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Et Orchestre © Jan Maly BRIAN CURRENT, COMPOSER / COMPOSITEUR 2016 AZRIELI COMMISSION WINNER / LAURÉAT DE LA COMMANDE AZRIELI2016 Brian Current a étudié la musique à l’Université McGill et à l’Université de Californie à Berkeley, recevant son doctorat en l’an 2002. Au cours de sa carrière, il a été récompensé par de nombreux prix dont la Bourse Guggenheim, le prix Barlow de musique orchestrale (États-Unis), le prix italien Fedora d’opéra de chambre © Bo Huang et la distinction d’Œuvre sélectionnée (catégorie Brian Current studied music at McGill University « jeunes compositeurs ») à la Tribune internationale and UC Berkeley (PhD 2002). His music, lauded des compositeurs à Paris. Sa musique est diffusée and broadcast in over 35 countries, has earned him dans plus de 35 pays. a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Barlow Prize for Les pièces de Brian Current ont été jouées par tous Orchestral Music (USA), the Italian Premio Fedora for les grands orchestres du Canada et par des dizaines Chamber Opera, and the Selected Work (Under 30) at d’orchestres professionnels, d’ensembles et de com- the 2001 International Rostrum of Composers in Paris. pagnies d’opéra à travers le monde. Ses compositions Brian Current’s pieces have been programmed by fi gurent dans dix enregistrements commerciaux, y all major symphony orchestras in Canada and by compris trois albums consacrés exclusivement à sa dozens of professional orchestras, ensembles, and musique. L’enregistrement de l’opéra Airline Icarus lui opera companies world-wide. His music appears on a valu le prix Juno 2015 pour la meilleure composition 10 commercial recordings, including three albums de l’année. devoted exclusively to his works. The recording of his M. Current est également un chef d’orchestre très opera Airline Icarus earned him a 2015 Juno Award for sollicité qui dirige régulièrement des productions Best Classical Composition of the Year. pour orchestre de musique contemporaine. Il a assuré Current is also an in-demand guest conductor and la direction d’un répertoire d’œuvres qui comporte regularly leads orchestral programs of contemporary aussi bien du Mozart que du Takemitsu et inclut une music. He has conducted a wide range of repertoire centaine de compositions de musique canadienne from Mozart to Takemitsu and has championed nearly dont il est un ardent promoteur. Depuis 2011, il occupe 100 works by Canadian composers. He has served as le poste de chef d’orchestre principal du Continuum the main conductor of the Continuum Ensemble since Ensemble et a été chef invité de nombreux orchestres 2011 and has guest conducted numerous symphonies symphoniques et d’ensembles musicaux au Canada, and ensembles in Canada, the US, and Italy. Dedicated aux États-Unis et en Italie. Convaincu de l’importance to education, Dr. Current’s main conducting activities que revêt la fonction de pédagogue, Brian Current since 2007 have been as director of the New Music consacre une bonne part de ses activités de direction Ensemble of the Glenn Gould School at The Royal depuis 2007 au New Music Ensemble de l’École Glen Conservatory. Gould du Conservatoire royal de musique. 3 WLAD MARHULETS, COMPOSER 2016 AZRIELI PRIZE WINNER ASCAP Awards, including the prestigious Leonard Bernstein Award. A full scholarship student during his tenure at the Juilliard School, Wlad Malhulets studied composition exclusively with the Oscar and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Corigliano. In addition to works for the stage, Marhulets maintains an active career as a screen composer, with credits for fi lms such as Ambition (directed by Bob Shaye), Hitman: Agent 47 (starring Zachary Quinto), Ruby Strangelove Young Witch (directed by Evgeny Ruman), The Giver (starring Meryl Streep), November Man (starring Pierce Brosnan), Orchestra of Exiles (directed by Oscar nominee Josh Aronson), Sabotage (starring Arnold Schwarzenegger), and others. His klezmer opera The Property was premiered by Lyric Opera of Chicago in the 2014–2015 season to rave reviews. New City Stage remarked: “Marhulets miraculously combines the elements of klezmer, the ‘secular’ side of Jewish music, with the underpinnings © Arthur Moeller of contemporary opera. His use of leitmotif is The music of Wlad Marhulets has been performed masterful, and his sense of vocal line, sublime.” More widely by world-class companies such as the recent premieres include the chamber work Dybbuk by Lyric Opera of Chicago, Orchestre symphonique clarinetist David Krakauer and the Pan Ton Quartet at de Montréal, Czech National Symphony, Detroit the 28th Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow, Poland. Symphony, Orchestre National de Lyon, the Sinfonietta Located in Los Angeles, Wlad Malhulets is published Cracovia, the Lithuanian choir Jauna Muzika, Qatar by G. Schirmer. Philharmonic Orchestra, Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra, and others. He is the winner of the Susan W. Rose Fund Grant, the Peter D. Faith Prize, and fi v e 4 WLAD MARHULETS, COMPOSITEUR LAURÉAT DU PRIX AZRIELI2016 Les œuvres de Wlad Marhulets ont été interprétées The Property, l’opéra klezmer de Wlad Marhulets, par des ensembles reconnus mondialement tels que a été inauguré à l’Opéra lyrique de Chicago lors de l’Opéra lyrique de Chicago, l’Orchestre symphonique la saison 2014-2015 et a rencontré un franc succès. de Montréal, l’Orchestre symphonique tchèque, New City Stage a déclaré à son propos : « Marhulets l’Orchestre symphonique de Détroit, l’Orchestre arrive à conjuguer de façon miraculeuse des éléments national de Lyon, la Sinfonietta Cracovia, la de klezmer, la version “séculaire” de la musique juive, chorale lithuanienne Jauna Muzika, l’Orchestre et un substrat d’opéra contemporain. Son utilisation philharmonique du Qatar, l’Orchestre philharmonique des leitmotivs est remarquable et son sens de la ligne de Macédoine, et d’autres encore. Il a été lauréat de musicale exceptionnel. » Une autre première a eu la bourse Susan W. Rose, du prix Peter D. Faith et a lieu plus récemment, celle du Dybbuk, interprété par remporté cinq Prix ASCAP, dont le prestigieux prix le clarinettiste David Krakauer et le Pan Ton Quartet Leonard Bernstein. Bénéfi ciant d’une bourse d’études, lors du 28e Festival de la culture juive de Cracovie, en Wlad Marhulets a étudié la composition à la Juilliard Pologne. Wlad Marhulets réside à Los Angeles. Ses School auprès du compositeur John Corigliano, lauréat œuvres sont éditées chez G. Schirmer. d’un Oscar et d’un prix Pulitzer, qui a été son maître exclusif. En parallèle à son travail scénique, M. Marhulets mène avec brio une carrière de compositeur pour le grand écran et compte à son actif la musique de fi lms tels que Ambition (réalisé par Bob Shaye), Hitman : Agent 47 (avec Zachary Quinto), Ruby Strangelove Young Witch (réalisé par Evgeny Ruman), The Giver (avec Meryl Streep), November Man (avec Pierce Brosnan), Orchestra of Exiles (réalisé par Josh Aronson, nominé pour un Oscar), Sabotage (avec Arnold Schwarzenegger), et d’autres encore. 5 SHARON AZRIELI SOPRANO Originaire de Montréal, Sharon Azrieli a tenu des rôles principaux au sein de compagnies d’opéra de renommée internationale dont la Compagnie d’opéra canadienne, l’Opéra Bastille, le Nouvel opéra d’Israël et le Metropolitan Opera. Son répertoire est varié et compte des pièces orchestrales tant profanes que sacrées. Elle s’est produite récemment dans deux œuvres à Carnegie Hall : Jubilate Deo (2016) de Dan Forrest, sous la baguette de Tracy Resseguie, et Requiem, op. 48, de Fauré (1889) dirigé par Alex © Ilan Besor Qian. Mme Azrieli a donné également de nombreuses Native Montrealer Sharon Azrieli has sung leading premières mondiales, notamment The Esther Diaries roles for some of the world’s greatest opera de Harry Stafylakis (2014) et Cantata for the Unsung companies, including The Canadian Opera Company, de James M. Stephenson (2016). L’Opéra Bastille, the New Israel Opera, and The Son interprétation du rôle de Laurette dans Le docteur Metropolitan Opera. Her varied orchestral and sacred miracle avec l’Opéra français de New York a fait dire à solo work includes recent performances of Dan Andrew Porter du New Yorker : « Elle est passée maître Forrest’s Jubilate Deo (2016) with conductor Tracy des infl exions joyeuses, du phrasé piquant et des mots Resseguie and Fauré’s Requiem Op. 48 (1889) with éloquents. » Mme Azrieli détient un certifi cat supérieur conductor Alex Qian, both at Carnegie Hall. Dr. Azrieli en interprétation de la Juilliard School ainsi qu’une has also sung many world premieres, most notably The maîtrise et un doctorat en musique de l’Université de Esther Diaries by Harry Stafylakis (2014) and Cantata Montréal. Elle s’estime privilégiée d’avoir pu travailler for the Unsung by James M. Stephenson (2016). aux côtés de maestro Steven Mercurio lors de sa Of Azrieli’s Laurette in Le docteur miracle with l’Opéra prestation de Song of Songs de Lukas Foss (1946) qui français de New York, Andrew Porter of The New fi gure sur cet enregistrement. Yorker hailed her as “a mistress of merry infl ections, piquant phrasing and pointed words.” Dr. Azrieli holds an Advanced Certifi cate in Performance from the Juilliard School, as well as Master and Doctorate of Music degrees from Université de Montréal. She considers it a great privilege to have worked with Maestro Steven Mercurio on the performance of Song of Songs by Lukas Foss (1946) for this recording project. 6 DAVID KRAKAUER CLARINET / CLARINETTE David Krakauer est reconnu sur la scène internationale comme un innovateur en nouvelle musique klezmer et un acteur essentiel de la musique classique. Il a reçu une première nomination pour les Grammy Awards 2015 qui saluait sa prestation de soliste au sein de l’orchestre A Far Cry, une formation sans chef d’orchestre, et une deuxième nomination aux prix Juno pour son enregistrement Akoka, avec le violoncelliste Matt Haimovitz. © GMD Photography M. Krakauer s’est produit à titre de soliste accom- pagné par la Sinfonietta Amsterdam, la Weimar David Krakauer is praised internationally as an Staatskapelle, l’Orchestre de Lyon, l’Orchestre phil- innovator in modern klezmer as well as a major harmonique de Dresde et les orchestres symphoniques voice in classical music.
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