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Read about "Four Studies of Peking Opera" by Ge Gan-ru in The New York Times and the American Record Guide.
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Yo-Yo Ma's Turkish music consultant (Article in Turkish). English Translation “.
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new music By Amanda MacBlane ..."How can you call a piece from 1979 new music?" Woodard responded when I showed surprise at her inclusion of Rzewski as standard rep. And when you compare this work to the four pieces by emerging composers also on the program, one of which was written specifically for this concert, her argument strengthens. Rzewski is an elder statesman of the music community, and his music deserves to be pressed into the history books rather than floundering in the uncertainty of the cutting-edge. ... This concert, presented by the New York City composer and performer collective Groundwave, aspires to more than just challenging definitions of standard repertoire. Like many of her previous recitals, Woodard has carefully curated a program that connects America’s (and more specifically Brooklyn’s) newest composers with the weighty past of Western classical music. In order to really draw clear relationships between the past and present, Woodard limited her choices to works written for only the 88 keys of the piano in equal temperament. As alternate tunings and electronic manipulations have become commonplace for new piano music, Woodard aims to show that composers have yet to exhaust the possibilities of the standard piano. ... Western Music in Turkey from the 19th Century to the Present by Kathryn Woodard What are you looking for in pieces of new piano music? Website Design by Hdesign email: info@kathrynwoodard.com |
