Program 810: Charles on the Air
KALW Broadcast Date: January 12, 2025 | Host: Joseph Bohigian
On this program, we’ll hear some highlights of Charles Amirkhanian on the radio from the Other Minds Archives in honor of his 80th birthday on January 19, 2025. Before co-founding Other Minds, Amirkhanian served as the Music Director for KPFA Radio in Berkeley, California from 1969 to 1992. This program includes Amirkhanian’s radio piece Gold and Spirit created for the 1984 Olympics Arts Festival, Radio Event: No. 14: Armenia Gardenia, an excerpt of the World Ear Project broadcast on KPFA, and his 1981 Radiovisions program on minimalism, The New Consonance.
Program Audio
30-Second Spot
Track Info & Links
Title: Gold and Spirit
Composer: Charles Amirkhanian
Recording Title: Sounds In Motion: Olympic Arts, (1984)
Record Label: Other Minds Archives
Title: Radio Event: No. 14: Armenia Gardenia
Composer: Charles Amirkhanian
Record Label: Other Minds Archives
Title: World Ear Project: Series 2, July 29, 1985 (excerpt)
Record Label: Other Minds Archives
Title: Radiovisions: #8, The New Consonance
Record Label: Other Minds Archives
