The great Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges has had an enormous influence on artists, writers, philosophers and thinkers of all kinds, and composers are no exception.
We spoke with renowned Borges scholar Daniel Balderston about the life and times of Borges and with composers Carla Kihlstedt, Diego Vega and Gheorghi Arnaoudov about how his work inspired their musical creations.
MUSIC
hlor u fang axaxaxas mlo – mvmt 3 (excerpt) by Diego Vega
hlor u fang axaxaxas mlo – mvmt 2 by Diego Vega
The Squonk by Carla Kihlstedt
The Ink Monkey by Carla Kihlstedt
Fragment (Ritual III) by Gheorghi Arnaoudov
Marching to Carcassonne by Alexander Goehr
II. Introduction
III. Invention
V. March
VI. Night
Hochigan by Carla Kihlstedt