The full video of the performance is available last 24 hours. Please enjoy it. And we hope to see you at our next concert in Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcDYUCsWI5s&t=1303s ... See MoreSee Less
31.05.2020 | 22:08 - a big interview with Marie-Therese Rudolph on the Austrian radio channel Ö1 [bit.ly/2AkNCX3].
Program note:
"The composer and conductor Maxim Shalygin has lived in the Netherlands for more than ten years. Over a short period of time, he has released three new albums with the TRPTK, in which his affinity with the great themes of life is evident for all to see and hear.
In “Todos los fuegos el fuego,” eight pieces for eight saxophones (the Keuris Quartet and Amstel Quartet), he was inspired by Julio Cortazar ’s fantastic short stories.
“Lacrimosa or 13 Magic Songs” for seven violins (Shapeshift) can be understood as a series of prayers, an invitation to contemplation outside of any denominational context. In the cellist and performer Maya Fridman, Maxim Shalygin has found a congenial interpreter for his most demanding solo work, “Canti d'inizio e fine,” whose six movements were named after angels of death and are concluded by Paul Celan’s “Todesfuge” as an epilogue.
In the course of the conversation, Shalygin provides insights into the origin of these large-scale compositions and his intuition-based approach to materials, as well as his way of finding titles for movements that are profoundly poetic, enabling the listener to associate with the music in visually evocative ways."
These three works wouldn't be possible without: Fonds Podiumkunsten, Gaudeamus, November Music, Festival Dag in de Branding, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst
Photo by Paul van der Woerd. ... See MoreSee Less