Julius Eastman
Classical
The next Julius Eastman concert is scheduled for Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ in Amsterdam, Netherlands. See all 1 upcoming concerts
Top Songs By Julius Eastman
Upcoming Concerts for Julius Eastman
More albums from Julius Eastman
About Julius Eastman
Hometown
New York, NY, United States
Born
1940
Genre
Classical
The music of African American composer Julius Eastman has been revived increasingly often since his death in 1990. Eastman was a pioneer not only as an openly gay and Black composer in the 1970s but also as one who incorporated elements of free jazz and pop into a minimalist compositional language. The late '70s and early '80s were among his most prolific years, giving some of his works provocative titles like Gay Guerrilla. Eastman later grew despondent over the lack of opportunities he encountered, began to abuse drugs, was homeless for a time, and when he was evicted from an apartment, lost many of his music manuscripts. Eastman died of cardiac arrest in Buffalo on May 28, 1990. His death was almost unnoticed; eight months later, music critic Kyle Gann wrote one of his few obituaries. The chamber group Wild Up issued a recording of Eastman's Femenine in 2021.
Similar to: Julius Eastman
Discover more music and artists similar to Julius Eastman, like Joseph Ford, Wild Up, Emily Manzo
