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Zeena Parkins

(1956) Pianist

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Zeena Parkins is a pianist.

Quick Facts About Zeena Parkins

Born: January 1, 1956
Profession: Pianist

About Zeena Parkins

[Wikidata] American musician... | [Wikipedia] Zeena Parkins is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist active in experimental, free improvised, contemporary classical, and avant-jazz music; she is known for having "reinvented the harp". Parkins performs on standard harps, several custom electric harps, piano, and accordion. She was a 201

Quotes by Zeena Parkins

I find the relationship of sensation and physicality, and, for me, it's music like anything else. It's a different way of expressing…

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I applied, and I got in as a pianist. Their idea in the music department was that pianists, if they were good…

Department

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Computers have their own aleatoric aspect, too. They crash! But I'm a knob person. I like twiddling knobs.

Aspect

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The irony is that I use computers every day of my life to do music because I edit all of my music…

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I was a dancer. I was really seriously into dancing.

Dance

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That's one of the main things I do, work with choreographers. I've been doing it a long time, and it's a real…

Choreographers

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The harp was so much more gestural and physical for me than the piano - something about bringing this instrument into your…

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