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“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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Layale Chaker
Moonchild: Songs from the Hinder Sea
Moonchild: Songs from the Hinder Sea
for improvising soloist and baroque orchestra
Pour soliste improvisateur et orchestre baroque
Moonchild: Songs from the Hinder Sea” is a work that explores the Baroque and Renaissance soundscape on different shores of the Mediterranean Sea, highlighting contrasts and similarities between seemingly disparate cultures, going back to their shared birthplace; that Hinder Sea - one of the Mediterrenean Sea's older denominations.
Moonchild : Songs from the Hinder Sea est une œuvre qui explore le paysage sonore du Baroque et de la Renaissance sur diverses rives de la Méditerranée, pour mettre en lumière les contrastes et les similitudes entre des cultures apparemment disparates, remontant jusqu’à leur lieu de naissance commun ; cette mer Hinder - l'une des plus anciennes dénominations de la Méditerranée.
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BACKGROUND
Date of composition:
2018
Commissionner:
Newlands Festival
Newlands Festival
Performances:
Premiere in September 2018, with Holland Baroque, Bimhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Première: Septembre 2018, Holland Baroque, Bimhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Deemed a "Rising Star" by BBC Music Magazine, violinist and composer Layale Chaker was raised on the verge of several musical streams since her childhood. She debuted her musical training at the National Higher Conservatory of Beirut in her native Lebanon, Conservatoire de Paris and the Royal Academy of Music in London.
Layale's musical world lies at the intersection of classical contemporary music, Jazz, Arabic Music, and improvisation. As a violinist and composer, she has worked with Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Ziad Rahbani, Johnny Gandelsman, Holland Baroque, Oxford Orchestra, New World Symphony, London Jazz Festival, Alderburgh Festival, Junger Kunstler Festival Bayreuth, Lucerne Festival, Beethoven Festival Bonn and Avignon Festival among others, with features at The Berlin Philharmonic, Abbaye de Royaumont, Hancher, The Stone, National Sawdust, Royal Albert Hall and the Wigmore Hall.
This season has seen her complete a year-long residency at WQXR, where she premiered a new work with her chamber jazz quintet ; a recording with string quartet ETHEL, to be released in 2023 ; and a first public reading of "Ruinous Gods", her debut opera commissioned by Spoleto Festival. She is also due to premiere a new work for violin and choir at Morgenland Festival Osnabruck with the choral ensemble
Capella Amsterdam.
A 2020-2022 Jerome Hill Fellow, Layale is also recipient of the Opera America Dicovery 2022 award, Nadia et Lili Boulanger 2019 laureate, finalist of the Rolex Mentor & Protege 2018 Prize, the recipient of the Diaphonique Franco-British Commission Prize 2019, the 2018 Arab Fund for Arts and Culture Grant, the Royal Academy of Music 2018 Guinness Award, and the winner of the Ruth Anderson 2017
Competition.
Considérée comme une "étoile montante" par le BBC Music Magazine, la violoniste et compositrice Layale Chaker a été élevée en marge de plusieurs courants musicaux depuis son enfance. Elle a commencé sa formation musicale au Conservatoire national supérieur de Beyrouth, dans son Liban natal, au Conservatoire de Paris et à la Royal Academy of Music de Londres.
L'univers musical de Layale se situe à l'intersection de la musique classique contemporaine, du jazz, de la musique arabe et de l'improvisation. En tant que violoniste et compositrice, elle a travaillé avec Daniel Barenboim et le West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Ziad Rahbani, Johnny Gandelsman, Holland Baroque, Oxford Orchestra, New World Symphony, London Jazz Festival, Alderburgh Festival, Junger Kunstler Festival Bayreuth, Lucerne Festival, Beethoven Festival Bonn et Avignon Festival, entre autres, et s'est produite à la Philharmonie de Berlin, à l'Abbaye de Royaumont, à Hancher, au Stone, au National Sawdust, au Royal Albert Hall et au Wigmore Hall.
Cette saison, elle a achevé une résidence d'un an à WQXR, où elle a créé une nouvelle œuvre avec son quintette de jazz de chambre ; un enregistrement avec le quatuor à cordes ETHEL, qui sortira en 2024 ; et une première lecture publique de "Ruinous Gods", son premier opéra commandé par le festival de Spoleto. Elle doit également créer une nouvelle œuvre pour violon et chœur au Morgenland Festival Osnabruck avec l'ensemble choral Capella Amsterdam.
Boursière Jerome Hill 2020-2022, Layale est également lauréate du prix Opera America Dicovery 2022, lauréate Nadia et Lili Boulanger 2019, finaliste du prix Rolex Mentor & Protege 2018, lauréate du prix de la Commission franco-britannique Diaphonique 2019, de la bourse 2018 du Fonds arabe pour les arts et la culture, du prix Guinness 2018 de la Royal Academy of Music, et lauréate du concours Ruth Anderson 2017.
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