Sandy Cameron, the violinist for whom the concerto was written, was once a violinist for a Cirque du Soleil show and is described by Elfman as a 'concert violinist who had literally run away with the circus'.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Danny Elfman decided to write concert hall music annually to maintain his sanity and explore musical ideas freely, away from the constraints of film scoring.
Composition History
The title 'Eleven Eleven' for the Violin Concerto came about when Danny Elfman and Sandy Cameron discovered the piece was exactly 1111 measures long, a number Elfman has always been preoccupied with.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Danny Elfman aimed to fuse early 20th-century 'post-Romanticism' with modern rhythms and harmonies, and to bridge the divide between film music and classical music audiences.
Composer Biography
Danny Elfman, known for over 100 film scores including those for Tim Burton, started his career as musical director of an avant-garde cabaret group in 1972.
Composition History
The Violin Concerto 'Eleven Eleven' was commissioned after Sandy Cameron, the violinist, performed a gypsy violin cadenza Elfman wrote for her in a Tim Burton film music concert.
Instruments
Sandy Cameron performs on an outstanding violin crafted by Pietro Guarnerius of Venice around 1735, thanks to the Stradivari Society® of Chicago.
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