Matt Dibble was a prolific composer and virtuoso multi-instrumentalist, specializing in clarinet, saxophone, piano, and vocals, working across genres from classical to jazz, pop, and folk music.
Cultural Impact
Matt Dibble's '24 Preludes and Fugues' have been included in the Trinity College London official exam music selection.
Composition History
Matt Dibble, the composer, began writing these '24 Preludes and Fugues' in 2015 and completed the set just weeks before his unexpected death in 2021.
Performer Biography
Freddy Kempf's third-place award at the 1998 Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow sparked audience protests and Russian press outcry, which proclaimed him 'the hero of the competition'.
Interpretation
Pianist Freddy Kempf found recording Matt Dibble's music to be a personal and moving experience, feeling a close artistic affinity with the composer he never met.
Performer Biography
Pianist Freddy Kempf came to national prominence after winning the BBC Young Musician of the Year Competition in 1992.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Matt Dibble's 'Preludes and Fugues' are ordered to create a continuous cycle, where the final pitch of each fugue matches the first of the following prelude, implying a seamless flow from beginning to end.
