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2021-09-16 06:07:00
Recent Releases, No. 18 (CD Reviews)
By Karl W. NehringSebastian Knauer: The Mozart/Nyman Concert. Includes Mozart: Sonata C Major K 545: I. Allegro. Michael Nyman: 6 Piano Pieces for Sebastian Knauer: K1; Mozart: Sonata C Major K 330: II. Andante cantabile; Nyman: 6 Piano Pieces for Sebastian Knauer: K2; Mozart: Sonata F Major K 332: III. Allegro assai; Nyman: 6 Piano Pieces for Sebastian Knauer: K3; Mozart: Sonata A Minor K 310: I. Allegro maestoso; Nyman: 6 Piano Pieces for Sebastian Knauer: K4; Mozart: Fantasy C Minor K 475; Nyman: 6 Piano Pieces for Sebastian Knauer: K5; Mozart: Sonata D Major K 311: III. Rondeau-Allegro; Nyman: 6 Piano Pieces for Sebastian Knauer: K6; Mozart: 12 Variations C Major on ?Ah, vous dirai-je Maman" K 265. Sebastian Knauer, piano. Modern Recordings 538682452.The British composer Michael Nyman (b. 1944) is probably most widely known for his soundtrack to the award-winning film The Piano, although he has composed music in many other […]
2021-09-16 06:07:00
Recent Releases, No. 18 (CD Reviews)
By Karl W. NehringSebastian Knauer: The Mozart/Nyman Concert. Includes Mozart: Sonata C Major K 545: I. Allegro. Michael Nyman: 6 Piano Pieces for Sebastian Knauer: K1; Mozart: Sonata C Major K 330: II. Andante cantabile; Nyman: 6 Piano Pieces for Sebastian Knauer: K2; Mozart: Sonata F Major K 332: III. Allegro assai; Nyman: 6 Piano Pieces for Sebastian Knauer: K3; Mozart: Sonata A Minor K 310: I. Allegro maestoso; Nyman: 6 Piano Pieces for Sebastian Knauer: K4; Mozart: Fantasy C Minor K 475; Nyman: 6 Piano Pieces for Sebastian Knauer: K5; Mozart: Sonata D Major K 311: III. Rondeau-Allegro; Nyman: 6 Piano Pieces for Sebastian Knauer: K6; Mozart: 12 Variations C Major on ?Ah, vous dirai-je Maman" K 265. Sebastian Knauer, piano. Modern Recordings 538682452.The British composer Michael Nyman (b. 1944) is probably most widely known for his soundtrack to the award-winning film The Piano, although he has composed music in many other […]
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 Dusapin, […]
2018-03-18 16:09:00
[…] future was downright tantalizing.” In his first appearances as Artistic Partner in September 2017, Hope’s leadership was described as “urbane and eloquent” (San Francisco Chronicle) in a performance that “sparkled” and ended in a “graceful whirlwind of refined beauty” (San Francisco Classical Voice). Since his appointment as Artistic Partner in October 2016, New Century has presented the World Premiere of a co-commissioned Violin Concerto by Alan Fletcher, brought renowned guest artists Menahem Pressler and Sebastian Knauer and welcomed the world-renowned Zurich Chamber Orchestra for a joint performance in San Francisco, its first Bay Area appearance in over a decade. In the summer of 2019, Hope will lead New Century in its first-ever European tour.ABOUT NEW CENTURY CHAMBER ORCHESTRAThe New Century Chamber Orchestra, one of only a handful of conductorless ensembles in the world, was founded in 1992. The 19-member string ensemble, including San Francisco Bay Area musicians and those who […]
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