Charles Amirkhanian
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Charles Amirkhanian (born 19 January 1945) is an American composer. He is a percussionist, sound poet, and radio producer of Armenian origin. He is mostly known for his electroacoustic and text-sound music. Performance artist Laurie Anderson praises his work: "The art of audio collage has been reinvented here...A brilliant sense of imaginary space." (ST-206)
Amirkhanian was Music Director of Berkeley's KPFA-FM Radio in the Bay Area from 1969 to 1992 and directs the Other Minds Music Festival in San Francisco.
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Discography
- Walking Tune (1998). Starkland ST-206. "One of the Year's 20 Best CDs," according to the Electronic Music Foundation.
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