Noah Max is not only a composer and conductor, but also a poet, a film-maker, and an accomplished artist, with his paintings displayed online.
Recording & Production
This is the sixth Toccata Classics recording to feature the Tippett Quartet, continuing their championship of British composers.
Performer Biography
The Tippett Quartet's recording of the complete Penderecki Quartets was named 'Recording of the Month' by BBC Music Magazine and nominated for an International Classical Music Award.
Compositional Technique
Noah Max's String Quartet No. 3 uniquely employs scordatura, altering the tuning of the strings to radically darken the resonance and widen the tessitura, making the ensemble's timbre intermittently unrecognizable.
Composer Biography
Noah Max, born in 1998, grew up in North London in a household of musicians; his parents are cellist Robert Max and pianist Zoë Solomon.
Performer Biography
The Tippett Quartet has performed and broadcast extensively across the UK, Europe, Canada, and Mexico, and has made over 50 recordings.
