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Pulitzer Prize winning composer Aaron Jay Kernis’ new violin concerto, recorded and premiered by violinist James Ehnes with the Seattle Symphony and conductor Ludovic Morlot on Onyx Classics [ONYX 4189], has won in two categories for Grammy awards: Best Contemporary Classical Composition, and Best Classical Instrumental Solo.
“With a highly charged first movement, Kernis sets his stall with intense drama before a fabulously film noir-ish second movement. Smokey, muted trumpets, a song-like lamentation on the violin and a frisson of kit-percussion makes this a standout turn from both composer and soloist,” lauds BBC Music Magazine.
Dworkin & Company is thrilled to announce the addition of celebrated flutist Marina Piccinini to its roster of distinguished artists, ensembles, and arts institutions. Hailed by Gramophone magazine as “the Heifetz of the flute,” Ms. Piccinini is that rare, high-caliber artist who is devoted not only to her craft, but also to music education and the creation of programs featuring powerful traditional repertoire and inventive new works. Dworkin & Company, which proudly provides management, public relations, and project planning services, eagerly embarks on this new relationship with Ms. Piccinini, an authentically modern voice and 21st century virtuoso, much sought after around the world as a soloist, chamber music collaborator, and recording artist.
Copland House’s all-scholarship, intensive creative workshop and mentoring program, CULTIVATE 2018 takes place from June 4 and 10 in northern Westchester County, NY, at Aaron Copland’s National Historic Landmark home in Cortlandt Manor and at the Merestead estate in nearby Mount Kisco. Launched in 2012, it has quickly become a coveted destination for highly-gifted composers on the threshold of their professional careers. The 2018 Fellows selected for 2018 are Carlos Bandera, 25 (Baltimore, MD); Ethan Braun, 30 (Tarzana, CA); Theo Chandler, 25 (Hillsborough, NC); Annika Socolofsky, 27 (Princeton, NJ); Phil Taylor, 28 (Boulder, CO); Liliya Ugay, 27 (New Haven, CT). Ugay was named CULTIVATE’s Nashville Symphony ComposerLab Fellow, in connection with Copland House’s collaboration with the orchestra’s young composer initiative. Bret Bohman, 35 (Columbia, MO) was selected as an Alternate.
The Washington Post joined the Late Night fun in DC at The Phillips Collection and called the show “the right balance between biographical portraiture, charming nostalgia, and loving remembrance. Burton, who could make you weep singing the federal budget, Boriskin and Musto each contributed to the engaging, relaxed atmosphere of this moving afternoon. As for Jamie Bernstein, all fathers should have such a daughter to lovingly perpetuate their memory.”
