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Timothy Andres: "Shy and Mighty" CD Release Concert
w/ David Kaplan and Presented by Wordless Music and Nonesuch Records
w/ David Kaplan and Presented by Wordless Music and Nonesuch Records
Mon., May 17, 2010 / 6:30 PM
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Nonesuch Releases Timothy Andres' label debut, Shy and Mighty, May 18
Purchase our special advance ticket bundle to the May 17 performance and receive the "Shy & Mighty" CD for just $10. Click on "buy now" to learn more.
Album's 10 pieces feature piano soloist David Kaplan
"In his music, you can hear a lot of composers and other music Andres likes...But Andres is not a collage artist; from these diverse sources emerges something personal and urgent, full of feeling, even conflicting feelings; the tender and the caustic are never far away from each other."-Boston Globe
Nonesuch releases composer/pianist Timothy (Timo) Andres' Shy and Mighty on May 18, 2010. Comprising 10 interrelated piano pieces, Shy and Mighty is performed by Andres and pianist David Kaplan. This is the first recording of the work, and also Andres' label debut.
Andres was an undergraduate at Yale University when critics and fellow composers began to take notice of his skills as both writer and pianist. In 2004, the New Yorker's Alex Ross said of him: "He is a formidable pianist who has the measure of Charles Ives's towering 'Concord Sonata.' He is also a composer... Most notably, his music is beginning to show an individual voice, which is the hardest thing for a composer to achieve."
Though steeped in the classical canon, Andres has expressed his admiration for a range of artists, like Radiohead, Brian Eno, Múm, Sigur Rós, Wolf Parade, Arcade Fire, LCD Soundsystem, Olivia Tremor Control, and Boards of Canada. His classical influences include John Adams, Charles Ives, György Ligeti, and his former teachers, Ingram Marshall and Martin Bresnick.
While each track stands on its own, Andres conceived of Shy and Mighty as an album-length work. As Andres says in the album's liner notes: "When I sat down to write Shy and Mighty, this was very clearly my goal for it-that I would write an album for two pianos. I was very focused on the recorded medium-even though this is obviously something that works live, that was somehow secondary. The two albums that really did it for me were Olivia Tremor Control's Black Foliage and Boards of Canada's Music Has the Right to Children, both of which are structured in a similar way...larger set pieces and little transitional things in between. And that's what I set out to do- I didn't end up writing too many miniatures, but that was the idea, anyway."
Last spring John Adams showcased Andres in a young performers concert he curated for the Los Angeles Philharmonic that received critical praise. Upcoming performances include a Wordless Music concert at New York City's (le) poisson rouge on Monday, May 17.
Tickets are $15, or $10 for Students.
There is also a ticket and CD bundle available for $25.
This is a first come seated event. Seating is limited and not guaranteed; please arrive early.
Yamaha Piano provided courtesy of Yamaha Artist Services, New York
Purchase our special advance ticket bundle to the May 17 performance and receive the "Shy & Mighty" CD for just $10. Click on "buy now" to learn more.
Album's 10 pieces feature piano soloist David Kaplan
"In his music, you can hear a lot of composers and other music Andres likes...But Andres is not a collage artist; from these diverse sources emerges something personal and urgent, full of feeling, even conflicting feelings; the tender and the caustic are never far away from each other."-Boston Globe
Nonesuch releases composer/pianist Timothy (Timo) Andres' Shy and Mighty on May 18, 2010. Comprising 10 interrelated piano pieces, Shy and Mighty is performed by Andres and pianist David Kaplan. This is the first recording of the work, and also Andres' label debut.
Andres was an undergraduate at Yale University when critics and fellow composers began to take notice of his skills as both writer and pianist. In 2004, the New Yorker's Alex Ross said of him: "He is a formidable pianist who has the measure of Charles Ives's towering 'Concord Sonata.' He is also a composer... Most notably, his music is beginning to show an individual voice, which is the hardest thing for a composer to achieve."
Though steeped in the classical canon, Andres has expressed his admiration for a range of artists, like Radiohead, Brian Eno, Múm, Sigur Rós, Wolf Parade, Arcade Fire, LCD Soundsystem, Olivia Tremor Control, and Boards of Canada. His classical influences include John Adams, Charles Ives, György Ligeti, and his former teachers, Ingram Marshall and Martin Bresnick.
While each track stands on its own, Andres conceived of Shy and Mighty as an album-length work. As Andres says in the album's liner notes: "When I sat down to write Shy and Mighty, this was very clearly my goal for it-that I would write an album for two pianos. I was very focused on the recorded medium-even though this is obviously something that works live, that was somehow secondary. The two albums that really did it for me were Olivia Tremor Control's Black Foliage and Boards of Canada's Music Has the Right to Children, both of which are structured in a similar way...larger set pieces and little transitional things in between. And that's what I set out to do- I didn't end up writing too many miniatures, but that was the idea, anyway."
Last spring John Adams showcased Andres in a young performers concert he curated for the Los Angeles Philharmonic that received critical praise. Upcoming performances include a Wordless Music concert at New York City's (le) poisson rouge on Monday, May 17.
Tickets are $15, or $10 for Students.
There is also a ticket and CD bundle available for $25.
This is a first come seated event. Seating is limited and not guaranteed; please arrive early.
Yamaha Piano provided courtesy of Yamaha Artist Services, New York
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Timothy Andres: "Shy and Mighty" CD Release Concert
Timothy Andres (b. 1985, Palo Alto, CA) is a composer and pianist. He grew up in rural Connecticut and lives in New York City. His compositions meld a classical-music upbringing with diverse interests in the natural world, graphic arts, technology, cooking, and photography. He has been praised for his “acute ear” by the New York Times’s Anthony Tommasini and “stubborn nose” by the New Yorker’s Alex Ross.
An avid pianist from an early age, Timothy (Timo for short) performs widely, focusing especially on music by his contemporaries. “New music cannot be intimidating when played with this degree of skill and zest,” proclaimed Boston Globe critic Richard Dyer of a recent concert. Eleanor Hancock was his piano teacher for many years; later, he studied with Frederic Chiu, Boris Berman and Elisabeth Parisot.
Recent commissions include a work for the ACME string quartet and New York Youth Symphony (Senior), an octet for members of New World Symphony (Some Connecticut Gospel), an orchestral elegy for the Yale Symphony (Bathtub Shrine), and a chamber orchestra work for the Los Angeles Philharmonic (Nightjar), which was conducted by John Adams in May 2009. He also performed his solo piano piece How can I live in your world of ideas? on the Philharmonic’s Green Umbrella series, which was pronounced “irresistible” by the LA Times’s Mark Swed.
Timo earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Yale, majoring in music and composition, respectively. As an undergraduate, he wrote music criticism for the Yale Daily News and ran IGIGI, a coalition of Yale-affiliated composers. He was a founding member of the Hindemith Ensemble, Yale’s premiere chamber ensemble, and toured Germany with them as pianist and composer-in-residence. He has received awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, BMI, and ASCAP.
Timo has spent summers at Tanglewood, Norfolk, Bowdoin, and Aspen music festivals. He first studied composition during high school, at Juilliard’s Pre-College division (with Eric Ewazen) and has since worked with Martin Bresnick, Ingram Marshall, Aaron Jay Kernis, Chris Theofanidis, John Halle, Matthew Suttor, Kathryn Alexander, Michael Klingbeil, and Orianna Webb.
An avid pianist from an early age, Timothy (Timo for short) performs widely, focusing especially on music by his contemporaries. “New music cannot be intimidating when played with this degree of skill and zest,” proclaimed Boston Globe critic Richard Dyer of a recent concert. Eleanor Hancock was his piano teacher for many years; later, he studied with Frederic Chiu, Boris Berman and Elisabeth Parisot.
Recent commissions include a work for the ACME string quartet and New York Youth Symphony (Senior), an octet for members of New World Symphony (Some Connecticut Gospel), an orchestral elegy for the Yale Symphony (Bathtub Shrine), and a chamber orchestra work for the Los Angeles Philharmonic (Nightjar), which was conducted by John Adams in May 2009. He also performed his solo piano piece How can I live in your world of ideas? on the Philharmonic’s Green Umbrella series, which was pronounced “irresistible” by the LA Times’s Mark Swed.
Timo earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Yale, majoring in music and composition, respectively. As an undergraduate, he wrote music criticism for the Yale Daily News and ran IGIGI, a coalition of Yale-affiliated composers. He was a founding member of the Hindemith Ensemble, Yale’s premiere chamber ensemble, and toured Germany with them as pianist and composer-in-residence. He has received awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, BMI, and ASCAP.
Timo has spent summers at Tanglewood, Norfolk, Bowdoin, and Aspen music festivals. He first studied composition during high school, at Juilliard’s Pre-College division (with Eric Ewazen) and has since worked with Martin Bresnick, Ingram Marshall, Aaron Jay Kernis, Chris Theofanidis, John Halle, Matthew Suttor, Kathryn Alexander, Michael Klingbeil, and Orianna Webb.
David Kaplan
Since his debut as a concerto soloist at the age of nine, pianist David Kaplan has been lauded for his “grace and fire” at the keyboard, and most recently by the New York Times for “striking imagination and creativity.” First appearing in recital at the Bard Festival in 1994, he has performed in such prestigious venues as Weill and Avery Fisher halls. In the recent seasons, he performed as recitalist in Berlin, Barcelona, and New York, as chamber musician at the Ravinia Festival, and as soloist with conductor Jon Robertson in the Brahms d minor concerto. He also premiered a concerto written for him by young rising composer Timothy Andres, and performed Mozart’s Concerto K414, conducting from the keyboard.
In addition to solo appearances, David’s enthusiasm for chamber music has brought him performance opportunities with several distinguished series: he was the youngest artist ever invited to appear at the Seattle Chamber Music Festival, and he has also performed for the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Chamber Music Northwest in Oregon. While still a teenager, he was invited by Itzhak Perlman to perform at the Mostly Mozart Festival.
In David’s two seasons performing at the Tanglewood Festival, he performed as a concerto soloist in the Festival of Contemporary Music, and worked with such renowned new music performers as Ursula Oppens and Charles Rosen.
David Kaplan recently completed his studies at the Yale School of Music, with Claude Frank. His principle childhood mentors were Walter Ponce and Miyoko Lotto, and he has also learned from many other distinguished musicians, including Emanuel Ax, Leon Fleisher, Richard Goode, Murray Perahia, and Manahem Pressler. Thanks to a Fulbright Scholarship, he has spent the last two seasons based in Berlin, studying conducting with Lutz Köhler. Next season, David begins joins the Ensemble ACJW, the group of young artists based at Carnegie Hall.
Away from the piano, David is a passionate cook, and is mildly obsessed with classic cars. His playing and information on his activities can be found on his artist website at www.davidkaplanpiano.com.
In addition to solo appearances, David’s enthusiasm for chamber music has brought him performance opportunities with several distinguished series: he was the youngest artist ever invited to appear at the Seattle Chamber Music Festival, and he has also performed for the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Chamber Music Northwest in Oregon. While still a teenager, he was invited by Itzhak Perlman to perform at the Mostly Mozart Festival.
In David’s two seasons performing at the Tanglewood Festival, he performed as a concerto soloist in the Festival of Contemporary Music, and worked with such renowned new music performers as Ursula Oppens and Charles Rosen.
David Kaplan recently completed his studies at the Yale School of Music, with Claude Frank. His principle childhood mentors were Walter Ponce and Miyoko Lotto, and he has also learned from many other distinguished musicians, including Emanuel Ax, Leon Fleisher, Richard Goode, Murray Perahia, and Manahem Pressler. Thanks to a Fulbright Scholarship, he has spent the last two seasons based in Berlin, studying conducting with Lutz Köhler. Next season, David begins joins the Ensemble ACJW, the group of young artists based at Carnegie Hall.
Away from the piano, David is a passionate cook, and is mildly obsessed with classic cars. His playing and information on his activities can be found on his artist website at www.davidkaplanpiano.com.
Presented by Wordless Music and Nonesuch Records