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Gerald Fenech recommends dance music played by Daniel Hope and the Zurich Chamber Orchestra. 'Daniel Hope's fiddle-playing is just phenomenal ...'
2022-01-24 05:39:00
Works by Ramirez, Dowland, Schubert, Giazotto, El-Hkoury, Part, Elgar, Foster, Andre, and traditional selections. Daniel Hope, violin; Zurcher Kammerorchester; Ensemble Amarcord, Katta; Patrick Messina; Jacques Ammon; Thomas Hampson; Julia Okruashvili; Marie-Pierre Langlamet; Colin Rich; and the Palau de la Musica Vocal Quartet. DG 486 0541.By John J. Puccio“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” --Desmond Tutu“Music has a tremendous power. This album is my attempt to send out a ray of hope and to provide people, myself included, with a sense of support and perhaps even consolation.” --Daniel HopeFor those few who may not, perhaps, be completely familiar with Daniel Hope, he is a South African-born classical violinist (b. 1973) of world renown who is also the Music Director of the Zurich Chamber Orchestra and the New Century Chamber Orchestra. He plays the 1742 "ex-Lipinski" violin by Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesu.Hope conceived and […]
2021-01-02 10:11:37
Researching the mathematics of emotions: composer Arash Safaian on his recent fantasy about Beethoven's music, 'This is (Not) Beethoven'
Arash Safaian (Photo Gregor Hohenberg) Iranian-born German composer Arash Safaian has a new disc out. On Modern Recordings the provocatively titled This is (not) Beethoven is performed by pianist Sebastian Knauer and the Zürcher Kammerorchester. Writing in a somewhat neo-Classical style, Arash Safian's music encompasses orchestra, chamber, opera as well as film, whilst this latest disc is a concertante work for piano and orchestra inspired by themes from Beethoven's music. I caught up with Arash via Zoom to find out more. Arash was born in Iran son of the Iranian artist Ali Akbar Safaian who emigrated to Germany when Arash was a child, and he grew up in Bayreuth. Arash studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nürnberg and showed his paintings in solo and group exhibitions, before moving to the Academy for Music and Theatre in Munich to study composition with Jan Müller-Wieland and Pascal […]
2020-07-03 16:45:32
The Zurich Chamber Orchestra has today announced the contract extension of Music Director Daniel Hope – through to the conclusion of the 2023-2024 season. The 46-year-old British violinist joined the ensemble in the 2014 as their Artist-in-Residence – before being promoted to the Music Directorship position in January 2016. “I am thrilled to be extending […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
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