Annie Gosfield

Biography

Annie Gosfield is an American composer born in Philadelphia in 1960 and based in New York. Her work crosses notated and improvised music, electronic and acoustic sound, treating machines, satellite signals, detuned radios and ruined pianos as musical material. She writes for ensembles including the *Bang on a Can All-Stars* and the *Los Angeles Philharmonic* and performs with her own group. Her portrait albums on #Tzadik# include 'Burnt Ivory and Loose Wires' (1998) and 'Flying Sparks and Heavy Machinery' (2001). She received the Berlin Prize in 2012.