Lee Ranaldo

Lee Ranaldo, musician, visual artist, and writer, co-founded Sonic Youth (1981-2011), played in Glenn Branca's early ensembles and symphonies (1980-84), and has been active both in New York and internationally for forty years as acomposer, performer, collaborator, and producer. He has also exhibited visual art and has published several books of journals, poetry, and writings on music. Ranaldo's thirty-year performance partnership with Leah Singer, currently Contre Jour performances, have been large-scale, multi-projection sound+light events with suspended electric guitar phenomena that challenge the usual performer/audience relationship. He lives and works in New York City.