From Afar (Reworks) Víkingur Ólafsson
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Album-Release:
2023
HRA-Release:
26.05.2023
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- Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir (b. 1993): Notturno:
- 1 Notturno 03:59
- Herdís Stefánsdóttir: Nightbird:
- 2 Nightbird 05:04
- Michael A. Muller (b. 1986): Bird as Prophet:
- 3 Bird as Prophet 04:06
- Snorri Hallgrímsson (b. 1989): The Plover and the Raven:
- 4 The Plover and the Raven 03:07
- Helgi Jonsson (b. 1979): Reverie:
- 5 Reverie 05:13
- Christian Badzura: Sung (After Brahms):
- 6 Sung (After Brahms) 04:31
Info for From Afar (Reworks)
Víkingur Ólafssons neuestes Album From Afar wurde von vielen Seiten gelobt und für seine suggestive und kontemplative Schönheit gepriesen. Aufgenommen sowohl auf dem Klavier als auch auf dem Flügel, reflektiert From Afar die Kindheitserinnerungen des Pianisten in Island und enthält Werke von Bach, Mozart, Schumann, Brahms, Bartók, Thomas Adès und György Kurtág sowie isländische und ungarische Volkslieder.
Inspiriert von Ólafssons bemerkenswerten Interpretationen haben nun sechs zeitgenössische Komponisten sechs stimmungsvolle Neuinterpretationen von Werken aus dem Album geschaffen. Seine musikalischen Erzählungen haben die Fantasie von Álfheiður Guðmundsdóttir, Herdís Stefánsdóttir, Michael A. Muller, Snorri Hallgrímsson, Helgi Jonsson und Christian Badzura angeregt.
Víkingur Ólafsson kommentiert: "Ich bin schon seit langem von der Idee angetan, den kreativen Prozess der klassischen Aufführung umzukehren: meine aufgenommenen Interpretationen als kompositorisches Material für neue Werke zu verwenden. Ich bin daher mehr als erfreut, dass die wunderbaren Künstler, die auf dieser Veröffentlichung versammelt sind, mir die Ehre erweisen, mein From Afar-Album zu überdenken und neu zu definieren, indem sie mir immer neue Wege zeigen, über die Musik nachzudenken, die ich zu kennen glaubte wie meine Westentasche. Ich hoffe, ihr genießt die Früchte ihrer Arbeit genauso sehr wie ich."
Ólafssons Interpretationen von Schumanns "Vogel als Prophet" haben drei unterschiedliche, aber gleichermaßen kreative Reaktionen ausgelöst, und zwar von der Komponistin und Elektronikmusikerin Herdís Stefánsdottir ("Nightbird"), Michael A. Muller von Balmorhea ("Bird as Prophet") und dem Komponisten und Produzenten Snorri Hallgrímsson ("The Plover and the Raven"). Wie Stefánsdottir fügt die Sopranistin und bildende Künstlerin Álfheiður Guðmundsdóttir ihrer Neubearbeitung "Notturno", die von Brahms' Intermezzo op. 116 Nr. 4 inspiriert ist, Gesang hinzu, während der Multiinstrumentalist und Liedermacher Helgi Jonsson Schumanns "Träumerei" für seine "Reverie" neu interpretiert hat. Christian Badzura schließlich greift für sein "Sung (After Brahms)" auf den Stil der späten Soloklavierwerke von Brahms zurück.
Víkingur Ólafsson, Klavier
Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir, Gesang
Herdís Stefánsdóttir, Gesang
Heather Woods Broderick, Cello
Michael A. Muller, Fender Rhodes, Schlagzeug, Mellotron, Synthesizer, Bassgitarre
Helgi Jonsson, Posaune, Klavier
Víkingur Ólafsson
Possessing a rare combination of passionate musicality, explosive virtuosity and intellectual curiosity, Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson has won all the major prizes in his native country, including four Musician of the Year prizes at the Icelandic Music Awards as well as The Icelandic Optimism Prize.
Víkingur’s 2016/17 season includes performances with NDR Elbphilhamonie Orchester and Los Angeles Philharmonic under Esa-Pekka Salonen, tour with Orkester Norden (Lawrence Foster) and concerts with Iceland Symphony Orchestra (Yan Pascal Tortelier) and MDR Sinfonieorchester (Kristjan Järvi). Since February 2016 he has taken over from Martin Fröst as Artistic Director of Vinterfest in Sweden while continuing in the same role for the award winning Reykjavík Midsummer Music, which he founded in 2012. In recital he will make his debut at Wiener Konzerthaus, Konzerthaus Berlin, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Louisiana Museum for Modern Art Denmark, La Folle Journée Festival as well in Leipzig and at the Istanbul Music Festival.
Víkingur signed an exclusive agreement with Deutsche Grammophon in November 2016. His debut album for DG will feature the piano works of Philip Glass and is set to be released in time for the composer’s 80th birthday in January 2017. In 2015 Víkingur recorded solo works by Igor Stravinsky for the company’s complete works edition of the composer and before that, he released 3 albums on his own label, Dirrindí Music. The first two were solo discs; ‘Debut’, (showing “exceptional perception and depth of maturity,” said EPTA Journal) and ‘Chopin-Bach’ (prompting Piano News Magazine to say “Immense talent … you must listen to this young pianist!”). His third album was a double CD/DVD release of ‘Winterreise’ with bass Kristinn Sigmundsson, which won the Album of the Year award at the Icelandic Music Awards 2012.
Víkingur has premiered five piano concertos to date and worked with composers including Philip Glass, Mark Simpson and Daníel Bjarnason. He has collaborated with leading artists from diverse fields, such as Roman Signer, Lillevan and Yann Malka, and appeared at festivals such as Busoni and Transart (Bolzano), MITO SettembreMusica (Milano) and Nordic Cool (Washington DC). When it comes to his relationships with other musicians, Víkingur has worked with Sayaka Shoji, István Várdai, Martin Fröst, Pekka Kuusisto and Björk.
Away from the concert stage, Víkingur is the driving force behind numerous innovative musical projects. Most recently the classical music television series, Útúrdúr (Out-of-tune), produced for the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service in 2013-14, was broadcast to unanimous critical and public acclaim.
Víkingur grew up in Iceland where he studied with Erla Stefánsdóttir and Peter Máté. He holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from The Juilliard School, where he studied with Jerome Lowenthal and Robert McDonald.
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