Some sad news from the world of new music.
Estonian-Canadian composer Udo Kasemets passed away yesterday at the age of 94. Kasemets, whose work has been played by all over Canada and Estonia, was a quiet, yet immensly influential figure in the world of sonic art – particularly, his work influencing young artists from the Ontario College of Art and Design.
He will be missed.
– Paolo Griffin
In Jan. 2010 The WholeNote published some of my initial thoughts about Udo’s uncompromising musical career centred in Toronto. During the 1960s, 70s and 80s his activities were a key factor in establishing Toronto as a vital performance and publishing venue for the international avant-garde. http://www.thewholenote.com/…/14275-in-appreciation-of…
Jan. 2014 The WholeNote published my further thoughts on Udo Kasemets’ Toronto career from the 1970s to 1913. http://www.thewholenote.com/index.php/remembering/24745-toronto-s-musical-avant-gardist-udo-kasemets-tallinn-1919-toronto-2014-a-remembrance-in-five-decades
My thoughts on Udo Kasemets extend to 2013.