Fated Nines - Jason Eckardt (Amorsima Trio)

Compositor argentino/
Argentinian composer

Born in Buenos Aires and initially self-taught, Diego Tedesco (b. 1974) went on to formally study piano, violin, guitar and music theory. His composition teachers were Julio Viera, with whom he also studied counterpoint, harmony and orchestration, and Francisco Kröpfl, who also taught him musical analysis. At the same time, he studied fine arts and graphic design at the University of Buenos Aires. He gained recognition as a composer in 2007 when he was awarded the first prize at the Juan Carlos Paz competition (Argentina’s National Endowment for the Arts) for his work for two choirs, “Amor constante más allá de la muerte” (Constant Love Beyond Death). He has received numerous commissions and won a grant from Argentina’s National Endowment for the Arts in 2011. He was granted with the Stefan Kaske fellowship in the Composers Conference at Wellesley College in 2014 and in the same year won the second place in the most important prize in his country, the “National Award” for Symphonic and Chamber music. In 2016 was premiered his first opera, El Fiord, commissioned by the Teatro Colón of Buenos Aires. In 2017 he attended to the Composers conference for second time and won the renowned Koussevitzky Foundation music award. In 2018 he was granted by the Williams Foundation. His Capriccio was the recipient of two prizes, the Juan Carlos Paz prize (2018) and the National Council of Music, Unesco (2019). He attended to seminars with Mario Davidovsky, Jorge Rotter, Augusta Read Thomas, Steven Mackey, Yu Hui Chang, Eric Wubbels among others. 

His works have been performed in music venues in Argentina, the U.S. and Europe by renowned soloists and ensembles like Patricia García, Victor Torres, Dan Lippel, Miranda Cuckson, Lois Martin, Molly Morkoski, Nunc, Bracelet, New York New Music Ensemble, Compañía Oblicua, Counter)induction, KlangKonzepte, Conference Ensemble and Plural ensemble among others. 



Prizes:

https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-17-147/librarys-koussevitzky-foundation-announces-commission-winners/2017-10-18/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/culturaargentina/15576291890

https://fnartes.gob.ar/novedades/se-anunciaron-los-ganadores-del-concurso-de-obra-en-composicion-premio-juan-carlos-paz

Press:

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/22/arts/music/classical-music-listings-for-jan-22-28.html

https://www.clarin.com/espectaculos/musica/estilizado-bestiario_0_SkA3cssF.html

https://www.lanacion.com.ar/espectaculos/maquina-lamborghini-nid1928405

https://www.clarin.com/musica/orquesta-amigos-nueva-musica_0_ry7Z_4khvQx.html

Some programs:

http://nuncmusic.org/january-24-concert-at-national-sawdust/

https://avantmusicnews.com/2016/01/05/nunc-at-national-sawdust-in-brooklyn/

https://www.as-coa.org/events/concert-new-york-new-music-ensemble

http://leagueofcomposers.org/blog/2016/9/25/lois-martin-new-music-for-viola

https://www.contrapunto-fbbva.es/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/PROGRAMA-DE-MANO-CONCIERTO-RETRATO-IV-21-DE-FEBRERO-DE-2018-2.pdf

https://complejoteatral.gob.ar/ver/concierto_XII

https://www.fundacionwilliams.org.ar/wp-content/uploads/Programa-FNOBA.pdf

https://docplayer.es/11245114-Musica-contemporanea-de-espana-y-de-hispanoamerica.html

Other links:

https://www.babelscores.com/es/DiegoTedesco

https://www.newmusicusa.org/profile/americassocietynynme/

https://newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/against-method

http://www.cck.gob.ar/eventos/como-y-que-escuchan-los-que-hacen-musica-ignacio-bartolone-y-diego-tedesco_1391

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https://youtube.com/@DmitryTimofeev/playlists

Michael Mills composes music that addresses topics of the human condition through an extremely personal lens. Utilizing a unique compositional voice that often mixes contemporary and traditional practices, Michael explores and embraces the paradox of universality amongst our highly individualistic lives. Through his music, he asks questions and offers a singular perspective in both an act of and an invitation to reflection.

Growing up in a small town in southern West Virginia, Michael taught himself both piano and composition until beginning his undergraduate studies at Virginia Tech. Under the mentorship of Dr. Charles Nichols and Dr. Eric Lyon, Michael began using the idiosyncrasies that emerged from years of self-teaching as a foundation through which his musical expression has developed. Enthusiastically composing across an immense range of styles, mediums, and skill levels, Michael’s music has garnered performances throughout the American Mid-Atlantic region, on public radio, and across Europe.

Michael is currently in his second year of an MM in Composition degree at The Peabody Institute where he studies with Dr. Felipe Lara. He earned a B.A. in Music: Composition and Technology along with a minor in Psychology from Virginia Tech in 2019.

Composer, conductor, educator. 
https://composers.com/emil-awad

Richard Drehoff Jr. (b. 1991) is a doctoral student at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University studying composition and music theory. His compositional and research interests explore listeners' perceptions of gesture across time and examine sonic constructions of intimacy and vulnerability within the composer-performer-listener framework.

Richard is the Co-Director of earspace, an ensemble championing the presentation of immersive multimedia performances of diverse works by contemporary composers. His works have been commissioned by the Library of Congress and the New Mexico Contemporary Ensemble and have been performed by groups such as the Mivos Quartet, the ECCE Ensemble, and members of Talea Ensemble. Recent accolades include a residency at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, a composition fellowship from the James Tenney Memorial Symposium, and conference presentations at the Music Theory Society of the Mid-Atlantic on works by Galina Ustvolskaya and Pierre Boulez.

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Fated Nines - Jason Eckardt (Amorsima Trio)

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