a piece for two pianos after the piece by Boulez (Dérive iib) 2015 duration 8’.  The recording here features the pianists Lauryna Sableviciute and Nicholas Ashton.

Dérive

Run by students of Liverpool Hope University.

Stephen Davismoon was born in London. He completed undergraduate studies in music at the University of Southampton, specializing in composition with Ric Graebner and performance, Classical Guitar with Antonio Albanes. He then went on to complete his Doctorate in Composition at the University of Edinburgh, studying with Nigel Osborne.

He is currently Dean School of Creative and Performing Arts at Liverpool Hope University.

He has had a professional composition career for more than 25 years, and has written music for a broad range of ensembles and situations – from solo pieces through to works for full orchestra, with and without voices. He has also written a number of live electronic/interactive; electroacoustic and sound-art installation pieces.

He has had performances in Brazil, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, UK, Ukraine, Uruguay and the USA. 

He has worked with many notable musicians, institutions and festivals along the way: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra's Ensemble 10/10; Roberto Fabbriciani; Rohan de Saram; Die Neuevocalsolisten; Scottish Opera; Centro Tempo Reale; Das Experimentalstudio der Heinrich Strobel Stiftung; Richard Craig; Tara Boumann; Luciane Cardassi, CCMIX Studios; Edinburgh International Festival – ‘Behind the Scenes’; Martyn Brabbins; Chamber Group of Scotland; Le Champs Libre; Ensemble Linea; Brake Drum Percussion Ensemble; The Edinburgh Quartet; Klangwerktage Hamburg; Finestre sul Novecento; The Tampere Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra.