This album, 'Here, The Cliffs,' is a retrospective recording of Hilary Tann's orchestral music from 1994-2004, performed by the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Composer Biography
Hilary Tann was the first woman to graduate with a first-class honors degree in composition from the University of Wales in Cardiff.
Performer Biography
Kirk Trevor, the conductor on this album, is an internationally known conductor and teacher who has made over fifty recordings of new American music with the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Hilary Tann believes her work synthesizes her Welsh heritage, Japanese influence, and time in the United States, considering herself a "world citizen" whose heart and music are Welsh.
Composer Biography
Hilary Tann's unique compositional voice was influenced by her deep interest in traditional Japanese music, particularly the shakuhachi, an ancient Japanese vertical bamboo flute.
Composer Biography
Hilary Tann, the composer, was born and raised in Ferndale, South Wales, in the Rhondda Fach valley.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Much of Hilary Tann's music is inspired by the natural world and can be understood as composing out of images and landscapes.
