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Recent World Premieres

Jan. 20, 2023
Starless Nocturne for string quartet
Rebecca Fisher & Stephanie Zyzak, violins 
Alessandra Yang, viola
Greg Beaver, cello 
David Yang Studio
Philadelphia, PA 


Video Recording
Starless Nocturne for solo violin
An Vedi, violin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfaacOHrWu8


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Now available online:

(world premiere)
DAVOOD GHADAMI, narrator ("Kush" on Eastenders)
English Symphony Orchestra
Zoë Beyers, violin
Kenneth Woods, conductor

In the blink of an eye… 
A miniature song cycle for soprano, shakuhachi, violin, cello and piano
Deborah Lifton, soprano
Kyo-Shin-An Arts 

Part of JAPAN SONGS (Six commissioned songs based on Japanese waka poetry)
Also includes settings by Victoria Bond, Douglas J. Cuomo, James Matheson, Paul Moravec, and Aleksandra Vrebalov
Tickets may be purchased to view a replay of this concert @
           tix.musae.me/japan-songs








Photo Credit: Cecilia Paredes

JAY REISE

 Composer

Award-winning composer Jay Reise wrote both the music and libretto for his opera Rasputin which was commissioned by the late Beverly Sills and premiered by the New York City Opera in 1988. The work was described in The Washington Times as “a spellbinding, challenging and profoundly beautiful creation.” Rasputin was given its Russian premiere in in 2008 by the Helikon Opera and has been performed by them over the last 10 years in Moscow, Estonia (Saaremaa Opera Festival) and Paris (Opéra de Massy). In November 2017, it was presented in Moscow as part of the commemoration marking the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution. He recently completed “Three Capone Portraits” for orchestra, as well as a series of "Starless Nocturnes" based on material from his opera-in-progress Al Capone and Family
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