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Michael Daugherty: Fire and Blood, MotorCity Triptych & Raise the Roof

2/25/2010, 7 Tracks, 1:09:02

Featuring

  • Neeme Järvi
  • Ida Kavafian
  • Brian Jones
  • Detroit Symphony Orchestra
  • Michael Daugherty

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Performer Biography

Neeme Järvi, the conductor, served as the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's Music Director from 1990 to 2005 and is now its Music Director Emeritus.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

All three works on this album — Fire and Blood, MotorCity Triptych, and Raise the Roof — were commissioned and premiered by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Ida Kavafian, the violinist, is also a breeder and trainer of prize-winning Hungarian Vizsla show dogs under the kennel name Opus One Vizslas.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Michael Daugherty studied computer music at Boulez's IRCAM in Paris and pursued further studies with composer György Ligeti in Hamburg, Germany.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Ida Kavafian, the violinist, has toured and recorded with jazz greats Chick Corea and Wynton Marsalis.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Ida Kavafian, the violinist on this album, is an Artist-Member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and was formerly the violinist of the renowned Beaux Arts Trio.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Michael Daugherty, born in 1954, is the son of a dance-band drummer and the oldest of five brothers, all professional musicians.

Source: Booklet

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