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Pianocircus
Piano Circus is a musical ensemble consisting of six pianists. The original six-piano ensemble formed in 1989 to perform Steve Reich, Steve Reich's ''Six Pianos''. Founding members included Kirsteen Davidson-Kelly, Richard Harris (composer), Richard Harris, Kate Heath, Max Richter (Composer), Max Richter, Ginny Strawson and John Wood (who was replaced by David Appleton). As of 2016, membership was Dawn Hardwick, James Young, Paul Cassidy, Neil Georgeson, Leo Nicholson and Nathan Williamson Since then they have created a repertoire of over one hundred works, the majority of which have been written specially for the ensemble. These include pieces by Kevin Volans, Graham Fitkin, Brian Eno, Louis Andriessen, Erkki-Sven Tüür, Terry Riley, Nikki Yeoh, Michael Nyman, Robert Moran (composer), Robert Moran, Peter Bengtson, and Heiner Goebbels. Piano Circus has released seven CDs with Decca and now has three CDs available on its own label. The six pianists have a broad range of experien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Harris (composer)
Richard Frank Keith Harris (born 5 March 1968) is a London-based composer, arranger, transcriber, teacher and pianist. Richard Harris studied Musical composition, composition and orchestration at the University of Edinburgh, where his tutors included Kenneth Leighton. At Edinburgh he co-founded the contemporary classical ensemble Pianocircus, Piano Circus, with whom he was a member until 2002, commissioning and performing works by Arvo Pärt, Brian Eno, Philip Glass and Steve Reich. The ensemble was signed to Decca Records, Decca/Argo Records (UK), Argo, producing five CDs. Compositions by Harris feature on the Argo CD ''Loopholes'', and in full on the ensemble's own CD ''Landscapes Of The Heart''; he also produced successful arrangements of works by Terry Riley and Thomas Ades. His work ''Hexada'' was featured in the UK television programme ''The Score''. In 1992 Harris began teaching piano, theory and A-level music at Westminster School, where he himself had been a pupil. In 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |