About Mark Gustavson

 

Mark Gustavson head shot

Charles Ives once wrote, “Sound is only 10% of music.” I would like Mark Gustavson is Sounding to probe my musical path and the other 90% that is not sound. 

Mark Gustavson is a composer, teaches at universities, and performs in and around New York City.

Honors, Commissions & Awards

Critical Acclaim

…new and substantial…Mark Gustavson’s ‘Fool’s Journey’ acted out the iconography of tarot cards…
-New York Times

…the form was ingenious.
-Boston Globe

Precisely this balance and contrast of intimacy and wildness, of contemplation and sweeping gestures, of mystery and forcefulness, gives a sense of vision and completeness to this rich work.
-Piano Quarterly

But the brief intricate second movement showed the strong potential of the composer…
-Chicago Sun Times

…an adroitly constructed compendium of tantalizing rhythmic variations.
-Chicago Tribune

Visit markgustavson.com for information about his music, including audio samples.

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