Event overview
Wojciech Kosma "First Piano Sonata" performed by Matthew Schellhorn
Wojciech Kosma composed his "First Piano Sonata" by following a random system of selection from a complete catalogue of piano's chords and their rhythmic and dynamic properties. The work is notated using an unorthodox continuous form (using no bars), irrespective of the technical difficulties it might create in reading or performing the score. As the result the music is challenging, complex and unpredictable. The piece is a part of a larger compositional project, which will present further instances of Kosma's method.
Wojciech Kosma was born in 1981 in Poland and is currently a Music Composition PhD student at the Goldsmiths University in London. His work had been performed worldwide, including recently in "Based in Berlin", KW Institute of Contemporary Art, Berlin, New Museum, New York, Boutique Monaco, Seoul, and the Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw
Matthew Schellhorn was born in Yorkshire in 1977, studied at Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester and the University of Cambridge with David Hartigan, Maria Curcio, Ryszard Bakst and Peter Hill, and later in Paris with Yvonne Loriod-Messiaen. Selected as a "Talent to Watch" for 2007 by BBC Music Magazine, and described as "a rising star" (BBC Radio 3) and "one of Britain’s most exciting young pianists" (Classic FM), Matthew Schellhorn has a growing international career, which in recent seasons has seen recitals in Europe, Ireland and North America.
The concert is supported by Polish Cultural Institute in London.
All welcome
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
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| 11 Nov 2011 | 7:00pm - 9:00pm |
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