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2021-12-21 15:30:20
Kaija Saariaho: Laterna Magica Context Kaija Saariaho was born on October 14th, 1952 in Helsinki. Her serious studies within music began with her enrolling into the Sibelius Academy. Her contemporaries include the likes of Paavo Heininen and Magnus Lindberg. She continued studying under Ferneyhough and Huber, whilst also attending summer […] The post appeared first on Classicalexburns.
2021-06-08 00:51:32
Ian Pace Plays Ferneyhough and Yeats (CD Review)
Brian Ferneyhough Complete Piano Music Ian Pace, piano (Ben Smith, piano on Sonata for Two Pianos) Metier CD Marc Yeats The Anatomy of Melancholy Ian Pace, piano Prima Facie CD Ian Pace is one of the finest interpreters of complex contemporary music currently active. Two recent recordings of music by British composers of […]
2021-05-26 08:12:10
The spaces in between: José Luis Hurtado's music explores the relationships between complexity and freedom
[…] changing, always presenting a different facet. Yet the work is written down, via a graphical score with written instructions; what Hurtado chooses to write down and what he leaves out is what helps define his music. Hurtado studied piano performance and composition at Conservatorio de las Rosas ( Morelia, Mexico), composition at Universidad Veracruzana ( Xalapa, Mexico ) took a Ph.D. at Harvard University where he studied under Mario Davidovsky, Chaya Czernowin, Magnus Lindberg, Brian Ferneyhough and Helmut Lachenmann. The names of his teachers give some indication of the aural background to Hurtado's work. But he also says in his illuminating booklet essay that he has been experimenting with compositional strategies where the interpreter is an essential part of the creative process, "developing the characteristics of the original proposal and at the same time printing their personal stamp without any inhibition and thus, building the final personality of the work". […]
2021-05-04 15:19:05
Listening, isolated: solo music by Brian Ferneyhough, Sam Hayden, Olga Neuwirth, Rebecca Saunders and Salvatore Sciarrino
Considering that most of us have been spending the last 12 months in varying forms of isolation, it seems a fitting time to focus on music for solo instruments. German label Kairos clearly feels the same way, as they’ve recently brought out a short series of five albums, each titled…
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