A Web Nexus for Contemporary Art Music
The Pytheas Center for Contemporary Music is a wide ranging web nexus for contemporary concert music. Our mission is to promote contemporary composers and their music through information, understanding and performances.
Contemporary classical/art/concert music is a living art form, fed by the creativity of composers across the country and around the globe. Finding inspiration from a multitude of sources, this music springs from a well know and beloved past, yet travels new avenues and explores amazingly diverse sound worlds. There are more composers writing music now than there ever have been in the history of the world, and our goal is to help you connect with them and enjoy their art.
Featured Items and Upcoming Events
FIGURA - Music/Theatre/Opera
FIGURA is an innovative music and theatre ensemble whose
works include the circus/cabaret opera MIKI Alone - Seven Songs For a Mad
Woman (2002/04), the children's opera Sleeping Policemen - a PIXI Opera (2005)
and recently in 1:1 - a Chat Opera (2007).
FIGURA has always been fond of contemporary and experimental
music. Its members have played together for many
years and have performed across Denmark and abroad.
Seperately, the members of FIGURA have made their marks
in many diverse ways: Helene Gjerris is known for her outstanding
performance
in Per Nørgård's vocal works "Nuits des Hommes" and "The
Will-o'-the-Wisps go to Town"; Jesper Egelund for his part in Det Lille
Turneteater's "Hamlet"; Frans Hansen is a highly esteemed solo
artist, performer and interpreter of the musical theatrical works
of Mauricio Kagel and many other living composers; and Anna
Klett, a fixture in the Copenhagen music
scene for many years.
Innovative Women Composers: Chen Yi
One would think that the so long fought for equality of the sexes should have reached the adequate levels with respect to the chances that women have to succeed in the field of alternative musics. This is not so. And nevertheless, there are women who have devoted part (or all) of their careers to electronic, experimental composition, who have a great deal of talent. The objective of this series is to make some of these names known to the interested readers. Born in Guangzhou, China, Chen Yi began her musical studies on the piand and violin at age three, with Zheng Ri-hua and Lee Soo Sin....
Website of the Week: creative-eclipse.com
creative-eclipse.com started in summer of 2001 as a
virtual
writing platform for Magnus Jaschke, but soon evolved to a well known
and
highly acclaimed music and art online publication, both in Europe and
the USA. In late 2004 the structure of the website was modified
and now it features the music Magnus likes and supports plus
some visual work. 005, creative-eclipse.com - division of public
relations was established. creative-eclipse.com has a steadily growing
readership with many thousands of
regular readers from more than 75 countries every month ....
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Composers of the Month
Sound Advice
Lee Actor's Violin Concerto
The Pytheas Earful
Each
week we recommend a listening experience made possible by one of the
web's many streaming audio sites.
Click, listen, explore, enjoy...
This week's featured piece:
Ronald J. Brown's
My Garden Flourishes Beneath the Frozen Earth
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