Photo from the ICP Orchestra website There is something deeply sad about losing Tristan Honsinger this year. He had a uniquely light touch for music that’s often accused of being too heavy, intellectual, and difficult. Honsinger, like many of the Dutch artists he performed with, was conservatory trained but found his artistic home in riotously free environments—ICP Orchestra, Globe Unity Orchestra, Company, small groups with Cecil Taylor and Derek Bradley, and Günter Christmann, and Honsinger’s own groups: 5tet; Hook, Line and Sinker; This, That and the Other; and Hopscotch. The names of this last batch of groups alone should tell anyone unfamiliar with Honsinger everything they need to know. Like many of his musical partners, nothing was too precious that it couldn’t be tipped sideways.
Let's Say That the Fox Could Be a Bear
Let's Say That the Fox Could Be a Bear
Let's Say That the Fox Could Be a Bear
Photo from the ICP Orchestra website There is something deeply sad about losing Tristan Honsinger this year. He had a uniquely light touch for music that’s often accused of being too heavy, intellectual, and difficult. Honsinger, like many of the Dutch artists he performed with, was conservatory trained but found his artistic home in riotously free environments—ICP Orchestra, Globe Unity Orchestra, Company, small groups with Cecil Taylor and Derek Bradley, and Günter Christmann, and Honsinger’s own groups: 5tet; Hook, Line and Sinker; This, That and the Other; and Hopscotch. The names of this last batch of groups alone should tell anyone unfamiliar with Honsinger everything they need to know. Like many of his musical partners, nothing was too precious that it couldn’t be tipped sideways.