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Nicola Benedetti
Nicola Benedetti MBE (born 20 July 1987) is a Scottish classical violinist.
Early life and education
Benedetti was born in West Kilbride, North Ayrshire, to an Italian father and a Scottish mother. She started learning to play the violin at the age of four. At age eight, she became the leader of the National Children's Orchestra of Great Britain. By the age of nine, she had already passed the eight grades of musical examinations while attending the independent Wellington School, Ayr, and in September 1997 began to study at the Yehudi Menuhin School for young musicians under Lord Menuhin and Natasha Boyarskaya in rural Surrey, England.
At the end of her first year (1998), she played solo in the school's annual concert at Wigmore Hall, and performed in London and Paris as a soloist in Bach's Double Violin Concerto (together with Alina Ibragimova). She played in a memorial concert at Westminster Abbey celebrating the life and work of Yehudi Menuhin.
Career
In 1999, Benedetti performed for the anniversary celebrations at Holyrood Palace with the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland in the presence of HRH The Prince Edward.
She played to the Prince again in 2001 when she performed a concerto with the London Mozart Players at St. James's Palace. Subsequent performances followed with the City of London Sinfonia, as well as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Scottish Opera, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, etc.
In August 2002, she won the United Kingdom's Brilliant Prodigy Competition, broadcast by Carlton Television. She left the Menuhin School shortly after, and at the age of 15 began studying privately with Maciej Rakowski, former leader of the English Chamber Orchestra.
In September 2012, she played at the Last Night of the Proms.
In the New Year Honours 2013 Benedetti was as a appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to music and charity.
"Playing with Passion"
In spring 2003, Benedetti, invited as a soloist by the London Symphony Orchestra, participated in the recording of the DVD titled "Barbie of Swan Lake" at Abbey Road Studios. In October 2003, as the extra feature on this DVD, "Playing With Passion" was filmed and released by Mattel. BBC Scotland, using this DVD, created a documentary on Benedetti, which was broadcast on television in the U.K. in March 2004.
BBC Young Musician of the Year
At the age of 16, she won the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition in May 2004, performing Karol Szymanowski's First Violin Concerto in the final at theUsher Hall in Edinburgh, with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Because of this victory, she won the music section of the Top Scot award in December 2005.
At the end of 2004, she agreed to a £1m six album recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon/Universal Music Group Classics and Jazz.
Trio
Aside from solo performances, Benedetti performs in a trio with her boyfriend the German cellist Leonard Elschenbroich, and Russian pianist Alexei Grynyuk.
Discography and charts
Albums
- 2005: Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No. 1 (Deutsche Grammophon)
- 2006: Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto (Deutsche Grammophon)
- 2007: Vaughan Williams and Tavener (Universal Classics and Jazz)
- 2009: Fantasie (Decca Records)
- 2010: Tchaikovsky and Bruch: Violin Concertos (Deutsche Grammophon)
- 2011: "Italia"
- 2012: The Silver Violin UK #32
UK classical chart
| Album | Chart Peak Position |
|---|---|
| Szymanowski/Chausson/Saint-Saens | 1 (2005) |
| Mendelssohn/Mozart/Macmillan | 2 (2006) |
| Fantasie | 1 (2009) |
Honorary degree
On 27 November 2007, Benedetti was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree by Glasgow Caledonian University. She is one of the youngest recipients of such an award. On 23 November 2011, Benedetti received an honorary degree from the University of Edinburgh.
| Giuseppe Tartini: Violin Sonata 'Devil's Trill' in g | |||
| Nicola Benedetti, violin Christian Curnyn, harpsichord Catherine Rimer, cello Thomas Dunford, theorbo | |||
| http://www.kdfc.com/pages/15744739.php#now | Decca 001641202 | ||
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Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai is a series of peace-themed albums by new age artist Kitarō, inspired by the classic Buddhist pilgrimage to the 88 sacred temples on Japan's island of Shikoku. Each album in the series has been nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Age Album.Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai Vol. 1 (2003)
| Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai Vol.1 | ||||
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| Studio album by Kitarō | ||||
| Released | September 9, 2003 | |||
| Genre | New Age | |||
| Length | 68:36 | |||
| Label | Domo Records | |||
| Producer | Kitarō, Gary Barlough | |||
| Kitarō chronology | ||||
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| No. | Title | Length | |
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| 1. | "Michi" | 7:46 | |
| 2. | "Kagero" | 5:19 | |
| 3. | "Shizuku" | 5:20 | |
| 4. | "Flow" | 5:08 | |
| 5. | "Nen" | 4:44 | |
| 6. | "The Wind" | 4:57 | |
| 7. | "Gi" | 5:05 | |
| 8. | "Evening Sun" | 4:52 | |
| 9. | "Silence" | 6:12 | |
| 10. | "Earth In Bloom" | 7:44 | |
| 11. | "Kuu" | 5:04 | |
| 12. | "Cocoro" | 6:25 |
Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai Vol. 2 (2005)
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| Studio album by Kitarō | ||||
| Released | February 22, 2005 | |||
| Genre | New Age | |||
| Length | 56:21 | |||
| Label | Domo Records | |||
| Producer | Kitarō, Gary Barlough | |||
| Kitarō chronology | ||||
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| No. | Title | Length | |
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| 1. | "Shining Spirit Of Water" | 5:33 | |
| 2. | "As The Wind Blows" | 5:01 | |
| 3. | "Koki" | 4:48 | |
| 4. | "Kan-non" | 5:10 | |
| 5. | "Whispering Earth" | 6:28 | |
| 6. | "Inner Lights" | 6:34 | |
| 7. | "Dancing Flower" | 4:48 | |
| 8. | "Floating Lotus" | 5:30 | |
| 9. | "Peaceful Valley" | 5:07 | |
| 10. | "Crystal Field" | 4:53 | |
| 11. | "Ritual Waves" | 4:29 |
Charts
| Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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| Billboard Top New Age Albums[2] | 15 |
Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai Vol. 3 (2007)
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| Studio album by Kitarō | ||||
| Released | September 25, 2007 | |||
| Genre | New Age | |||
| Length | 60:49 | |||
| Label | Domo Records | |||
| Producer | Kitarō | |||
| Kitarō chronology | ||||
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| No. | Title | Length | |
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| 1. | "Sky And Ocean" | 8:58 | |
| 2. | "Crystal Winds" | 6:20 | |
| 3. | "After The Rain" | 7:32 | |
| 4. | "Sacred Fountain" | 7:02 | |
| 5. | "Winds Blow Over The Hill" | 6:31 | |
| 6. | "Into The Forest" | 5:45 | |
| 7. | "Voice In Blue" | 8:04 | |
| 8. | "Circle Dance" | 10:51 |
Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai Vol. 4 (2010)
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| Studio album by Kitarō | ||||
| Released | September 14, 2010 | |||
| Genre | New Age | |||
| Length | 56:89 | |||
| Label | Domo Records | |||
| Producer | Kitarō | |||
| Kitarō chronology | ||||
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| No. | Title | Length | |
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| 1. | "Lotus Mountain" | 9:04 | |
| 2. | "Yakushi" | 8:32 | |
| 3. | "Magic Seeds" | 8:39 | |
| 4. | "Reflection Of Water" | 7:06 | |
| 5. | "South Wind" | 5:30 | |
| 6. | "Circle Pray" | 7:16 | |
| 7. | "Requiem" | 7:45 | |
| 8. | "Ritual Winds" |
Personnel
- Kitaro - Producer, Composer, Arranger, Engineer, Mixing, Keyboards, Photography
- Gary Barlough - Producer (V.1), Engineer (V.2)
- Allen Sides - Engineer (V.1)
- Doug Sax - Mastering (V.1, 2, 3)
- Joe Chiccarelli - Engineer (V.2)
- Robert Hadley - Mastering (V.2)
- Randy Miller - Orchestration (V.3), Arranger (V.3)
- Steven Miller - Engineer (V.3)
- Ian Ulibarri - Engineer (V.3)
- Timothy Beach - Engineer (V.4)
- Tim Gennert - Mastering (V.4)
- Musicians
- Kristin Stordahl Kanda - Flute (V.1, 2)
- Rie Shimomura - Violiin (V.1)
- Tu Shang Xian - Pipa (V.1, 2)
- Jonathan Goldman - Chanting (V.2)
- Paul Pesco - Guitars (V.2, 3)
- Franci Miho Shimomaebara - Vocals (V.2)
- Nawang Khechog - Tibetan Flute & Chanting Voice (V.2)
- Keiko Takahashi - Keyboards (V.2, 3, 4), Composer (V.3), Arranger (V.3)
- Masayuki Koga - Shakuhachi (V.3)
- Alexander Adhami - Cello, Santoor, Guitar, Ebow, Flute (V.3, 4)
- Steven Kindler: Violin (V.4)
- Diana Dentino: Keyboards (V.4)
- Voyce McGinley: Percussion (V.4)
- Additional Personnel
- Eiichi Naito - Producer, Executive Producer, Management
- Dino Malito - Artists & Repertoire, Management
- Howard Sapper - Business & Legal Affairs
- Tatsuya Hayashi - Marketing (V.1, 2)
- Hitoshi Saito - Marketing (V.3, 4)
- Atsuko Mizuta - Marketing (V.4)
- Kio Griffith - Art Direction, Design\
- Kitaro Official Site (English) http://www.domomusicgroup.com/kitaro/index.php
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Wu Man
- Wu ManComposer
- Wu Man is a Chinese pipa and ruan player and composer. She is an exponent of the Pudong School of pipa playing. Wikipedia
- Born: 1963, Hangzhou, China
The Knights with Wu Man play concerto for Pipa
https://vimeo.com/59565707
NPR Tiny Desk Concert
http://youtu.be/Rg_iZhUlyRE
Wu Man
Pipa, composer (China) Recognized as the world’s premier pipa virtuoso
and leading ambassador of Chinese music, Grammy Award-nominated
musician Wu Man has carved out a career as a composer, soloist, and
educator giving her lute-like instrument—which has a history of over
2,000 years in China—a new role in both traditional and contemporary
music.
Through numerous trips to her native China, Wu Man has premiered
hundreds of new works for the pipa, while spearheading multimedia
projects to both preserve and create awareness of China’s ancient
musical traditions. Her adventurous spirit and virtuosity have led to
collaborations across artistic disciplines allowing Wu Man to reach
wider audiences as she works to break through cultural and musical
borders.
On December 6, 2012 Wu Man was named Musical America’s 2013 Instrumentalist of the Year, the first traditional musician ever to receive this prestigious award. Gramophone
magazine stated, “ A one-woman force of nature, she is a key figure not
only for bringing Chinese traditional music to new audiences, but in
becoming a muse for all manner of contemporary composers.”
During the 2012-13 season Wu Man toured to Taiwan and Hong Kong to
premiere her new creative program titled “Wu Man and Aboriginal Friends
from Taiwan”, an installment of her “Return to the East” project. She
also traveled to Singapore in June 2012 to collaborate on a theatrical
project by TheatreWorks’ artistic director Ong Keng Sen called Lear Dreaming. Based on Shakespeare’s King Lear,
the work presented an Asian-inspired interpretation of the drama that
culminated in two sold-out world premiere performances during the 2012
Singapore Arts Festival, and required Wu Man to both act and play the
pipa.
Later this season she toured for solo recitals across the United
States and will continue to tour with the Silk Road Ensemble. She was
the featured soloist in a nine-city United States tour with New York
City’s The Knights, with whom she premiered her own composition Blue and Green.
Wu Man also performed at the 2013 Auckland Arts Festival in New Zealand
both in a solo recital and together with the Kronos Quartet in a
performance of their theatrical project, A Chinese Home.
In early 2012 Wu Man released her album Borderlands, the
final installment of Smithsonian Folkways’ acclaimed ten-volume “Music
of Central Asia” ethnographic series tracing the history of the pipa in
China. With the support of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture and the
Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, the
project led her to the outskirts of the country to collaborate with
musical cultures along the Silk Road including Tajikistan and China’s
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in northwestern China. The result is a
DVD and sound recording of folk musicians who would not otherwise be
heard outside these regions, and who represent the very beginnings of
the pipa’s musical tradition.
In September 2012 Wu Man released a documentary DVD titled Discovering a Musical Heartland: Wu Man’s Return to China
as part of her ongoing “Return to the East” project. In the film, Wu
Man documents her most recent expedition through China’s remote regions
as she unearths ancient musical traditions that are in danger of being
lost among the more popular musical trends in the country today. Over
the course of this independent project Wu Man interviewed family musical
bands to expose musical rituals and lifestyles to audiences outside of
China.
Brought up in the Pudong school of pipa playing, Wu Man became the
first person to receive a master’s degree in pipa performance from the
Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. She is a frequent collaborator
with the Kronos Quartet and was also the first artist from China ever
to perform at the White House.
She has performed with major orchestras around the world and
frequently premieres works by today’s leading composers including Tan
Dun, Philip Glass, the late Lou Harrison, Terry Riley, Bright Sheng, and
Chen Yi. Since moving to the U.S. in 1990, Wu Man’s role as an
ambassador and advocate for Chinese music has been recognized when she
was made a United States Artists Broad Fellow in 2008 and also a Bunting
Fellow of Radcliffe at Harvard University in 1998-99.
| "I
have always tried to understand and learn from music and cultures
outside of my own, which I think is especially important at this time.
For that reason, I have spent my entire professional career attempting
to bring new life to the tradition that surrounds my instrument and to
use music as a way to communicate."
– WU MAN
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http://www.silkroadproject.org/MusicArtists/TheSilkRoadEnsemble/PerformersComposersTabbed/WuMan/tabid/279/Default.aspx
http://www.wumanpipa.org/
https://vimeo.com/59449941
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