Summary: Charles Amirkhanian's address book contains everyone in the new music world you wish you knew. He cut his teeth as music director at Berkeley's KPFA and moved on to Telluride, Djerassi, and Other Minds, championing forward-looking composers all the while (he is also one himself). He dragged Nancarrow out of obscurity and is doing the same for George Antheil. This interview is in two parts.
