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Latitude45News - June 2009
June 8, 2009, 12:00 am Dear Friends and Music Lovers, NewsMore Commissions for Brian Current Composer Brian Current has received two more commissions, just shortly after the world premiere of his accordion concerto with Symphony Nova Scotia and soloist Joseph Petric. The Royal Conservatory will host an installation work of Brian Current for 110 instruments, voices, electronics and lighting at Toronto's Nuit Blanche in October 2009. Another new piece, for ensemble and electronics, is sponsored by the Ontario Arts Council. It is slated to be premiered in 2010 by the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players and the Canadian new music ensemble "Continuum". www.latitude45arts.com/artists/view/brian_current www.cbc.ca/radio2/cod/concerts/20090312petric Jenny Lin gets Top Marks Jenny Lin is earning still more acclaim for both her Shostakovich CD and her life programs. Charles T. Downey of the Washington Post praised the "dizzying virtuosity" and the "ferocious performance" of her Etudes concert at Strathmore in May. And leading German music critic Peter Cossé gave her Shostakovich CD top marks, emphasizing her good "finger acumen" and her individual, accentuated sound. "Especially in comparison with the late Ashkenazy recording at Decca, I see Jenny Lin as the more spirited, and in the intricate speed-ups of the fugues more lissome interpreter", he states in his review. www.latitude45arts.com/ artists/view/jenny_lin voices.washingtonpost.com/the-classical-beat/ www.klassik-heute.de/kh/3cds/20090529_19246.shtml Canada vs. Sweden What do hockey and contemporary music have in common? More than you might think: rules, set formations, and a "thinking on your feet" approach for example. Two countries that are famous for their passion for both hockey and improvised music are now proving the relationship between the two. Led by François Houle from Canada and Mats Gustafsson from Sweden, twelve musicians and two referees will explore the systems and culture of ice hockey the musical hockey/improvising match "Canada vs. Sweden". The finals take place at Vancouver's Coastal Jazz and Blues Society on June 28. www.latitude45arts.com/artists/view/francois_houle www.coastaljazz.ca/artist/françois_houle Grand River Baroque lead by Latitude45er Latitude45 artist Nadina Mackie Jackson and her duo partner Guy Few are the new artistic directors to lead the Grand River Baroque Festival into its 8th season. Taking place from June 19 to 21 on the beautiful grounds of the Buehlow Barn in Ayr and in Paris, Ontario (Canada), Grand River Baroque features a feast of string symphonies, concerti for violin, trumpet, bassoon and lute, featuring beloved as well as rediscovered works from Vivaldi's Four Seasons to Antonio Brescianello's double concerto for violin and bassoon. www.latitude45arts.com/artists/view/nadina www.grbf.ca Guy Livingston conquers Malaysia Pianist Guy Livingston's new DVD "One Minute More", a collection of 60 short films on newly written piano miniatures by composers and filmmakers from all over the world, has thrilled Malaysia. The April issue of the award-winning culture magazine "Off the Edge" praises Livingston as a "versatile and extrovert pianist capable of the smallest nuances to the most audacious gestures", who is "unafraid to explore the boundaries of performance whether on the piano or off it, whether playing on the ivories or on teacups placed inside the piano". The May issue then features by an interview with Livingston himself, in which he talks about the idea behind "One Minute More" and about being pianist today. www.latitude45arts.com/artists/view/guy_livingston www.guylivingston.com Meet Latitude 45 in Chicago and Sao Paolo Latitude45 will be present at the 64th National Conference of the League of American Orchestras in Chicago, June 9 - 12, 2009. Visit booth #89 to meet our agent Mike Telin and find out more about the artists and ensembles we represent. Latitude45 Director Barbara Scales will be present at the 23rd congress of the International Society for the Performing Arts in Sao Paolo from June 10 to 13, offering personal encounters for presenters and performers in Brazil and around. Upcoming Tours 2010/2011 Already now, we can announce several international tours of Latitude45 artists in 2010 and 2011, some of them providing a unique opportunity to meet these artists on foreign continents. Additional bookings are still possible; if you are interested, please contact us at www.latitude45arts.com
Artist of the MonthMark Fewer: Crossing Musical Styles and Genres Mark Fewer Violinist Mark Fewer loves to cross styles and genres, times and spaces. Whether as a soloist, a chamber musician, a baroque or a jazz violinist, as a teacher or an artistic advisor - his free-spirited approach to music touches and inspires audiences and musical colleagues alike. His multifarious musical career spreads from coast to coast, from his home Newfoundland to Vancouver, where he served as a concert master of the Vancouver Symphony, and back east to Montreal, where he now teaches chamber music and string improvisation at the prestigious McGill University. However far west Mark Fewer has lived, he has always been a regular performing guest in the east, above all at the Scotia Festival, where he has been artistic director for the past five years. Infusing his love for chamber music and for contemporary music into the festival he has left his "mark", rewarded by the festival's audiences with increasing loyalty. As Mark Fewer now steps back from his post, it is to concentrate more on expanding his musical ideas and networks, and he intends to remain as a great contributor to the festival in the future. July will see Mark Fewer touring the US, where he performs a George Antheil program with pianist John Novacek. In August, he will showcase another facet of his versatile musical personality at Vancouver's MusicFest: his talent as a jazz violinist. Joining forces with renowned trumpet player Brad Turner and award-winning bassist Jodi Proznik, and later with the Canadian gypsy jazz quartet Van Django, he will explore the soundscapes of violin jazz from Stéphane Grappelli to Phil Dwyer. www.latitude45arts.com/artists/view/mark_fewer |
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