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Zeena Parkins
Parkins in April 5, 2008
Parkins in April 5, 2008
Background information
Born1956 (age 67–68)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Genres
  • Experimental
  • free improvisation
  • avant-garde
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • composer
Instrument(s)
  • Harp
  • accordion
  • keyboards
  • omnichord
Years active1980s–present
Labels
  • Tzadik
  • Good Child Music
  • Relative Pitch
  • Table of the Elements
  • Case Study Records
Websitewww.zeenaparkins.com

Zeena Parkins (born 1956) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist active in experimental, free improvised, contemporary classical, and avant-jazz music; she is known for having "reinvented the harp".[1] Parkins performs on standard harps, several custom electric harps, piano, and accordion. She is a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow and professor in the Music Department at Mills College.[2]

  1. ^ Ross, Alex (March 27, 1993). "Zeena Parkins Avant-Garde Harpist Roulette". The New York Times. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  2. ^ "Zeena Parkins". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved March 8, 2021.

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