Event ID # 62411
Date:
Saturday, November 8, 2008
 Time:
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Event:

Anthony Marwood, violin and Thomas Ades, piano
Host:

San Francisco Performances
Location:

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Herbst Theatre
401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102
Contact:
Phone:
415-677-0328
Email:
info@performances.org
Website:
http://www.performances.org
Price:
$49/$32.
Full details:
One of history's most compelling and prolific composer/performer duos take center stage when San Francisco Performances presents violinist Anthony Marwood and composer/pianist Thomas Ades in an all-Stravinsky program.

The recital focuses on original works and transcriptions Igor Stravinsky made of his own compositions in collaboration with violinist Samuel Dushkin. The resulting pieces showcase the composer's gift for rendering even the most ambitious, large-scale works into intimate yet powerful chamber music. Marwood and Ades will perform transcriptions of selections from such ambitious theatrical works as "Pulcinella," "The Nightingale," "Firebird" and "Petrushka."

Anthony Marwood and Thomas Ades are highly regarded contemporary performers and composers who have collaborated on numerous projects, resulting in some of the most significant chamber music and concerto literature of our time.

In May 2006 Marwood was named Instrumentalist of the Year at the Royal Philharmonic Society Awards, the first string player to receive this honor in more than a decade. In the 2009-10 season, Marwood will premiere two new concertos written for him, one by American composer Steve Mackey and one from New Zealander Ross Harris.

As composer, conductor and pianist, Ades has collaborated with great artists, orchestras and opera companies internationally. Last season, he conducted a revival of his opera "The Tempest" at the Royal Opera; played piano recitals in Los Angeles and conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic; and presided over a festival of his music at London's Barbican Centre. Ades's first opera, "Powder Her Face," has been performed around the world. He has won numerous awards and prizes, including the Paris Rostrum for the best piece by a composer under 30 (1994); the 1997 Royal Philharmonic Society Prize for Asyla; and the 2000 Grawemeyer Award for Asyla (the largest international prize for composition, here awarded to the youngest recipient).

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