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2023-08-31 06:29:00
The Canada-based Azrieli Foundation presents the London debut of the Azrieli Music Prizes at Cadogan Hall
[…] music?"The Azrieli Commission for Canadian Music - offered to a Canadian composer to create a new musical work that creatively and critically engages with the complexities of composing concert music in Canada todayOn 15 October 2023, the foundation is presenting the London debut concert of the Azrieli Music Prizes. At Cadogan Hall, the Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Stephen Mercurio, with soprano, Sharon Azrieli, vocalist and sitar player, Sepideh Raissadat, shō player Naomi Sato and suona/sheng player Zhongxi Wu will perform the European premieres of three prize-winning works:Shāhīn-nāmeh by Iman Habibi (Laureate, 2022 Azrieli Commission for Jewish Music), a song cycle for voice and orchestra based on 14th-century Judeo Persian poetry of Shahin Shirazi, featuring vocalist and sitar player Sepideh RaissadatBirds Calling… from the Canada in You by Rita Ueda (Laureate – 2022 Azrieli Commission for Canadian Music), a work for shō, suona/sheng and orchestra which takes the audience on a […]
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2022-08-02 10:05:59
Death of a Japanese soloist, 72
The violinist Sato Yoko has died of liver... The post Death of a Japanese soloist, 72 appeared first on Slippedisc.
2022-03-19 04:18:00
[…] 27 and Friday, July 29, 2022. The opera will be sung in German with English supertitles. It will be sung in two acts with one intermission.Maestro Israel Gurksy conducts the Opera Maine Orchestra in his fifth appearance with the company. Dona D. Vaughn, Artistic Director, directs the talented cast headed by Mark Delavan as the Dutchman, Felicia Moore as Senta, Richard Bernstein as Daland, Norman Reinhardt as Erik, Jonathan Boyd as the Steersman, and Sahoko Sato Timpone as Mary. Chorus master is Nicola´s Dosman. Set design is by Germa´n Ca´rdenas-Alaminos, costume design by Millie Hiibel, lighting design by James Lawlor, and projection design by Alex Basco Koch.For complete information, visit https://boxoffice.porttix.com/opera-maine-the-flying-dutchman-merrill-auditorium-portland-maine--Kristen Levesque PR & MarketingLONG PLAY Music Festival Schedule AnnouncedBang on a Can has announced the full schedule for LONG PLAY, a new, three-day destination music festival. Originally scheduled for May of 2020, LONG PLAY will be presented for the […]
2021-11-10 09:26:00
Recycle, re-use, re-think: Dai Fujikura's latest disc Glorious Clouds
Dai Fujikura Glorious Clouds; Minabel Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 10 November 2021 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) From microorganisms to the philosophy of Kierkegaard, from a concerto for a traditional Japanese instrument to a contrabass clarinet solo, the inspirations of Japanese-born, UK-based composer Dai Fujikura are fascinating and dazzlingDai Fujikura's latest album, Glorious Clouds might almost have the subtitle, 'recycle, re-use, re-think', as many of the works on the disc seem to evolve from Fujikura's other pieces. The disc also represents the composer's continuing engagement with Japanese traditional instruments, instruments that he didn't really listen to or know much about when growing up in Japan. Glorious Clouds from Minabel / New Focus Recordings features Fujikura's Shamisen Concerto from Hidejiro Honjoh (shamisen), Ensemble Nomad, Norio Sato, new orchestral pieces from Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins, and Chubu Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuko Tanaka, as well as solo and chamber pieces for a wide variety […]
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