“I was a crummy student. I never really did what my teachers told me.”

That independent streak has served Paul Lansky well. Lansky was on the faculty of Princeton University from 1969 to 2014. He chaired the music department there for nine years, from 1991 to 2000.

A French hornist who became a pioneering composer of computer music, he caught the ear of the experimental rock band Radiohead and formed a fruitful association with guitarist David Starobin. Starobin’s Bridge Records, Inc. continues to document Lansky’s post-electronic works for standard acoustic instruments.

When he retired from Princeton after 45 years of service, it was never Lansky’s plan to stop composing. In fact, he remains as busy as ever, with the past few years being a remarkably fertile period.

Some of his recent music will be heard on a special tribute concert, to be presented in honor of his 75th birthday, at Princeton’s Richardson Auditorium, in Alexander Hall, on Sunday at 3 p.m.

Read more about it in my article in this week’s U.S. 1 Newspaper – PrincetonInfo, out today. It’s the first time I ever used the word “fart” in print.

https://princetoninfo.com/a-composer-celebrates-with-wit-and-human-touch/