Porgy, Preludes & Paris: Gershwin Arrangements for Piano Duo
3/15/2019, 7 Tracks, 1:03:52
Featuring
Linda Ang Stoodley
Robert Stoodley
Piano à Deux
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Performer Biography
Piano à Deux, the duo of Linda Ang Stoodley and Robert Stoodley, met online, married in 2008, and formed their musical partnership in 2010.
Composer's Artistic Vision
George Gershwin aimed to fuse classical music and jazz, believing jazz to be "the voice of America, the expression of its soul."
Composer Biography
When George Gershwin asked to study with Maurice Ravel in Paris in 1928, Ravel famously suggested that Gershwin should give him lessons, noting how much Gershwin earned.
Performer Biography
Linda Ang Stoodley, the other half of Piano à Deux, won the Royal-Overseas League Accompanist's Prize at the Guildhall School of Music and has performed internationally.
Performer Biography
Robert Stoodley, one half of Piano à Deux, is a linguist who gained the Premier Prix at the Conservatoire de Lyon and has broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
Interpretation
Piano à Deux, the duo performing on this album, created Piano Four Hands arrangements by combining Gershwin's original instrumental works with complementary Gershwin songs.
Composer Biography
George Gershwin, born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1898, first encountered the piano when his parents bought one for his elder brother, Ira, to have lessons.
