Neo Quartet, the string quartet on this album, is an award-winning ensemble that has performed over 500 concerts in 21 countries, including prestigious venues like Carnegie Hall in New York.
Performer Biography
Iwona Glinka, the flutist on this album, is a Yamaha Artist and has premiered over one hundred works by various composers, many commissioned specifically for her.
Composer Biography
Michail Travlos, an award-winning composer, was born in Piraeus, Greece, and studied composition with Isang Yun at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in July 2022 at The Municipal Theatre in Tczew, Poland, with Marcin Kowalczyk handling the recording and editing.
Compositional Technique
The title of Michail Travlos's work Metathesis, a Greek word meaning 'to put things in a different order' or 'transposition,' reflects the piece's principle of transposing adjacent structural elements and exploring different intervallic qualities.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Michail Travlos's early work, Metathesis, already focused on the thorough exploration of intervallic qualities, a concept further developed throughout his entire compositional output.
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