Christopher Paul Lantz
Christopher Paul Lantz
In 1936, Christopher Lantz was born in Santa Fe's La Fonda Hotel where his parents were both artists in residence. As a child, he grew up in such varied environs as Santa Fe, Guadalajara Mexico, and the streets of New York City. During his unusual childhood, he came in contact with many artists, including the poet Witter Bynner, Frida Kohlo, and even made a habit of stopping in for coffee in Jackson Pollock's studio, where he would watch Pollack drip paint on his canvases for hours on end.
As a young man, Christopher was more interested in music. He composed his first symphony at the age of 16, which was later preformed for Igor Stravinsky when Christopher was 19 and studying under Milton Babbitt. By the time he was 23, he had conducted his own symphonies with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.
He currently holds a Doctor of Musical Arts and a PhD in Acoustical Physics from Stanford University. He has composed and conducted both his own and others' contemporary and classical music in the U.S. and Europe.
1970's Musical Art Scores
During the 1970's, Chrustopher Lantz began incorporating color and abstract painting into his musical scores in an attempt to solve the two dimensional limitations of traditional music. By the 1980's, he had expanded his 'art scores' technique to the degree that traditional notation was no longer incorporated.
In the autumn of 1985 in the wilderness of north central New Mexico, Christopher walked the land and began to design and personally construction a structure. The construction began with a series of connecting acoustic anacronic chambers (rooms responsive to sound vibration). When the structure was complete the building encompassed four thousand square feet with no right angles.
The House of Symphonies
In the autumn of 1985 in the wilderness of north central New Mexico, Christopher walked the land and began to design and personally construction a structure. The construction began with a series of connecting acoustic anacronic chambers (rooms responsive to sound vibration). When the structure was complete the building encompassed four thousand square feet with no right angles.