Press
“Hear [the Duo Kalysta] if you can, either in concert or this way.”
— Gorman, American Record Guide
May-June 2020 (about the recording Origins)
“Deutsch, a player who can soften or strengthen her handsome tone according to need, is very much in the first chair.”
— Arthur Kaptainis, La Scena Musicale
February 2020
"Deutsch revealed new worlds of colour and meaning in every single note ... an astonishing artist"
— Scott Tresham, Senior Producer at CBC Music
“Hear [the Duo Kalysta] if you can, either in concert or this way.”
— Gorman, American Record Guide
May-June 2020 (about the recording Origins)
“Deutsch, a player who can soften or strengthen her handsome tone according to need, is very much in the first chair.”
— Arthur Kaptainis, La Scena Musicale
February 2020
"Deutsch revealed new worlds of colour and meaning in every single note ... an astonishing artist"
— Scott Tresham, Senior Producer at CBC Music
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About Brian Current
Brian Current writes music that is brimming with energy – sometimes with the propulsive rhythms of so-called minimalist music, sometimes with a more delicate sense of flux, but almost always with a sense of motion and playfulness about the treatment of time and texture. These features have won him numerous honours, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Barlow Prize for Orchestral Music, and Italy’s Premio Fedora for his new chamber opera Airline Icarus. His concert-length work for Orchestra, Chorus, and Soloists, The River of Light, is premiering with the Vancouver Bach Choir and Orchestra in May of 2019.
His latest project, a vertical opera called Gould’s Wall (2000-2022) garnered international attention from the UK, to across the United States, to Taiwan and Malaysia.
He is also in demand as a guest conductor and regularly leads programs of contemporary music. He is the director of the New Music Ensemble at the Glenn Gould School of Music of the Royal Conservatory in Toronto, Canada. Since 2021, he has served as Artistic Director of New Music Concerts, one of Canada’s flagship legacy music organizations and has championed over 100 works by Canadian composers.
Brian Current a fait ses études musicales à l'Université McGill et à la University of California (Berkeley), où il a obtenu un doctorat en 2002. Sa musique, louangée et interprétée dans le monde entier, est aussi diffusée dans plus de 35 pays et lui a valu de nombreuses récompenses, notamment une bourse de la Guggenheim Fellowship, le Prix Barlow pour la musique orchestrale (États-Unis), le Prix Premio Fedora for Chamber Opera (Italie), le Concours de commandes de composition Azrieli ainsi qu'une œuvre sélectionnée (catégorie moins de 30 ans) par la Tribune internationale des compositeurs, à Paris.
Son plus récent projet, un opéra vertical nommé Gould’s Wall (2000-2022) a suscité une attention internationale, du Royaume-Uni aux États-Unis, en passant par Taïwan et la Malaisie.
Brian Current mène aussi une carrière de chef et dirige régulièrement des ensembles professionnels de haut niveau dans des programmes de musique contemporaine. Il est le chef de l'Ensemble Continuum (Toronto) et s'est produit avec de nombreux ensembles et orchestres, dont le Symphony Nova Scotia, l'Orchestre du Centre national des arts, le Thunder Bay Symphony et le Windsor Symphony. Brian Current fait partie du corps professoral de la Glenn Gould School du Conservatoire royal de musique de Toronto, où il dirige les diplômés du Contemporary Music Ensemble et enseigne l'interprétation de la musique contemporaine.
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"The voice of an original composer with something important to say could be clearly heard."
— LA Weekly, Allan Rich
"Brian Current writes cutting-edge music that combines traditional and avant-garde playing techniques, all manner of tonality, and terrific imagination."
— American Record Time, Barry Kilpatrick
“Music may never have sounded quite so intoxicating.”
— The Villager, Michael Clive (New York)
"La voix d'un compositeur original qui a quelque chose d'important à dire."
— LA Weekly, Allan Rich
"Brian Current écrit une musique de pointe qui combine des techniques de jeu traditionnelles et avant-gardistes, toutes sortes de tonalités et une formidable imagination."
— American Record Time, Barry Kilpatrick
“La musique n'a peut-être jamais semblé si enivrante.”
— The Villager, Michael Clive (New York)
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