Philip Glass, der 80-jährige Pionier kehrt zum Melkweg nach Amsterdam zurück. Am Sonntag, den 22. Oktober, spielt er drei seiner Klavierwerke. Gespielt von Maki Namekawa und Dennis Russell Davies wird “Mad Rush” (1980), “Four Movements For Two Pianos” (2008) und “The Suite from Les Enfants Terribles” (1996). Darüber hinaus präsentiert das Amstel Saxophon Quartett & […]
An Austrian premiere concludes the Festival on Monday, September 11, 2017. Maki Namekawa will perform all 20 of Philip Glass’ piano etudes accompanied by artist Cori Olan’s real-time visualizations. The duo will also present a daily demonstration of their virtuosity in Deep Space 8K. Maki Namekawa tells us more in this interview. The setting: The
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The works making up the two books of Etudes began to emerge piecemeal in the 1990s. Six studies from book one were composed in 1994 for the 50th birthday of pianist and conductor Dennis Russell Davies, whose association with Glass goes back some four decades. As further compositions emerged the second set began to build
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The Etudes were begun in the mid-90s and new music is still being added to this collection as I write these notes in 2003. Their purpose was two-fold. First, to provide new music for my solo piano concerts. And second, for me to expand my piano technique with music that would enhance and challenge my
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I had the chance to sit down with Philip Glass two weeks ago to discuss the upcoming release of his Complete Piano Etudes on album as well as printed sheet music on November 25th Richard Guérin: When did you begin to play piano? Philip Glass: Oh, probably around 6 or 7 years old. But I
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