Tina Guo plays Apres Un Reve
Classical Music videos are sooo in! More and more I’m seeing the medium of soloists and video directors/producers/artists collaborate toward projects like the one below. Watch out MTV! Music video for cellist Tina Guo’s arrangement of Apres Un Reve by Gabriel Fauré The Cello scenes were shot thru a camera obsucura then combined with intimate [...]
Pat Metheny Interview – Orchestrion
Pat Metheny talks about his new album Orchestrion. This is pretty brilliant, the instruments react to his midi control on his guitar making the experience interactive with the mechanized instruments. This kind of interaction and relationship with the otherwise lifeless controlled sounds really changes the concept and possibilities of playing with electronics. Neat stuff, gotta [...]
Florian Larousse – Winner GFA 2009
Florian Larousse Wins 2009 GFA International Concert Artist Competition International Concert Artist Competition: 1st Prize: Florian Larousse (France) 2nd Prize: Otto Tolonen (Finland) 3rd Prize: Aleksandr Tsiboulski (Australia) 4th Prize: Artyom Dervoed (Russia) International Youth Competition – Senior Division: 1st Prize: Yunxiang Fan (China) 2nd Prize: Matthew Lyons (USA) 3rd Prize: Andrey Lebedev (Australia) 4th [...]
Without Arms – Animated Film to Mozart D-Minor Fantasy
An excellent animated clip to Mozart’s D-Minor Fantasy. Animation comes from Alek Vacura. It was his MFA thesis film for the Pratt Institute and has toured all over the world at film festivals. Alek Vacura: http://www.alekvacura.com “Without Arms” MFA Thesis Animation by Alek Vacura from Alek Vacura on Vimeo. -Winner: Best Animated Student Short AniMazing! [...]
