Al Diaz, David Linton</li> <li><i>In the Land of the Yahoos</i> (1987) with Christoph Anders, Sussan Deihim, Elizabeth Fischer, David Fulton, <a href="/facts/Paul_Garrin/6eWlQgLs">Paul Garrin</a>, <a href="/facts/Shelley_Hirsch/en29sA7k">Shelley Hirsch</a>, Shigeto Kamada, <a href="/facts/Christian_Marclay/XfjRWo7V">Christian Marclay</a>, Jane Tomkiewicz</li> <li><i>Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Yahoos</i> (1992) with <a href="/facts/Samm_Bennett/HP5cEDF8">Samm Bennett</a>, Alva Rogers, <a href="/facts/Anthony_Coleman/t0cHEfUv">Anthony Coleman</a>, Victor Poison-Tete, <a href="/facts/Eugene_Chadbourne/7NNh4nb2">Eugene Chadbourne</a>, Sussan Deihim, <a href="/facts/Shelley_Hirsch/en29sA7k">Shelley Hirsch</a>, <a href="/facts/Barbara_Barg/yML8DIhF">Barbara Barg</a>, K.J. Grant, Lee Ann Brown</li> <li><i>Dyners Club Guitar Quartet</i> (1994) with <a href="/facts/Roger_Kleier/hNJoDGtP">Roger Kleier</a>, David Mecionis, John Myers</li> <li><i>Boodlers</i> (1995) with Fred Chalenor, Henry Franzoni</li> <li><i>Boodlers – Counter Fit</i> (1997) with <a href="/facts/Fred_Chalenor/a8q20J9n">Fred Chalenor</a>, Henry Franzoni, Joseph Trump</li> <li><i>Arc 1: I/S/M</i> (1996) with <a href="/facts/Art_Baron/q7ECVkDX">Art Baron</a>, Michael Brown, Al Diaz, <a href="/facts/Olu_Dara/jfw5kQS4">Olu Dara</a>, <a href="/facts/Bill_Laswell/GXJp4j9I">Bill Laswell</a>, David Linton, Diana Meckley, M.E. Miller, Charles K. Noyes, <a href="/facts/Bobby_Previte/bypD6MgC">Bobby Previte</a>, <a href="/facts/Phillip_Wilson_(drummer)/oGc6kWDF">Phillip Wilson</a></li> <li><i>Arc 2: The Seventies</i> (1998) with, Steve Piccolo, Geoff MacAdie, Stewart Gilbert, Kunda Magenau, Denis Williamson, Murry Kohn, <a href="/facts/Donald_Knaack/HyeXeyu2">Donald Knaack</a>, <a href="/facts/Bobby_Previte/bypD6MgC">Bobby Previte</a>, Jim Whittemore, <a href="/facts/Chris_Vine/Pzu6J1ed">Chris Vine</a></li> <li><i>Arc 3: Cyberpunk & the Virtual Stance</i> (1998)</li> <li><i>Autar</i> (2000) with the <a href="/facts/Bedouin/gIASwABv">Bedouin</a> Musicians of Muhammad Abu-Ajaj</li> <li><i>Raw Meet</i> (2002) with <a href="/facts/Melvin_Gibbs/ovNvrET2">Melvin Gibbs</a>, <a href="/facts/Lance_Carter_(musician)/J6pV7DyX">Lance Carter</a></li> <li><i>Radio Hyper-Yahoo</i> (2004) with <a href="/facts/Tracie_Morris/H4y6kXcm">Tracie Morris</a>, <a href="/facts/Eric_Bogosian/UeX9HwDD">Eric Bogosian</a>, <a href="/facts/Sim_Cain/VHgfpSDG">Sim Cain</a>, <a href="/facts/Maggie_Estep/I3srjcbX">Maggie Estep</a>, <a href="/facts/Steve_Buscemi/bYNQaraD">Steve Buscemi</a>, Lisa Lowell, <a href="/facts/Jack_Womack/JggohnMt">Jack Womack</a>, <a href="/facts/Eszter_Balint/vgsTWv2M">Eszter Balint</a>, <a href="/facts/Edwin_Torres_(poet)/1qcBP03s">Edwin Torres</a>, Eric Mingus [de], Steve Piccolo, Gak Sato</li> <li><i>War Zones</i> (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Christian_Marclay/XfjRWo7V">Christian Marclay</a>: <a href="/facts/Graffiti_Composition/W9od0SNm">Graffiti Composition</a></i> (2010) Elliott Sharp, <a href="/facts/Melvin_Gibbs/ovNvrET2">Melvin Gibbs</a>, <a href="/facts/Mary_Halvorson/dJlAg8DV">Mary Halvorson</a>, <a href="/facts/Lee_Ranaldo/BYGK8Xry">Lee Ranaldo</a>, <a href="/facts/Vernon_Reid/oWyy288v">Vernon Reid</a></li> <li><i>Electric Willie: a Tribute to <a href="/facts/Willie_Dixon/hAC1jt30">Willie Dixon</a></i> (2010) Elliott Sharp, <a href="/facts/Henry_Kaiser/S84g2NjL">Henry Kaiser</a>, Eric Mingus [de], <a href="/facts/Queen_Esther_(artist)/xQ49YLVL">Queen Esther</a>, <a href="/facts/Glenn_Phillips_(guitarist)/plFcy5Nz">Glenn Phillips</a>, Melvin Gibbs, <a href="/facts/Lance_Carter_(musician)/J6pV7DyX">Lance Carter</a> (Yellowbird)</li> <li><i>Err Guitar</i> (2017)</li> <li><i>Syzygy</i> (2019) <a href="https://www.sergioarmaroli.com/elliott-sharp-syzygy/">[1]</a></li></ul> <h3>with Carbon</h3> <ul><li><i>Monster Curve</i> (1982)</li> <li><i>Datacide</i> (1989)</li> <li><i>Sili/contemp/tation</i> (1990)</li> <li><i>Tocsin</i> (1991)</li> <li><i>Truthtable</i> (1993)</li> <li><i>Autoboot</i> (1994)</li> <li><i>Amusia</i> (1994)</li> <li><i>Interference</i> (1995)</li> <li><i>Serrate</i> (2009)</li> <li><i>Void Coordinates</i> (2010)</li> <li><i>Amsterdam Live 2010</i> (2023)</li></ul> <h3>with Orchestra Carbon</h3> <ul><li><i>Larynx</i> (1988, 2007)</li> <li><i>Abstract Repressionism: 1990–99</i> (1992)</li> <li><i>Spring & Neap</i> (1997)</li> <li><i>Rheo~Umbra</i> (1998)</li> <li><i>SyndaKit</i> (1999)</li> <li><i>Radiolaria</i> (2001)</li> <li><i>Quarks Swim Free</i> (2006)</li></ul> <h3>String Quartets</h3> <ul><li><i>Hammer, Anvil, Stirrup</i> (1987) with Soldier String Quartet and Carbon</li> <li><i>Twistmap</i> (1991) with Soldier String Quartet</li> <li><i>Cryptid Fragments</i> (1993) with Margaret Parkins, Michelle Kinney, Sara Parkins, and Soldier String Quartet</li> <li><i>Digital</i> (1986) on <i><a href="/facts/Short_Stories_(Kronos_Quartet_album)/fevBpE7h">Short Stories</a></i></li> <li><i>XenocodeX</i> (1996) with Soldier String Quartet</li> <li><i>A Modicum of Passion</i> (2004) with (vocals) Devorah Day, Ben Miller, Eric Mingus [de], <a href="/facts/Joan_Wasser/9PSJAN5P">Joan Wasser</a>; and (strings) Stephanie Griffin, Conrad Harris, Amy Kimball, Garo Yellin</li> <li><i>Elliott Sharp String Quartets 1986–1996</i> (2003) with Soldier String Quartet and The Meridian Quartet</li> <li><i>The Boreal</i> (2009) performed and recorded by JACK Quartet</li> <li><i>Tranzience</i> (2013) performed and recorded by JACK Quartet</li> <li><i>Akheron</i> (2014) premiered by JACK Quartet</li></ul> <h3>Orchestral</h3> <ul><li><i>Racing Hearts, Tessalation Row, Calling</i> (2003)</li> <li><i>Plastovy Hrad</i> (2018) commissioned by Brno Contemporary Orchestra and conducted by Pavel Snajdr.</li> <li><i>Oceanus Procellarum</i> commissioned and premiered by Ensemble Resonanz, Kampnagel, Hamburg and Huddersfield Festival, UK.</li> <li><i>Occam's Machete</i> (2023) premiered by Sharp's SysOrk string ensemble</li></ul> <h3>w/SysOrk</h3> <ul><li><i>Sylva Sylvarum 2014</i> (2020)</li> <li><i>ReGenerate</i> (2021)</li> <li><i>Flexagons 2014</i> (2022)</li></ul> <h3>with Terraplane</h3> <ul><li><i>Terraplane</i> (1994)</li> <li><i>Terraplane – Blues for Next</i> (2000)</li> <li><i>Terraplane – Music fr Yellowman</i> (2002)</li> <li><i>Terraplane – Do the Don't</i> (2003) with <a href="/facts/Hubert_Sumlin/vhbzLouq">Hubert Sumlin</a></li> <li><i>Terraplane – Secret Life</i> (2005)</li> <li><i>Terraplane – Forgery</i> (2008)</li> <li><i>Terraplane – Sky Road Songs</i> (2012) with <a href="/facts/Hubert_Sumlin/vhbzLouq">Hubert Sumlin</a></li> <li><i>Terraplane – 4AM Always</i> (2014) – Winner of the Jahrespreis from Deutsche Schallplattenkritik</li> <li><i>Kick It Six</i> (2020)</li> <li><i>Century</i> (2021)</li></ul> <h3>Duos</h3> <ul><li><i>In New York</i> (1990) with <a href="/facts/Bachir_Attar/H4BKd6n0">Bachir Attar</a></li> <li><i>Psycho~Acoustic</i> (1994) with <a href="/facts/Zeena_Parkins/kMgkDNkj">Zeena Parkins</a></li> <li><i>Psycho~Acoustic – Blackburst</i> (1996) with <a href="/facts/Zeena_Parkins/kMgkDNkj">Zeena Parkins</a></li> <li><i>Hoosegow: Mighty</i> (1996) with <a href="/facts/Queen_Esther_(artist)/xQ49YLVL">Queen Esther</a></li> <li><i>Improvisations</i> (1997) with <a href="/facts/Frances-Marie_Uitti/P6CD1QwC">Frances-Marie Uitti</a></li> <li><i>Revenge of the Stuttering Child</i> (1997) with <a href="/facts/Ronny_Someck/t73QAUoS">Ronny Someck</a></li> <li><i>Poverty Line</i> (1997) with <a href="/facts/Ronny_Someck/t73QAUoS">Ronny Someck</a></li> <li><i>Rwong Territory</i> (1998) with DJ Soulslinger</li> <li><i>High Noon</i> (1999) with <a href="/facts/Christian_Marclay/XfjRWo7V">Christian Marclay</a></li> <li><i>Anostalgia</i> (2002) with Reinhold Friedl</li> <li><i>The Prisoner's Dilemma</i> (2002) with <a href="/facts/Bobby_Previte/bypD6MgC">Bobby Previte</a></li> <li><i>Tongue</i> (2004) with <a href="/facts/John_Duncan_(artist)/dasGC2kV">John Duncan</a></li> <li><i>Volcanic Island</i> (2005) with Yasuhiro Usui</li> <li><i>Tranz</i> (2006) with <a href="/facts/Merzbow/CUfXBRK8">Merzbow</a></li> <li><i>Feuchtify</i> (2006) with Reinhold Friedl</li> <li><i>Hums 2 Terre</i> (2007) with <a href="/facts/Franck_Vigroux/wQP6hGMU">Franck Vigroux</a></li> <li><i>Duo Milano</i> (2007) with <a href="/facts/Nels_Cline/AbIsoNAV">Nels Cline</a></li> <li><i>pi:k</i> (2007) with Charlotte Hug</li> <li><i>BASE</i> (2008) with Antoine Berthaume</li> <li><i>Scharfefelder</i> (2008) with <a href="/facts/Scott_Fields/bsCfAEeV">Scott Fields</a></li> <li><i>Protoplasmic</i> (2009) with Boris Savoldelli</li> <li><i>Afiadacampos</i> (2010) with <a href="/facts/Scott_Fields/bsCfAEeV">Scott Fields</a></li> <li><i>Reflexions</i> (2010) with <a href="/facts/Michiyo_Yagi/2E1mjl0t">Michiyo Yagi</a></li> <li><i>Chansons du crépuscule</i> (2017) with <a href="/facts/Helene_Breschand/Ty6n9qGl">Helene Breschand</a></li> <li><i>Olso</i> (2019) with John Andrew Wilhite-Hannisdal</li> <li><i>Kumuska</i> (2019) with Saadet Türköz</li> <li><i>Alluvial Plain</i> (2020) with Matthew Evan Taylor</li> <li><i>Peregrinations</i> (2020) with Frances-Marie Uitti</li> <li><i>Duality</i> (2022) with Tracie Morris</li></ul> <h3>Collaborative groups</h3> <ul><li><i>Semantics – Bone of Contention</i> (1987) Elliott Sharp, <a href="/facts/Ned_Rothenberg/NaGVT3qY">Ned Rothenberg</a>, <a href="/facts/Samm_Bennett/HP5cEDF8">Samm Bennett</a></li> <li><i>Bootstrappers</i> (1989) <a href="/facts/George_Hurley/gjoxbcWu">George Hurley</a>, <a href="/facts/Mike_Watt/0ydsMWTj">Mike Watt</a>, Elliott Sharp</li> <li><i>Bootstrappers – GI=GO</i> (1992) Elliott Sharp, Thom Kotik, <a href="/facts/Jan_Jakub_Kot%25C3%25ADk/7kHscXLo">Jan Kotik</a></li> <li><i>Downtown Lullaby</i> (1998) <a href="/facts/John_Zorn/RstUDpzL">John Zorn</a>, <a href="/facts/Wayne_Horvitz/BIxXxSbV">Wayne Horvitz</a>, Elliott Sharp, <a href="/facts/Bobby_Previte/bypD6MgC">Bobby Previte</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/GTR_OBLQ/uPdXLG4X">GTR OBLQ</a></i> (1998) <a href="/facts/Vernon_Reid/oWyy288v">Vernon Reid</a>, Elliott Sharp, <a href="/facts/David_Torn/8DAvvpaN">David Torn</a></li> <li><i>Beyond</i> (2001) <a href="/facts/Joey_Baron/Y9b3l2zR">Joey Baron</a>, Elliott Sharp, Roberto Zorzi</li> <li><i>In the Tank</i> (2006) Natsuki Tamura, Elliott Sharp, Takayuki Kato, <a href="/facts/Satoko_Fujii/yqgnyoa5">Satoko Fujii</a></li> <li><i>TECK String 4tet</i> (2007) <a href="/facts/Carlos_Zingaro/5musajLG">Carlos Zingaro</a>, Elliott Sharp, <a href="/facts/Ken_Filiano/6WCr0UBn">Ken Filiano</a>, Tomas Ulrich</li> <li><i>Venice, dal vivo</i> (2010) Elliott Sharp, <a href="/facts/Joey_Baron/Y9b3l2zR">Joey Baron</a>, <a href="/facts/Franck_Vigroux/wQP6hGMU">Franck Vigroux</a>, <a href="/facts/Bruno_Chevillon/uvPUNSIB">Bruno Chevillon</a></li> <li><i>Crossing the Waters</i> (2013) Elliott Sharp, Melvin Gibbs, Lucas Niggli [de] (Intakt)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a></li> <li><i>Expressed By The Circumference</i> (2019) Elliott Sharp, Álvaro Domene, Michael Caratti</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Evocation_(album)/t88dfg8X">Evocation</a></i> (Infrequent Seams, 2022) with <a href="/facts/Andrew_Cyrille/nwKVPFLU">Andrew Cyrille</a> and <a href="/facts/Richard_Teitelbaum/t33P3LUN">Richard Teitelbaum</a>, recorded in 2011</li></ul> <h3>As producer</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/John_Zorn/RstUDpzL">John Zorn</a>: <i>Spy Vs Spy</i> (<a href="/facts/Nonesuch_Records/UEychVAY">Nonesuch</a>, 1988)</li> <li>Mofungo: <i>Bugged</i> (SST, 1988)</li> <li>N.A.D + <a href="/facts/Sonny_Sharrock/eEuW0AYz">Sonny Sharrock</a>, <a href="/facts/Denardo_Coleman/VpzaLrtc">Denardo Coleman</a>, <a href="/facts/Henry_Kaiser_(musician)/QhEyd460">Henry Kaiser</a>, <a href="/facts/Christian_Marclay/XfjRWo7V">Christian Marclay</a>, <a href="/facts/Fred_Frith/aqRexN8a">Fred Frith</a>: <i>Ghosts</i> (Heron, 1989)</li> <li>Mofungo: <i>Work</i> (<a href="/facts/SST_Records/fFMhyEjr">SST</a>, 1989)</li> <li>Kazamaki/Laar: <i>Return to Street Level</i> (Ear-Rational, 1990)</li> <li>The Frigg: <i>Frigg: Brecht</i> (<a href="/facts/Knitting_Factory_Records/RL3HTYaW">Knitting Factory</a>, 1999)</li> <li>PAK: <i>100% Human Hair</i> (Ra Sounds, 2007)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Christian_Marclay/XfjRWo7V">Christian Marclay</a>: <i><a href="/facts/Graffiti_Composition/W9od0SNm">Graffiti Composition</a></i> (Dog W/A Bone, 2010)</li> <li><i>Binibon</i> (radio play, produced and directed) (Henceforth, 2010)</li> <li><i>Hubert Sumlin - New York 95</i> (2020)</li> <li><i>Los Desinhibidos</i> (2022)</li></ul> <h3>As a compilation producer</h3> <ul><li><i>Peripheral Vision</i> (zOaR, 1982)</li> <li><i>State of the Union</i> (zOaR, 1992)</li> <li><i>Island of Sanity</i> (<a href="/facts/No_Man%2527s_Land_(record_label)/3yn4Bt8e">No Man's Land</a>, 1987)</li> <li><i>Real Estate</i> (Ear-Rational, 1990)</li> <li><i>State of the Union</i> (MuWorks, 1993)</li> <li><i>State of the Union</i> (Atavistic, 1996)</li> <li><i>State of the Union 2.001</i> (<a href="/facts/Electronic_Music_Foundation/aN2o3PGM">Electronic Music Foundation</a>, 2001)</li> <li><i>Timebomb: Live at the Clocktower Gallery</i> (<a href="/facts/MoMA_PS1/YzmvNKSW">MoMA PS1</a>, 1997)</li> <li><i>Secular Steel</i> (Gaff Music, 2004)</li> <li><i>I Never Met a Guitar</i> (Clean Feed, 2010)</li></ul> <h3>Recorded film scores and score compilations</h3> <ul><li><i>Figure Ground</i> (compilation) (1997)</li> <li><i>Suspension of Disbelief </i> (compilation) (2001)</li> <li>Soundtrack for the film <i>Commune</i> (2005)</li> <li>Soundtrack for the film <i>What Sebastian Dreamt</i> (2005)</li> <li><i>Q-Mix</i> (2009)</li> <li><i>Spectropia Suite</i> (2010) Score to the sci-fi feature film by <a href="/facts/Toni_Dove/zNgGjfnC">Toni Dove</a> performed by the 31 Band, Sirius String Quartet, and special guest <a href="/facts/Debbie_Harry/1bX0M5J3">Debbie Harry</a></li></ul> <h2 id="filmography">Filmography</h2> <h3>Film appearances</h3> <ul><li><i>Elliott Sharp: Doing the Don't</i> (2008 DVD documentary)</li> <li><i>The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music</i> (2007 DVD)</li> <li><i>Elliott Sharp: The Velocity of Hue. Live in Cologne</i> (2007 DVD)</li> <li><i>April in New York</i> with <a href="/facts/Bobby_Previte/bypD6MgC">Bobby Previte</a> (2007 DVD)</li> <li>Roulette TV: <i>Elliott Sharp</i>. <a href="/facts/Roulette_Intermedium/A9MukI1p">Roulette Intermedium</a> Inc. (2000 DVD)</li> <li><i>Record Player: Christian Marclay</i> (2000 DVD)</li></ul> <h3>Music composed for film</h3> <ul><li><i>Spectropia</i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Commune_(documentary)/YEUVTVGH">Commune</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i>The Time We Killed</i> (2004)</li> <li><i>What Sebastian Dreamt</i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Daddy_and_the_Muscle_Academy/Hmv12wj9">Daddy and the Muscle Academy</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i>Antigone/Rites of Passion</i> (1990)</li> <li><i>The Salt Mines</i> (1990)</li></ul> <h2 id="opera-and-theater">Opera and theater</h2> <ul><li><i>Innosense</i> (1981)</li> <li><i>Em/Pyre</i> (2006)</li> <li><i>Binibon</i> (2009)</li> <li><i>About Us</i> (2010)</li> <li><i>Port Bou</i> (2014)</li> <li><i>Instant Opera</i> (2017)</li> <li><i>Filiseti Mekidesi</i> (2018)</li> <li><i>Die Grösste Fuge</i> (2021)</li></ul> <h2 id="bibliography">Bibliography</h2> <ul><li><i>Morton Subotnick: We Are Who We Invent</i> (2023 - <a href="/facts/TapeOp/SWeIgLU1">TapeOp</a> Nr. 255)</li></ul> <ul><li><i><a href="https://pleasekillme.com/peter-k-siegel/">Peter K. Siegel: Quietly changing American Music</a></i> (2022 - Please Kill Me).</li></ul> <ul><li><i><a href="https://pleasekillme.com/hubert-sumlin-howlin-wolf/">Hubert Sumlin: Howlin' Wolf's Secret Weapon</a></i> (2022 - Please Kill Me).</li></ul> <ul><li><i><a href="https://pleasekillme.com/tim-wright/">Skull Forming: Tim Wright interview by Elliott Sharp</a></i> (2021 - Please Kill Me).</li></ul> <ul><li><i>IrRational Music</i> (2019 - TerraNova Press): mix of memoir, music theory, and cultural discussion.</li></ul> <ul><li><i>Epiphanies - Vong Co Guitar</i> <a href="/facts/The_Wire_(magazine)/cg9XzXJu">The Wire (magazine)</a> December 2018</li></ul> <h2 id="installations">Installations</h2> <ul><li><i>Chorale</i> (2019): 8-channel sound installation at Geoff Stern Art Space, Berlin.</li></ul> <ul><li><i>Suspension</i> (2004): 2-channel installation of video and sound exploring the awareness of momentary stillness in the metropolis. Collaboration with video artist Janene Higgins, for The <a href="/facts/Chelsea_Art_Museum/u5A6LCJk">Chelsea Art Museum</a>, NYC.</li></ul> <ul><li><i>Fluvial</i> (2002): A system for flowing audio to create moving sound currents within the enclosed space of the Engine 27 gallery in NYC, <i>Fluvial</i> uses randomization, filtering, and feedback as its basic processing elements to make full use of the room's spatialization potential.</li></ul> <ul><li><i>Chromatine</i> (2001): Both musical instrument and sculpture, encouraging visitors to touch the sculpture and cause it to play music. For the Gallery of the School of <a href="/facts/Museum_of_Fine_Arts%2c_Boston/PerM3TTv">Museum of Fine Arts, Boston</a>.</li></ul> <ul><li><i>Tag</i> (1997): An interactive audio installation created for the <i>Departure Lounge</i> exhibition at the Clocktower Gallery of <a href="/facts/MoMA_PS1/YzmvNKSW">MoMA PS1</a>, New York City.</li></ul> <ul><li><i>Distressed Vivaldi</i> (1996): Soundtrack created for the <i>Model Home</i> exhibition at the Clocktower Gallery of MoMA PS1, New York City.</li></ul> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://newyorkclassicalreview.com/2024/06/one-man-opera-brings-time-traveling-beethoven-into-the-21st-century/">One-man Opera brings Time-traveling Beethoven into the 21st Century</a> Review, US premiere of <i>Die Grösste Fuge</i> by David Wright, New York Classical Review (2024)</li> <li><a href="https://www.premierguitar.com/artists/elliott-sharps-inner-ear">Elliott Sharp's Inner Ear</a> Interview in <i>Premiere Guitar</i> with Bill Murphy (2019)</li> <li><a href="http://www.taz.de/!5012783/">Avantgarde-Musik von Elliott Sharp: Die Vibes Stimmen</a> Interview with Franziska Buhre in the Berlin publication <i>Die Tageszeitung</i> (2015)</li> <li><a href="https://www.npr.org/2012/09/22/161539917/elliott-sharp-blues-is-a-feeling">Elliott Sharp: Blues is a Feeling</a> NPR Interview with Jacki Lyden on the program <a href="/facts/All_Things_Considered/SV9EK70J">All Things Considered</a> on <a href="/facts/NPR/BohIW9Xg">NPR</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/music/144998685.html">Elliott Sharp's Warped Passage</a> By Brit Robson, <a href="/facts/Minneapolis_Star_Tribune/9dn96gWr">Minneapolis Star Tribune</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/2009/01/08/Composer-Elliott-Sharp-s-scientific-approach-is-more-than-a-theory/stories/200901080233">Composer Elliott Sharp's scientific approach is more than a theory</a> By Manny Theiner, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (2012)</li> <li><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703559604576174811378124494?KEYWORDS=elliott+sharp">The 'East Village Nosferatu' Haunts Brooklyn</a> By Steve Dollar, <i><a href="/facts/The_Wall_Street_Journal/9Pkf2cYK">The Wall Street Journal</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><a href="http://www.guitarplayer.com/artists/1013/elliott-sharp/21187">Interview with Elliott Sharp</a> in Guitar Player magazine (2007)</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080614085635/http://www.bombsite.com/issues/84/articles/2582">Interview with Sharp</a> by Mike McGonigal, published in <a href="/facts/Bomb_(magazine)/wpuGBKQp">Bomb</a> magazine (2003)</li> <li><a href="https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940CEEDE1430F937A25754C0A9649C8B63&scp=1&sq=%22makes+for+easy+listening%22&st=nyt">No One Said He Makes for Easy Listening</a> by Adam Shatz, New York Times Arts and Leisure, July 2002</li> <li>Elliott Sharp (March 22, 2006). <a href="http://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/wide-awake-in-alphabet-city/">"Wide Awake in Alphabet City"</a>. <i><a href="/facts/NewMusicBox/x2AL860V">NewMusicBox</a></i> (Interview). Interviewed by <a href="/facts/Frank_J._Oteri/RwXxB484">Frank J. Oteri</a> (published October 1, 2006). (includes video)</li> <li><a href="http://metropolis.free-jazz.net/i-dont-put-barriers-up/artist-portraits/3525/">Interview with Sharp</a> by the Portuguese journalist Rui Eduardo Paes, September 2004</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Elliott Sharp. <ul><li><a href="http://www.elliottsharp.com/">Official website</a></li> <li></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Classical Composers Database". October 2003. Archived from the original on 2013-11-14. Retrieved 2009-07-05. <a href="http://www.classical-composers.org/comp/sharp" target="_blank">http://www.classical-composers.org/comp/sharp</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Guitar Moderne Review of IrRational Music". 29 January 2019. Archived from the original on 2023-09-21. Retrieved 2023-09-22. <a href="https://www.guitarmoderne.com/book-reviews/book-review-irrational-music-by-elliot-sharp" target="_blank">https://www.guitarmoderne.com/book-reviews/book-review-irrational-music-by-elliot-sharp</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>""Sound In Light - Light In Sound: Graphic Scores by Elliott Sharp"". Archived from the original on 2023-09-28. Retrieved 2023-09-22. <a href="https://www.artoxin.de/en/exhibition/elliott-sharp" target="_blank">https://www.artoxin.de/en/exhibition/elliott-sharp</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Atlantic Center has new batch of artists in residence Archived October 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Orlando Sentinel October 2009 <a href="http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_arts_letter/2009/10/atlantic-center-has-new-batch-of-artists-in-residence.html" target="_blank">http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_arts_letter/2009/10/atlantic-center-has-new-batch-of-artists-in-residence.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"BOMB, Interview by Mike McGonigal". Archived from the original on 2023-12-03. Retrieved 2024-01-02. <a href="https://bombmagazine.org/articles/elliott-sharp/" target="_blank">https://bombmagazine.org/articles/elliott-sharp/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Maris, E. Elliott Sharp/Tectonics:Solo Beijing Archived July 23, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Downtown Music Gallery Newsletter, April 26, 2007 <a href="http://search2.downtownmusicgallery.com/lookup.cgi?item=2007_04_26_17_20_17" target="_blank">http://search2.downtownmusicgallery.com/lookup.cgi?item=2007_04_26_17_20_17</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Ambrose, P. Elliott Sharp's Instrumental Vision Archived 2009-08-27 at the Wayback Machine The Morning News, October 4, 2005 <a href="http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/interviews/elliott_sharps_instrumental_vision.php" target="_blank">http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/interviews/elliott_sharps_instrumental_vision.php</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Tessalation Row,Elliott Sharp with the Soldier String Quartet All Music Guide <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/r17850" target="_blank">https://www.allmusic.com/album/r17850</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Cleveland, B. Elliott Sharp Archived 2008-01-20 at the Wayback Machine Guitar Player magazine, April 2007 <a href="http://www.guitarplayer.com/article/elliott-sharp/apr-07/26808" target="_blank">http://www.guitarplayer.com/article/elliott-sharp/apr-07/26808</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"Elliott Sharp's SysOrk". Archived from the original on 2023-12-01. Retrieved 2023-09-22. <a href="https://roulette.org/event/elliott-sharps-sysork-2/" target="_blank">https://roulette.org/event/elliott-sharps-sysork-2/</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"Elliott Sharp at WashU". 30 October 2023. Archived from the original on 2024-01-02. Retrieved 2024-01-02. <a href="https://music.wustl.edu/events/elliott-sharp-solo" target="_blank">https://music.wustl.edu/events/elliott-sharp-solo</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>VOLUME: Bed of Sound Archived July 7, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Henry Art Gallery <a href="http://www.henryart.org/exhibitions/past/55/2001" target="_blank">http://www.henryart.org/exhibitions/past/55/2001</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>Kruth, J. Interview with Elliott Sharp Archived 2004-10-20 at the Wayback Machine Perfect Sound Forever, November 2001 <a href="http://www.furious.com/perfect/elliottsharp.html" target="_blank">http://www.furious.com/perfect/elliottsharp.html</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>"Spring 2015 Fellows, The American Academy in Berlin". Archived from the original on 2024-01-02. Retrieved 2024-01-02. <a href="https://www.americanacademy.de/fellows-distinguished-visitors/alumni/fellows/?p_search=&p_semester=125&p_area=&p_fellowship=" target="_blank">https://www.americanacademy.de/fellows-distinguished-visitors/alumni/fellows/?p_search=&p_semester=125&p_area=&p_fellowship=</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>Elliott Sharp Archived 2024-01-02 at the Wayback Machine Foundation for Contemporary Arts <a href="https://www.foundationforcontemporaryarts.org/recipients/elliott-sharp/" target="_blank">https://www.foundationforcontemporaryarts.org/recipients/elliott-sharp/</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>The Internet Movie Database (IMDB): Elliott Sharp Archived 2017-10-17 at the Wayback Machine <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1656667/" target="_blank">https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1656667/</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>An Auspicious Beginning for Elliott Sharps Seventh Decade Archived 2011-04-22 at the Wayback Machine The Brooklyn Rail, April 2011 <a href="http://brooklynrail.org/2011/04/music/an-auspicious-beginning-for-elliott-sharps-seventh-decade" target="_blank">http://brooklynrail.org/2011/04/music/an-auspicious-beginning-for-elliott-sharps-seventh-decade</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:18"><p>"E#@70 - Concert Nr. 1 - SysOrk: New Works". Archived from the original on 2021-03-04. Retrieved 2021-03-07. <a href="https://roulette.org/event/elliott-sharp-at-70/" target="_blank">https://roulette.org/event/elliott-sharp-at-70/</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:19"><p>"Composer Elliott Sharp's scientific approach is more than a theory". Archived from the original on 2024-05-03. Retrieved 2023-12-05. <a href="https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/2009/01/08/Composer-Elliott-Sharp-s-scientific-approach-is-more-than-a-theory/stories/200901080233" target="_blank">https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/2009/01/08/Composer-Elliott-Sharp-s-scientific-approach-is-more-than-a-theory/stories/200901080233</a> <a href="#fnref:19" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:20"><p>"Melvin Gibbs | Credits". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2018-12-12. <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/melvin-gibbs-mn0000415158/credits" target="_blank">https://www.allmusic.com/artist/melvin-gibbs-mn0000415158/credits</a> <a href="#fnref:20" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>