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Esa Pietila Improvised Solo Saxohone CD "Karhea" Released
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Michael Ricci
Solo concerts / New FOUR STREAMS" Quartet Esa Pietilas fully improvised solo saxophone CD KARHEA" has been released on march 26. 2009. At the Solo concerts, the virtuosity of his technique and the tonal colours he creates in multitude textures belong into to the elite of saxophone expression. His capabilities to let the saxophone ring from variety of minimalism whispers to full free blowing, results a rich palette of colourful shapes of multiphonics, chordal tones, rhythmic surprises, and even fuga-like ...
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With Esa-Pekka Salonen, L.A. Has Been in Good Hands
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Michael Ricci
The prodigious Finn learned a lot from this city. In return, the composer-conductor, about to depart the Los Angeles Philharmonic, has made this a music capital to be envied.
In November 1984, a reserved, unknown, 26-year-old Finnish composer made his U.S. debut by conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He looked like a teenage movie star and tended to stare at his feet when he spoke in public. He was dynamic and startlingly confident on the podium, but, as he once ...
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