These performances by Carl Didur are part of a series of talks and performances curated by AGO Artist in Residence Alicia Nauta as part of her March Break installation A book from the world tomorrow. Artist talks and musical performances at 2 pm daily.

Carl Didur is a performer and composer of music of many kinds. He has played electric piano, organs and synthesizer both solo and with bands such as Zacht Automaat and U.S. Girls. He has also performed many shows using 1/4" reel-to-reel tape loops, inspired by the pioneering work of Daphne Oram and Delia Derbyshire of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop and their contemporaries. His compositions and improvisations draw inspiration from Pop music, Minimalism and the Avant Garde, often featuring melodic patterns repeating and phasing over each other, evocative of natural processes like water flowing over rocks or leaves waving in the wind. When improvising on the Wurlitzer Electric Piano he favours the sweet and sad, often employing cascading arpeggios and tone clusters inspired by French Impressionism. He is also happy to play a simple song for you. Alicia Nauta has made the cover artwork for three of his albums and Alicia's Klassic Kool Shoppe (her publishing imprint) pressed and released Zacht Automaat's album Memory of the World on vinyl in 2019.  

http://www.zachtautomaat.bandcamp.com
http://www.youtube.com/c/carldidur