IDAGIO | Lindberg, M.: Piano Music (Van Raat) - Klavierstuck / Play I / Jubilees / Twine / Etudes 747313054275

Featuring

Ralph van Raat
Maarten van Veen
Magnus Lindberg

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Performer Biography

Ralph van Raat has won several awards, including the First Prize of the International Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition in 1999 and the Fortis MeesPierson Award of the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam in 2006.

Performer Biography

Ralph van Raat, the pianist on this recording, studied piano at the Conservatory of Amsterdam and musicology at the University of Amsterdam, concluding both with distinction.

Compositional Technique

A recurring concept in Lindberg's music, apparent even in early works like Musik för Två Pianon, is the use of different layers of music, where one layer becomes audible as another stops.

Compositional Technique

Lindberg's early work Musik för Två Pianon (1976) is heavily based on mathematical serial procedures, where durations, pitches, and dynamics were calculated for each note.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Lindberg's group 'Ears Open!' aimed to revive the spirit of modernism and innovation in Finnish musical culture.

Composition History

The six Jubilees (2000) by Magnus Lindberg began as a single piece written for the 75th birthday of composer Pierre Boulez, with five more movements added later.

Composer Biography

Magnus Lindberg, one of Finland's most important living composers, formed the group 'Ears Open!' ('Korvat Auki!') in 1977 with Finnish contemporaries like Kaija Saariaho and Esa-Pekka Salonen.