Ned Rorem's Mallet Concerto was commissioned for the Scottish virtuoso percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie.
Performer Biography
Dame Evelyn Glennie has made over forty solo recordings, three of which have received GRAMMY awards.
Performer Biography
Dame Evelyn Glennie is the first person in musical history to successfully create and sustain a career as a full-time solo percussionist.
Composer Biography
Ned Rorem, a Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer, is most widely recognized as a master of the art song, having composed hundreds of settings of lyric poetry.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Alexis Alrich, composer of the Marimba Concerto, states her music is influenced by American minimalism, Asian music, and Western classical and folk music.
Composer Biography
Sir Karl Jenkins, composer of La Folia, is one of the most performed composers in the world today, known for transcending musical boundaries.
Performer Biography
Dame Evelyn Glennie has commissioned over two hundred new works for solo percussion from many of the world's most eminent composers.
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