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Kai Schumacher (born 18 November 1979) is a German pianist. He specializes primarily in American piano music of the 20th and 21st century, as well as music for piano and electronics
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Kai Schumacher (born 18 November 1979) is a German pianist. He specializes primarily in American piano music of the 20th and 21st century, as well as music for piano and electronics
Kai Schumacher received his first piano lessons when he was five years old. In 1995 he made his debut at the age of 15 years as a soloist with the Baden-Baden Philharmonic performing the Second Piano Concerto by Dmitri Shostakovich. After graduating from the Gymnasium Hohenbaden Baden-Baden he began studying at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen in the piano class of Prof. Till Engel. Following his final concert examination, he graduated "with distinction" in 2009.
His first recording, a performance of The People United Will Never Be Defeated!, a large-scale set of variations by the American composer Frederic Rzewski on a Chilean revolutionary song, was made the same year and released by Wergo. The album received good reviews both nationally and internationally and was awarded the "Star of the Month" (Stern des Monats) by Fono Forum magazine. [1] Kai Schumacher later reprised his performance as part of a live 'art action' organized by Friedrich von Borries in Berlin and at the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste in München (Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts). In 2013, he released his second album "Transcriptions" featuring his original arrangements of grunge, heavy metal, and indie rock songs for solo piano. He has performed this program widely, in both classical concert halls as well as at pop and rock music festivals such as the Traumzeit-Festival . In June 2015, Kai Schumacher released "Insomnia" on the SWRmusic/hänssler CLASSIC label, featuring a program of works by George Gershwin, John Cage, George Crumb, Brian Belet and Bruce Stark.
From 2010-2014 Kai Schumacher was the keyboardist for folk-pop band Mobilee .
Alvin Curran is an American composer, performer, improviser, sound artist, and writer. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and lives and works in Rome, Italy. He is the co-founder, with Frederic Rzewski and Richard Teitelbaum, of Musica Elettronica Viva, and a former student of Elliott Carter. Curran's music often makes use of electronics and environmental found sounds. He was a professor of music at Mills College in California until 2006 and now teaches privately in Rome and sporadically at various institutions.
Frederic Anthony Rzewski was an American composer and pianist, considered to be one of the most important American composer-pianists of his time. His major compositions, which often incorporate social and political themes, include the minimalist Coming Together and the variation set The People United Will Never Be Defeated!, which has been called "a modern classic".
Marc-André Hamelin, OC, OQ is a Canadian virtuoso pianist and composer who has received 11 Grammy Award nominations. He is on the faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music.
Giacinto Francesco Maria Scelsi was an Italian composer who also wrote surrealist poetry in French.
Kontra-Punkte is a composition for ten instruments by Karlheinz Stockhausen which resolves contrasts among six instrumental timbres, as well as extremes of note values and dynamic levels, into a homogeneous ending texture. Stockhausen described it: "Counter-Points: a series of the most concealed and also the most conspicuous transformations and renewals—with no predictable end. The same thing is never heard twice. Yet there is a distinct feeling of never falling out of an unmistakable construction of the utmost homogeneity. An underlying force that holds things together—related proportions: a structure. Not the same Gestalten in a changing light. But rather this: various Gestalten in the same light, that permeates everything."
The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (1975) is a piano composition by American composer Frederic Rzewski. The People United is a set of 36 variations on the Chilean song "¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!" by Sergio Ortega and Quilapayún, and received its world premiere on February 7, 1976, played by Ursula Oppens as part of the Bi-Centennial Piano Series at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall. Rzewski dedicated the composition to Oppens, who had commissioned it, and who recorded it in 1979; her recording was named "Record of the Year" in that year by Record World, and received a Grammy nomination.
Ursula Oppens is an American classical concert pianist and educator. She has received five Grammy Award nominations.
Petronel Malan is a South African concert pianist based in the United States.
"¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!" is a Chilean protest song, whose music was composed by Sergio Ortega Alvarado and the text written in conjunction with the Quilapayún band. Together with the song "Venceremos", also by Ortega, it is one of the most successful songs of the Nueva canción chilena movement. The theme has a marching rhythm, highlighting its chorus, which is a shout or slogan with only percussion. The song has been used in various protests around the world against either left or right-wing dictatorships, most of which have no direct connection to the Chilean coup or Latin America. The lyrics have been adapted or translated into many languages.
The WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne is a German radio orchestra based in Cologne, where the orchestra mainly performs at two concert halls: the WDR Funkhaus Wallrafplatz and the Kölner Philharmonie.
Florian Uhlig is a German classical pianist.
Stéphane Ginsburgh is a Belgian pianist of Austrian origin. He is a piano professor at the Geneva University of Music.
Igor Levit is a Russian-German pianist who focuses on the works of Bach, Beethoven, and Liszt. He is also a professor at the Musikhochschule Hannover. He lives in Berlin.
Nanosonatas (2006–2010) are piano compositions by American composer Frederic Rzewski.
Andrej Ivanovich Hoteev was a Russian classical pianist.
Trio Accanto is a contemporary piano trio formed of Marcus Weiss (saxophone), Nicolas Hodges (piano) and Christian Dierstein (percussion). It is based in Freiburg, Germany.
David Jalbert is a Canadian concert pianist and professor at the University of Ottawa. He is considered by the CBC one of Canada's top 15 classical pianists "this country has ever produced".
Peter Bruns is a German cellist and university professor.
Roswitha Trexler is a German operatic soprano and mezzo-soprano who became internationally known especially as an interpreter of the music of Hans Eisler and for her commitment to avantgarde vocal music.
Five Pianos is a composition for five pianists composed in 1972 by American composer Morton Feldman. The piece is scored for five pianos and one celesta performed by the fourth pianist; the performers are also required to hum specific notes throughout the composition. It was first performed in Berlin on July 16, 1972, as part of the Berliner Musiktage festival, with the composer as one of the humming pianists.
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