The arrangements on this album reveal the versatility of the original material, which spans three centuries of music history, and the inventiveness of the interpreters.
Interpretation
The duo DoubleBeats reimagines Piazzolla's Histoire du Tango, originally for flute and guitar, and Minoru Miki's Marimba Spiritual, for marimba and three percussionists, for marimbas and a range of percussion.
Performer Biography
DoubleBeats, the percussion duo of Lukas Böhm and Ni Fan, won first prize at the 2018 Osaka International Music Competition in Japan and the 2017 Universal Marimba Competition in Belgium.
Recording & Production
This album features world premiere recordings of four keyboard repertoire pinnacles: J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations, Rachmaninov's Prélude No. 5, Chopin's Études, and Haydn's 20 Variations in A major, all arranged for two marimbas.
Performer Biography
Ni Fan, the other half of DoubleBeats, was the first percussionist to be awarded the Prix Montblanc in 2013 and holds a teaching position at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin.
Performer Biography
Lukas Böhm, one half of the DoubleBeats duo, is a professor at the Academy of Music and Dance in Cologne and the Carl Maria von Weber University of Music in Dresden.
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