Hank Knox and Brian Current nominated at the Junos!
Congratulations to Hank Knox and Brian Current for their Junos nominations in two amazing collective works! The album Basta, Parlare!...
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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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About Hank Knox
Hailed internationally for his “colorful, kinetic performances,” Hank Knox performs on harpsichord in concert halls, churches, museums, galleries and homes around the globe. A founding member of Montreal’s Arion Baroque Orchestra, with whom he has toured North and South America, Europe and Japan, Knox also regularly performs and tours with Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Les Violons du Roy and l’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, among other groups, ensembles and orchestras.
He has released a number of acclaimed recordings on rare antique instruments as well as copies of historical instruments. During his time teaching in the Early Music program at McGill University, he conducted the McGill Baroque Orchestra and directed a great number of Baroque operas for Opera McGill, including Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Monteverdi’s Poppea and Handel’s Orlando, Agrippina, Giulio Cesare, Alcina and Rinaldo.
Mark Fewer and Hank Knox collaborate regularly together. Their complete recording of the sonatas for violin and harpsichord by J.S. Bach was released on LEAF records in 2017. The Vivaldi Manchester Sonatas were arranged and recorded by Fewer and Knox and were released on LEAF in November 2019. This is the first recording of the works by Canadian artists. An upcoming solo album of Hank Knox will also be released in the upcoming seasons on LEAF Music.
Reconnu internationalement pour ses « prestations dynamiques et hautes en couleur », le claveciniste Hank Knox se produit dans les salles de concert, les églises, les musées, les galeries d’art et les résidences privées un peu partout sur le globe. Membre fondateur d’Arion Orchestre Baroque, il a effectué des tournées en Europe, au Japon et en Amériques du Nord et du Sud, puis il a joué et enregistré avec Tafelmusik, les Violons du Roy et l’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal.
Il compte à son actif plusieurs enregistrements — tous louangés — sur de très rares instruments d’époque ainsi que des répliques d’instruments historiques. Il enseigne le clavecin à l’Université McGill. Il est à la tête de l’Orchestre baroque de McGill et il dirige des opéras baroques, récemment Didon et Énée de Purcell, Poppea de Monteverdi ainsi que Giulio Cesare, Agrippina, Alcina et Rinaldo de Haendel.
Hank Know et Mark Fewer collaborent régulièrement ensemble. Leur enregistrement de l’intégrale des sonates pour violon et clavecin de J. S. Bach est parût en 2017 sous l’étiquette LEAF label. Leur enregistrement de l’intégrale des sonates Manchester de Vivaldi, paru en novembre 2019 sur LEAF, est le premier à être endisqué par des artistes canadiens. Un disque solo paraîtra dans les saisons à venir sous LEAF Music.
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"Any musician would be hard-pressed to render audibly what is meant to be represented visually, especially with an instrument whose textural range is as limited as the harpsichord, but Knox manages to do this with ease."
— La Scena Musicale, Zenith Wolfe, June 2022 [About Scarlatti: Essercizi Per Gravicembalo]
"Knox’s harpsichord builds an elegant and large architecture for the arrangements, but his playing is alive, and there are moments when he seems to strike at the keys, elevating the bass and harmonics into a soundscape greater than what you expect from a single instrument. He goes from gentle stream to raging storm with utter control and elegance."
— The East Mag, Jeremy Thomas Gilmer, January 2020
“His support is seamless enough to almost take it for granted. … His rich voicings and steady beat audibly spur Fewer’s creativity.”
— EMA, Andrew J. Sammut, May 2020
“One might assume a leading expert on Early Music to be esoteric. Hank Knox shatters this assumption.”
— La Scena Musicale, Carol Xion, November 2018
« N’importe quel musicien aurait du mal à rendre audible ce qui est censé être représenté visuellement, surtout avec un instrument dont la gamme de textures est aussi limitée que le clavecin, mais Knox y parvient avec aisance. »
— La Scena Musicale, Zenith Wolfe, Juin 2022 [À propos de Scarlatti: Essercizi Per Gravicembalo]
"Knox’s harpsichord builds an elegant and large architecture for the arrangements, but his playing is alive, and there are moments when he seems to strike at the keys, elevating the bass and harmonics into a soundscape greater than what you expect from a single instrument. He goes from gentle stream to raging storm with utter control and elegance."
— The East Mag, Jeremy Thomas Gilmer, Janvier 2020
“His support is seamless enough to almost take it for granted. … His rich voicings and steady beat audibly spur Fewer’s creativity.”
— EMA, Andrew J. Sammut, Mai 2020
“On pourrait croire qu’un grand spécialiste de la musique ancienne est inaccessible. Hank Knox se montre tout le contraire.”
— La Scena Musicale, Carol Xion, Novembre 2018
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