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Casino de Angeli: Sound and Architecture
Neil Leonard, Sunday, June 11, 2023, 18:30 "Casino degli Angeli" Presicce-Acquarica, Lecce (LE), Italy  The Casino degli Angeli is a building characterized by remarkable craftsmanship, consisting of an octagonal frescoed main floor, a loggia with balustrades, and a dramatic split staircase. Built in the second half of the 18th century during a flourishing period of agricultural culture in the lower Salento region, the Casino degli Angeli bears witness to progressive changes
Neil Leonard
Jun 62 min read
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An Electric Collaboration
Letter of the Year  (2013), installation by Campos-Pons and Leonard, 55th Venice Biennale An Electric Collaboration Electronic Music in the Multimedia Works of Neil Leonard and Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons  From CEIARTE Journal https://ceiarteuntref.edu.ar/2020/10/electronic-music-in-the-multimedia-works-of-neil-leonard-and-maria-magdalena-campos-pons/ March 2020  Abstract  This article surveys the electronic music compositions I made for collaborations with Maria Magdal
Neil Leonard
Jan 832 min read
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Lavender Ruins with Fujiko Nakaya
"... with your music that I discovered Sound gave form to fog or a/form to no/form!" Email by Fujiko Nakaya to Neil Leonard, September...
Neil Leonard
Dec 12, 20245 min read
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Niblock premier at Donaueschinger Musiktag
Neil Leonard and John Ekhardt @ Donaueshinger Festival. Photo by George Lewis Donaueschinger Musiktag program notes In November 2023, during Phill Niblock’s final composing session, he completed BLK+LND . This piece, written for acoustic bass, bass clarinet, and playback, is dedicated to bassist Robert Black and me, Neil Leonard.  I first heard Phill’s music in the mid-1980s and began collaborating with him in 2005. In 2014, Phill composed Ronet for me, based on recordings
Neil Leonard
Dec 12, 20243 min read
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The Berklee Sessions released!
Scanner (British artist Robin Rimbaud) and Neil Leonard have consistently explored the possibilities of blending the past and present...
Neil Leonard
Jul 8, 20242 min read
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Third Thursdays with Dave Bryant
I am thrilled to be joining composer/keyboardist Dave Bryant, my musical partner of many decades, for a Third Thursdays concert on...
Neil Leonard
Jul 8, 20241 min read
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Frequencias Futuras
Neil Leonard Frequências Futuras (Future Frequencies) Quadraphonic sound based on recordings of alto saxophone, electronic sounds, field...
Neil Leonard
Jan 31, 20241 min read
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Beyond Beauty
My multimedia installation Beyond Beauty is presented by the Toto Onsen Art Museum and Miya Onsen Art Project in Gamagori City, Aichi...
Neil Leonard
Jan 18, 20233 min read
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Sonance for the Precession
Sonance for the Precession is a site-specific quadraphonic sound installation created by Neil Leonard, Arthur Levitt, Jr. '52...
Neil Leonard
Oct 18, 20191 min read
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Matanzas: Vinyl LP
Matanzas The music on this album is a reflection on living in and listening to the sounds of Matanzas, Cuba. My recordings of folkloric...
Neil Leonard
Dec 26, 20182 min read
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Neil Leonard & Los Muñequitos de Matanzas at documenta
Bar Matanzas is an intervention by Neil Leonard and Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons and that unpacks the sonic culture of Matanzas, Cuba. The bar is a site for reconsidering the location and function of artistic gestures and to question the parameters of art making. The inaugural program includes music by Leonard with the iconic rumba group Los Muñequitos de Matanzas , who celebrate their 65th anniversary in 9 open air concerts. Thursday, June 10 Neil Leonard - saxophone/ele
Neil Leonard
Jul 8, 20172 min read
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The Making of Matanzas Sound Map
Matanzas Sound Map - East Tank, Tate Modern, 2025 Matanzas Sound Map (2017), by Neil Leonard and Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, is a mixed...
Neil Leonard
Jul 7, 20173 min read
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