Matthew Sherrill

2 months ago | harpers.org | Matthew Sherrill

2024 Guthman Musical Instrument Competition Adolphe Sax Andrew McPherson Bosko Kante Dániel Váczi DJ Spooky Jean-François Laporte Keith Baxter Kelly Snook Laurie Anderson Leon Gruenbaum Music Musical instrument makers Musical instruments Pat Metheny Richard Guthman Robert Moog Saxophone Subhraag Singh Tóbiás Terebessy Toma Vagner Úlfur Hansson

2 months ago | harpers.org | Matthew Sherrill

Jean-François Laporte stood on the stage of a Georgia Tech auditorium, manning the helm of what could have been a device of extraterrestrial origin. What looked to be a keyboard stand had been outfitted with an audience-facing drumhead at either end, between which lay a hopelessly tangled nest of tubes, knobs, and cables. In the center of the contraption, a PVC pipe hung down and curled under itself like a great proboscis.

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