Malcolm Goldstein
Artist

Malcolm Goldstein

Genre: Jazz, Free Improvisation, Chamber Music, Vocal Music
Origin: U.S.A
Active: 1980 - Present
Since the dawn of the 1960s Malcolm Goldstein, an American figure in avant-garde violin performance, improvisation, and composition, has probed the instrument’s timbral possibilities; that period also saw him join Philip Corner and James Tenney in forming the Tone Roads Ensemble. Arts councils and vocalists have commissioned original pieces from Goldstein, yet additional composers such as John Cage, Christian Wolff, and Ornette Coleman have created music expressly for him. Across Europe and North America he has appeared in ensemble formats, unaccompanied recitals, and collaborations with dance companies. Only during the 1990s did recordings of his work, among them the 1997 solo concert captured at the Fire in the Valley festival, begin to circulate with greater ease.

Top Songs

  1. On and OnDelight in Singing / SoundingOn and On · 2017On and On5:17
  2. Goldstein Plays GoldsteinSOUNDINGS for VIOLIN SOLO 1994Goldstein Plays Goldstein · 1994Goldstein Plays Goldstein18:21
  3. Goldstein Plays GoldsteinQUERNERAQ - OUR BREATH as BONES 1986Goldstein Plays Goldstein · 1994Goldstein Plays Goldstein16:19
  4. Goldstein Plays GoldsteinGENTLE RAIN PRECEDING MUSHROAMS 1992Goldstein Plays Goldstein · 1994Goldstein Plays Goldstein14:02
  5. Goldstein Plays GoldsteinISHI MANWAXATI SOUNDINGS 1989Goldstein Plays Goldstein · 1994Goldstein Plays Goldstein21:20
  6. Malcolm Goldstein: a sounding of sourcesIshi/"man waxati" SoundingsMalcolm Goldstein: a sounding of sources · 2008Malcolm Goldstein: a sounding of sources13:16
  7. Malcolm Goldstein: a sounding of sourcesIshi/timechangingspacesMalcolm Goldstein: a sounding of sources · 2008Malcolm Goldstein: a sounding of sources20:08
  8. Malcolm Goldstein: a sounding of sourcesConfigurations in Darkness (ensemble)Malcolm Goldstein: a sounding of sources · 2008Malcolm Goldstein: a sounding of sources25:51
  9. Malcolm Goldstein: a sounding of sourcesConfigurations in Darkness (solo)Malcolm Goldstein: a sounding of sources · 2008Malcolm Goldstein: a sounding of sources10:10
  10. On and OnSpeaking IOn and On · 2017On and On1:03
  11. On and OnBut One Bird Sang NotOn and On · 2017On and On9:38
  12. On and OnSpeaking IIOn and On · 2017On and On2:55
  13. On and OnOn and on and Always Slowly NowhereOn and On · 2017On and On2:55
  14. On and OnSoundingsOn and On · 2017On and On16:03
  15. On and OnSpeaking IIIOn and On · 2017On and On3:46
  16. Chants cachésTrio 1Chants cachés · 1999Chants cachés3:17
  17. On and OnSpeaking IVOn and On · 2017On and On1:40
  18. The Seasons: Vermont: For Magnetic Tape Collage and Instrumental EnsembleSpringThe Seasons: Vermont: For Magnetic Tape Collage and Instrumental Ensemble · 1983The Seasons: Vermont: For Magnetic Tape Collage and Instrumental Ensemble5:01
  19. The Seasons: Vermont: For Magnetic Tape Collage and Instrumental EnsembleWinterThe Seasons: Vermont: For Magnetic Tape Collage and Instrumental Ensemble · 1983The Seasons: Vermont: For Magnetic Tape Collage and Instrumental Ensemble19:34
  20. The Seasons: Vermont: For Magnetic Tape Collage and Instrumental EnsembleAutumnThe Seasons: Vermont: For Magnetic Tape Collage and Instrumental Ensemble · 1983The Seasons: Vermont: For Magnetic Tape Collage and Instrumental Ensemble10:18

Albums

Wolff: Bread and Roses

Wolff: Bread and Roses

2023
Malcolm Goldstein: because a circle is not enough: music for bowed string instruments

Malcolm Goldstein: because a circle is not enough: music for bowed string instruments

2022

Singles & EPs