Name: MUSICA ELETTRONICA (II) @ Paula Cooper Gallery
Start: 2026-09-15T19:30:00-04:00
End: 2026-09-15T21:00:00-04:00
Location: Paula Cooper Gallery

MUSICA ELETTRONICA (II) @ Paula Cooper Gallery

Hailed byThe New York Timesas “the best of what is left of the experimental tradition,” S.E.M. Ensemble was founded in 1970 when Petr Kotik gathered a group of musicians from the fellows at the Center of the Creative and Performing Arts, SUNY/Buffalo. Since then, S.E.M. Ensemble has established itself as one of the most distinguished ensembles for new music in the U.S., maintaining a continuous schedule of concerts in New York, touring annually in Europe, and also performing in South America and Japan. SEM has performed in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, and Merkin Hall. Recent recordings, all on the Dog w/a Bone label (New York), include Morton Feldman’sFor Philip Guston(4-CD set), Petr Kotik’sMany Many Women(3-CD set),Music by Marcel Duchamp(1 CD) andSpoken Music—a live performance recording with John Cage, Dick Higgins, Jackson Mac Low and others. Recent recordings of The Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble are also available on Asphodel Ltd. (San Francisco) and Wergo (Mainz).

S.E.M. Ensemble

Beginnings (1967) & the Present (2026): Two compositions of Electronic Music by Petr Kotik and Michael J. Schumacher.

Paula Cooper Gallery

The S.E.M. EnsemblePetr Kotik, DirectorSam Boston Ian DavisPetr KotikEmma MisteleChris NappiBen NeillMichael J. Schumacher Program:Michael Schumacher Room Piece New York 2026 – premiere Petr Kotik Kontrabandt (1967) complete version ­– premiere This performance will last approximately 90 minutes.

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