Bogdanović: Village Music

Featuring

David Tanenbaum
Dušan Bogdanović

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Compositional Technique

In "Village Music," Dušan Bogdanović employs percussion, string bending, and retuning to evoke the feeling of being in a remote village.

Composer Biography

Dušan Bogdanović, the composer of "Village Music," has written over two hundred published compositions, including works for solo guitar, chamber ensembles, orchestra, and multimedia.

Performer Biography

David Tanenbaum, the guitarist on this recording, has performed in over 40 countries and appeared as a soloist with prominent orchestras worldwide.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Dušan Bogdanović, the composer, is known for his personal synthesis of contemporary classical, jazz, and ethnic music.

Compositional Technique

Dušan Bogdanović's "Village Music" uses an alternate guitar tuning known as D-A-D-G-A-D, which gives the instrument a looser sound.

Performer Biography

Many composers, including Hans Werner Henze, Aaron Jay Kernis, and Terry Riley, have dedicated works to David Tanenbaum, the guitarist on this album.

Performer Biography

David Tanenbaum's recording as a soloist in John Adams's "Naive and Sentimental Music" with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic was nominated for a 2002 GRAMMY Award.