Results for "Composition"

Filippo Cosentino

Born: May 18, 1983

BIOGRAPHY

Filippo Cosentino is an italian-born composer and music producer. As musician is author of the best-selling albums titled ASK, Heros and Baritune in the Amazon Music and Apple Music European Charts

Awarded as composer by the Lviv Philarmonic in Ukraine where the resident strings quartet played his composition Circle #1 and by the National Cultural Institute in Mexico for the execution of his own music at the Fray Ándres de San Miguel theatre

 Filippo is a guitar player [from classical and acoustic/folk guitar to jazz guitar, baritone guitar included], piano and bass player

Fee Aaij

Born: October 15, 2004

Lindsey Boullt

Born: September 25, 1959

LINDSEY BOULLT
“Zeppli-Vishnu”

When Dream Theater’s Derek Sherinian dubs Lindsey Boullt “Zeppli-Vishnu”—a high-velocity collision of Led Zeppelin’s power with Mahavishnu Orchestra’s complexity — the name carries weight. When the album that earned it was built entirely outside the industry — no label, no institutional path, no inherited network — the weight doubles.

When Boullt released Composition in 2007 with Mahavishnu violinist Jerry Goodman, Derek Sherinian, and drummer Atma Anur, critics heard it immediately. His evolution defied traditional apprenticeship — the late start forced a predatory approach, conservatory precision merged with the shrewd grit of the club circuit. This balance built a career the industry didn’t see coming.

Dierk Peters

Born: October 27, 1986

Dierk Peters is a Brooklyn based Vibraphonist. Originally from Germany he moved to the US in 2016, and is a now sought-after improviser and composer on both sides of the Atlantic. He is a distinctive voice on his instrument with a unique sound that emphasizes the warmth and depth of the vibraphone, and with his incomparable harmonic agility he surpasses its percussive nature.

He has been awarded with the Praetorius Music Price, the highest music price of his home state of Lower Saxony, soloist and band prices at the B-Jazz-, Convento-, Jazz d’avignon- and Jugend Jazzt - competitions and grants and scholarships by the States of Northrhine Westphalia & Lower Saxony, the German Academic Exchange Service, the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation, among many others. He received his Diploma Summa Cum Laude from the conservatory in Cologne, Germany and his Masters Degree from the Manhattan School of Music in New York.

Birgit Ulher

Born: 1961

Birgit Ulher studied the visual arts, which still have an important influence on her music. Since moving to Hamburg in 1982 she has been involved in free improvisation and experimental music. Since then she has developed an individual musical language. She works mainly on extending the sounding possiblities of the trumpet and has developed her own extended techniques and preparations for producing these sounds.

Besides this material research she is especially interested in the relation between sound and silence and connecting visual arts with music.
Recent works include videos and sound installations.

Greg Osby

Born: August 3, 1960

Saxophonist, composer, producer, educator and curator Greg Osby has been a formidable presence on the international music scene as a leader of his own ensembles and as a guest artist with other acclaimed groups for the past 39 years. Highly regarded for his insightful and innovative approach to composition and performance, Osby is an inspired voice among the ranks of improvising musicians. He has earned numerous awards and critical acclaim for his recorded works and passionate live appearances and has been recognized by The New York Times as one of the "most provocative musical thinkers of his generation".

Chris Torkewitz

Chris Torkewitz

saxophonist | flutist | pianist | composer

Described as "masterful, technical perfection" (Vittorio Lo Conte, Musiczoom), Chris Torkewitz has been recognized as being in the "super-skilled" class of musicians and hailed for his "commanding fluency" (Fritz Balwit, Audiophile Audition).

Torkewitz has performed at Carnegie Weill Recital Hall, the Kennedy Center, and for the German embassies in Toronto, DC, and New York. He has had the extraordinary honor of performing for Bill Clinton and Nelson Mandela, as well as of sharing stages with jazz legends like Bob Mintzer, Michael Brecker, Joe Lovano, and Dave Liebman.

Karin Johansson

Swedish pianist, improviser and composer, based in Gothenburg. Educated at the Academy of Music and Drama in Gothenburg and active since many years in Sweden and internationally. Working with extended techniques and preparations. Playing in several groups and collaborations, among others:

Christer Bothén, Nina de Heney, Karin Johansson and Henrik Wartel ( https://relativepitchrecords.bandcamp.com/album/r-rane )

Sonic Waves with Nils Wohlrabe, Karin Johansson and Hasse Westling ( https://sonicwavesgbg.bandcamp.com/album/sonic-waves )

Paul Jarret / Karin Johansson / Donovan von Martens ( https://pauljarret.bandcamp.com/album/h-misph-re-hemisf-r )

David Cain

Born: March 2, 1955

David Cain. An acclaimed revolutionary of “unbroken media and art”, David Cain is a composer, musician, vocalist, filmmaker, author, artist… in a class with music’s most forward-reaching innovators because of his groundbreaking multimedia explorations using old and new tech. David Cain’s musical journey includes studies with international award-winning composer, Dr. Roque Cordero (Arnold Schoenberg), writing for symphony, movies and the Stan Kenton Big Band, and making radio music while on roster of Geffen Records in the '80s with his band, Bux da Hoota.

David's decade-long collaboration, Wertico Cain & Gray, with 7-time Grammy winner Paul Wertico (Pat Metheny Group), and bassist/cellist/composer, Larry Gray, has led to new music and art, winning a prestigious "Best Album - Live Performance" award along the way, and gathering audiences in search of new worlds of sound-making and digital cinema

Jason Camelio

Jason is a musician, writer, producer and global programs and partnerships developer. Recordings Jason co-produced, written and/or performed on include Phil Wilson's From the Vault, Vol. 1 with Alex Leiva; music videos for "Message From God", "Play To Win" and "Atom Bomb" and the full-length album "This is DÚBH"; and performances include Dweezil Zappa's “Via Zammata’, Chris Opperman's "Chamber Music From Hell with Kurt Morgan, Fernando Huergo's Big Band "The Possibility of Change", Danilo Perez’s "The Panama Suite”, Stephen Webber's “Stylus Symphony”, Mike MacAllister's "Finder's Keepers” and Christine Fawson's "Happy Talk” featuring Phil Wilson and more. Jason engages with top performing arts institutions, festivals, artists and students, as well as a range of creative and passionate, individuals, business and government entities as the assistant vice president for Berklee global initiatives; developing opportunities for learners of all ages, backgrounds and experience levels to reach their career and artistic goals.