Resultado de búsqueda
Allen Evan Shawn (born August 27, 1948) [2] is an American composer, pianist, educator, and author based in Vermont . His music. Shawn began composing at the age of ten, but dates his mature work from 1977.
Music by ALLEN SHAWN. “ ….from his outpost in Bennington, Vermont , Shawn has quietly been creating a body of work built to last….clearheaded, craftsmanlike , nostalgic, tuneful, accessible, yet profoundly subversive; it never sets you down where you think it will”. Richard Dyer, Boston Globe, 2001.
Biography. ALLEN SHAWN (born 1948) grew up in New York City. His mother was originally a journalist. His father was an editor. His older brother, Wallace Shawn, is a playwright and actor. Allen’s twin sister, Mary, is autistic, and was sent to live in a home for intellectually disabled children at the age of nine.
Allen Shawn: Cello Concerto No.. 2 (2018)Nathaniel Parke, celloBerkshire SymphonyRonald Feldman, conductorPremiere: November 15, 2019
And yes, to the music itself. The 1982 Piano Sonata No.1 opens with the confident blast of energy of a young man: a dark, low register, propulsive bluesy shout. What follows is a journey through different perspectives on the idea, sometimes immersed in its rough-and-tumble, at times more distanced.
5 de mar. de 2007 · Allen Shawn traces some of his phobias to his late father, William Shawn, the legendary editor of The New Yorker magazine. The author discusses some of his father's fears with Renee Montagne...
31 de mar. de 2023 · March 31, 2023 | Leave a Comment. By Ralph P. Locke. Allen Shawn is one of the great composers of piano music in America today, with seven piano sonatas, various suites and shorter pieces. An astounding concerto of his has been recorded by the remarkable Ursula Oppens. Allen Shawn, Improvisation Diary 2020.
