Jace Clayton presents the European premiere of his Julius Eastman tribute with support from pianists David Friend and Saskia Lankhoorn.

New York-based artist and writer Jace Clayton, also known as DJ /rupture, presents the European debut of Julius Eastman Memorial Dinner. Conceived for twin pianos, live electronics, and voice, this exhilarating sonic exploration brings fresh insight to the artistic legacy of Julius Eastman – the mercurial gay African American composer who mixed canny minimalist innovation with head-on political provocation. The Julius Eastman Memorial Dinner is built around new arrangements of Evil Nigger (1979) and Gay Guerrilla (1980), two of Eastman’s most important piano compositions.Using his own custom-designed software to live-process the pianos, Claytonalso intersperses musical vignettes thatlend context and nuance to Eastman’ssaga, cut short with his untimely death in 1990 at age 49.