Chris Newman
Chris Newman (born 1958 in London) is a composer, painter, author and performance artist who lives in Berlin. He studied music at King's College London (1976-1979) and in 1980 moved to Cologne to study with Mauricio Kagel. At university he met the Russian poet Eugene Dubnov and began translating Mandelstam and Khlebnikov, and in 1979 he started writing his own poetry. Mode has issued Piano Sonatas (Nos. 1, 4, 6 and 10, played by Michael Finnissy) and Ghosts, with Ensemble KNM conducted by Steffen Tast.
Chris Newman (born 1958 in London) is a composer, painter, author and performance artist who lives in Berlin. He studied music at King's College London (1976-1979) and in 1980 moved to Cologne to study with Mauricio Kagel. At university he met the Russian poet Eugene Dubnov and began translating Mandelstam and Khlebnikov, and in 1979 he started writing his own poetry. Mode has issued Piano Sonatas (Nos. 1, 4, 6 and 10, played by Michael Finnissy) and Ghosts, with Ensemble KNM conducted by Steffen Tast.
