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French pianist and composer
Commemorations 2024 (Birth: Samson François)
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2024-03-14 03:30:00
Recent Releases No. 72 (CD Reviews)
[…] recordings of the same piece with the same orchestra on the same relatively small label. In any event, the Honeck release is something special, well worth an audition by faithful Brucknerians. Giorgi Mikadze Trio: Face to Face: Georgian Songbook, Vol. 1. Mikadze: Satchidao; David Toradze: Not Easy to Repeat; Sulkhan Tsintsadze: Dolls Are Laughing; Shota Milorava: Same Garden; Jansungh Kakhidze: The Moon Over Mtatsminda; Mikadze: Nana; After the Tale; Giya Kancheli: A Magic Egg; Nodar Gabunia: To Nodar; Rusudan Sebiskveradze: Wind Takes It Anyway. Giorgi Mikadze, piano, arrangements; François Moutin, acoustic bass; Raphaël Pannier, drums. Peewee! PW1012 Georgian pianist and composer Giorgi Mikadze was educated at Berklee and has had experience playing with some notable jazz figures, which has of course given him plenty of experience playing American jazz standards. However, he found himself reaching a turning point om his musical path. “I started to ask myself, ‘Why should I play American standards when there are numerous melodies written by Georgian composers? I love […]
2024-03-07 09:16:00
The Royal Philharmonic Society Awards 2024, at the Royal Northern College of Music
[…] a collective performance in Edinburgh. l Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, an icon of contemporary music who died in 2023, was given the Large-Scale Composition Award for her acclaimed opera Innocence: a portrait of lives changed by a high school shooting (it was staged by the Royal Opera). Her son, Aleksi Barrière, who was the opera’s co-librettist, collected the trophy. l The BBC Singers were recognised for the quality, style and imagination they bring to a range of endeavour, receiving the Ensemble Award. l François-Xavier Roth received the Conductor Award for his work with the London Symphony Orchestra and his own ensemble, Les Siècles; the Chamber-Scale Composition Award went to Laurence Osborn for TOMB! premiered by the GBSR Duo and 12 Ensemble at the Norfolk and Norwich Festival; the Storytelling Award went to Leah Broad for Quartet, a book about four female composers; and the Young Artist Award was presented to mezzo soprano Lotte Betts-Dean. PS: Having once been part of a partly similar awards shindig myself, it was like a reminder of old […]
2024-03-06 09:47:00
Congratulations to all the winners at the 2024 RPS Awards, and a special mention for Jasdeep Singh Degun, the first Indian Classical musician to receive the Instrumentalist award
[…] is understandable, it seems something of a disappointment to all those composers who wrote fine, large-scale works that are not operas. That two of the four shortlisted works in this category this year were operas seems a mistake.Lotte Betts-Dean received the Young Artist Award. Nicky Spence received the Singer award for the remarkable breadth of his work from the BBC Proms and Welsh National Opera to nurturing young talent at Blackheath Halls and Scottish Opera. François-Xavier Roth received the Conductor award, hilighting his work uniting modern and historical practice with the London Symphony Orchestra and his ensemble Les Siècles. The BBC Singers received the Ensemble award, reflecting the astonishing quality, style and imagination of their performances. Sara Lee and the Irene Taylor Trust received the Gamechanger award for their creative projects in prisons and their powerful presence in communities. Clare Johnston and Drake Music Scotland received the Impact award for their […]
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