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Jonathan Bepler is an American composer of experimental music perhaps best known for his collaborative work with artists and choreographers, including many years of work with visual artist Matthew Barney.
Composer Jonathan Bepler was largely self-taught on many instruments before attending Bennington College, where he focused on composition, improvisation, and performance.
Jonathan Bepler is a composer. He has worked with many choreographers, including John Jasperse, Sasha Waltz, Jennifer Lacey, and Wally Cardona. He has led ensembles of both improvised and pre-composed music and has shown work in New York and Europe.
Within between is a new evening-length work by Jasperse with an original score by composer Jonathan Bepler. Jasperse seeks both to embrace and to resist the habits of his own history, to create a cross pollination or catalytic mating of sensibilities, where the work emerges out of the space between what seems to be distinct terrains.
Composer Jonathan Bepler was largely self-taught on many instruments before he attended Bennington College, where his studies focused on composition, improvisation, and performance.
May 30, 2015 · Jonathan Bepler was born in Philadelphia, and was self-taught on many instruments by the time he attended Bennington College in 1982. Major studies were Composition with Louis Calabro, Improvisation with Bill Dixon, Percussion with Milford Graves, and Performance Studies with artists and choreographers including Lisa Nelson and Min Tanaka.
A composer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist, Jonathan Bepler embraces classical traditions, improvisation, and unconventional methods. His collaborations with musical ensembles, choreographers, and filmmakers alike have led him to perform and present new work in opera houses, theaters, and museums around the world .
