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| Arts Calendar / September 19 / Concerts |
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The Chopin Project began as an ambitious live-concert-and-symposium series at the University of Michigan's acclaimed School of Music, Theatre & Dance devoted to exploring the entirety of Fryderyk Chopin's works for solo piano. Through a series of nine concerts at Britton Recital Hall, students from the piano studio of renowned teacher and performer Arthur Greene presented a complete traversal of Chopin's works: from his earliest surviving work, a polonaise written at age 7, through his last mazurka penned in 1849. The applause for the acclaimed concerts had barely died away when Arthur Greene and his top students went into the studio to capture their insightful Chopin interpretations for the "Digital Age for Block M Records". For the first time ever, all 129 compositions - the complete solo piano works of Chopin - were available for download via the iTunes music store. But musicians didn't stop there. The Chopin Project is really just beginning. They want to share all the resources and the research that went into the recitals, pre-concert talks, and symposia, and add a whole lot more besides: their goal to create a global online resource for all things connected to the unique, magical, and captivating world of Chopin and the piano. Research, commentary, program, notes, audio, video, even musical scores - they want the Chopin Project to be the "one-stop shop" for considering all Chopin things. "After playing Chopin, I feel as if I had been weeping over sins that I had never committed, and mourning over tragedies that were not my own," - Oscar Wilde. The Chopin Project is proudly presented by Frederick Slutsky Arts, exclusive representatives for pianist Arthur Greene and other acclaimed performing, visual, and creative artists. In Moscow 2015 the Chopin Project will be presented by soloists - German-Japanese pianist Alice Sara Ott and award-winning Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds. Their performance at London's Barbican Centre in February has left audiences stunned with Alice's lyrical virtuosic playing and maestro Ólafur's talant. After the concert in March 2015 the album features Alice performing some of Chopin's much-loved works was released on "Mercury Classics". The Chopin Project with Alice Sara Ott and Ólafur Arnalds is unique in that it combines pieces by Chopin in their original form alongside works by Ólafur Arnalds (known for his soundtrack to ITV's drama Broadchurch) which are based on Chopin's themes. Alice Sara Ott has gained critical acclaim for her performances at major concert halls worldwide and has established herself as one of the most exciting musical talents of today. The Guardian commented on her recent performance with the London Symphony Orchestra that she "gave the kind of gawp-inducing bravura performance of which legends are made." More info MMDM Svetlanov Hall |
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