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Melbourne International Arts Festival presents
Patti Smith & Philip Glass: Dedicated to Allen Ginsberg $75 / $56.25 / $25 / $67.50 groups 8+ WINE & DINE PACKAGES $7 / $25
13 October 2008Two friends come together for a rare and intimate evening of piano and poetry inspired by their passion for the work of seminal beat poet, the late Allen Ginsberg.

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Two friends come together for a rare and intimate evening of piano and poetry inspired by their passion for the work of seminal beat poet, the late Allen Ginsberg.A friend and mentor to both Patti Smith and Philip Glass, Allen Ginsberg is one of the most influential poets of the 20th century, whose raging verse epitomised the Beat movement in the 1950s. Smith and Glass shepherded Ginsberg through his last rites and, as this event testifies, he remains a strong presence in their lives.
In this moving performance event, Smith reads a selection of Ginsberg's poetry and her own writings about and influenced by him while Philip Glass performs original compositions on solo piano to accompany the poetry.
Smith was a published poet before she ever hit the stage and then, when she did, her early performances were in fact poetry readings with raw musical accompaniment. Along with William Blake, Arthur Rimbaud and William S Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg was a huge creative influence. Smith befriended Ginsberg who had started to explore his own career in music. The two even performed together on occasion. Glass also collaborated closely with the poet on various projects, including the multimedia stage production Hydrogen Jukebox.