Here’s a curiosity: piano works by composer Thomas de Hartmann (1885-1956) that were “dictated” as whistled tunes by spiritual teacher and author G.I. Gurdjieff (“Meetings with Remarkable Men”). In ...

Gurdjieff/de Hartmann Piano Music: Concert and Discussion with Laurence Rosenthal May 18th, 2013, 7:30 PM The Old Church 1422 SW 11th Ave, Portland, OR 97201 $15 at door or buy online at ...

, you're not alone. The mustachioed Russian-Armenian mystic, cosmologist and composer has influenced artists, writers and thinkers from Frank Lloyd Wright to Timothy Leary to Keith Jarrett, yet his ...

Argentinian bandoneon player/composer Dino Saluzzi is well represented in the ECM catalog. Many of his recordings are improvisational meetings between his playing and writing and jazz players, going ...

When Armenian arranger and composer Levon Eskenian took on to reimagine the music of Armenian mystic and philosopher Gurdjieff for the Gurdjieff Ensemble's debut record on ECM, he touched upon the ...