Hayden Chisholm - The Well Tempered Sruti Box

The Well-Tempered Sruti Box is a series of songs for saxophone and sruti box developed by Hayden Chisholm. The two instruments together give a unique sound that is truly hypnotic. Using overtones and just improvisation, the music slowly moves through all of the keys and begins to very slowly move the listener to other states of awareness. This music has been released twice on Hayden's two 13CD sets "13 Views of the Heart's Cargo" and "Cusp of Oblivion".

Hayden Chisholm is a New Zealand saxophonist and composer. After studying in Cologne with a DAAD scholarship he continued his music studies in Japan in India. In 1995 he developed a new microtonal system he termed "split scales" for saxophone which he revealed on his debut solo CD "Circe". Since then his compositions have been recorded by BBC and WDR radios and he has toured and recorded extensively worldwide. He has created music for several Rebecca Horn installations as well as composing scores for her films. In 2008 he was assistant director in the Salzburger Festspiele. He has taught at Universities throughout the world and gives yearly master classes in Greece. He curates the annual Plushmusic festival in Cologne and Bremen. In 2013 he released the 13 Box Set "13 Views of the Heart's Cargo" and received the German SWR Jazz Prize. In 2015 he was "Improvisor in Residence" in Moers and opened the Moers Jazz Festival. In 2016 he released his second 13CD box "Cusp of Oblivion" on the Moontower Foundation Edition and directed his first short film "Sisyphus Runs".

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(On 21st May, 11:00-14:00, Hayden Chisholm will give a music workshop for winds and other music instruments. Information: 22-377748)