Teirstein, A.: Kopanitza / Invention / What Is Left of Us / Suite / Maramures

Featuring

Yuri Vodovoz
Andy Teirstein
Naaz Hosseini
Aurelia Schenker
Willa Roberts
Eva Primak

Erik Friedlander
Mary Rowell
Susan Shumway
Sam Kephardt
Bruce Wang
David Lutken
Margaret Lancaster
Rob Middleton
Thomas Hutchinson
Margaret Kampmeier
Diliana Momtchilova
Muneko Otani
Jennifer Leshnower
Ah Ling Neu
Elizabeth Anderson
Saeunn Thorsteinsdóttir
David Oei
Robert Ian Winstin
Danielle Farina
Cygnus Ensemble
Cassatt String Quartet
Alaria Trio
Kiev Philharmonic Orchestra

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Performer Biography

The Cassatt Quartet, named after American impressionist painter Mary Cassatt, has won numerous awards including First Prizes at the Fischoff and Coleman Chamber Music Competitions.

Composition History

In 1994, Andy Teirstein traveled to Eastern Europe on an Artslink grant to collect folk music, modeling parts of his trip on Bartók's wax cylinder recording sessions in the region of Maramures.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Andy Teirstein's background in movement theater has given him a unique view of the dramatic possibilities of music composition, leading to a sense of physicality in musical impulse.

Performer Biography

Robert Ian Winstin, the conductor for "Maramures," is the Composer in Residence of the Kiev Philharmonic Orchestra and has written over 200 works, including five symphonies.

Composer Biography

Composer Andy Teirstein once performed as a musical clown in a Mexican circus, balancing a guitar on his head while playing the concertina or playing the violin on a tight wire.

Composer Biography

Andy Teirstein studied composition with notable figures such as Henry Brant, Tania Leon, Bruce Saylor, David del Tredici, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, and Arthur Laurents.