The album title, "Vision," reflects Michelle Pritchard's personal journey of rediscovering her musical life after her eyesight was restored through donor corneas and procedures.
Composer Biography
Elena Kats-Chernin, an Uzbek-born, Australian composer, was awarded 'Officer of the Order of Australia' in 2019 for her contribution to the Performing Arts.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Rebecca Clarke submitted her Sonata for Viola and Piano anonymously to a composition competition, believing that talent, not gender, should be the sole criterion for judgment.
Composer Biography
Géza Frid, a Hungarian-born composer and student of Bartók and Kodály, settled in Amsterdam in 1929 and became part of the resistance during WWII, using music as a form of protest.
Composer Biography
Rebecca Clarke, a British composer and violist, was one of the first women to hold a professional position in a major orchestra.
Composer Biography
Henri Casadesus, a French violist and composer, created new works in the style of older masters and presented them as rediscoveries to expand the limited solo repertoire for viola.
Composition History
Henri Casadesus's Viola Concerto in the Style of J.C. Bach, though long misattributed to Johann Christian Bach, was actually composed by Casadesus in the early 20th century.
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