Upcoming Performances & Anniversaries
Bernard Rands
Born: March 2nd, 1934
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Upcoming:
Three Pieces for Piano
February 20th, 2012 | Bratislava - Slovakia
Three Pieces for Piano
March 8th, 2012 | Hilton Head, SC - United States of America
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News
02/09/2012
Bernard Rands Headlines New Music Box
Live now on New Music Box , Bernard Rands is the subject of a wonderfully in–depth artist profile auteured by foremost new music polymath Frank J. Oteri. Including a video portrait of the composer, the profile is an enlightening dialogue with Rands that provides an unparalleled look into his processes ...
11/09/2011
Bernard Rands’ Music in New York, Illinois, & Texas
This month three works of Bernard Rands each representing different stages of the composer’s remarkable career make their way to concert halls in three different regions of the US. On November 1, the Slee Sinfonietta performed Rands’ “now again”-fragments from Sappho at the University at Buffalo ...
09/19/2011
Bernard Rands’ Preludes in US Premiere with Gloria Cheng
Pianist Gloria Cheng performs the US premiere of Bernard Rands’ Preludes, at The Colburn School on September 20 as part of the 2011/12 Piano Spheres season. Premiered by Robert Levin at the 2007 Ruhr International Piano Festival in Germany, Preludes was a joint commission between Maria and ...
08/22/2011
Work of the Week - Bernard Rands: Danza Petrificada
Following its celebrated world premiere in May, 2011, Bernard Rands' Danza Petrificada sees its Austrian premiere on August 26 at the Salzburg Festival with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Led by Riccardo Muti, Danza Petrificada was commissioned by the CSO to celebrate Muti’s inaugural ...
04/06/2011
Two Operas, Two World Premieres
We are proud to announce two landmark opera premieres in April, 2011 by two of the most prominent living composers of our time, Bernard Rands and Gerald Barry . On Friday, April 8, Indiana University Opera Theatre presents the world premiere of Bernard Rands' Vincent , a two-act opera based ...
04/04/2011
World Première: Bernard Rands - Vincent
On Friday, April 8, Indiana University Opera Theatre presents the world premiere of Bernard Rands' Vincent , a two-act opera based on the life and work of Vincent van Gogh with a libretto by celebrated American poet J.D. McClatchy. The premiere run of Vincent brings to fulfillment ...
03/04/2011
The New Music Ensemble of Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music features two works by Bernard Rands on March 8. Conducted by David Dzubay at the University’s Auer Hall, the program includes “ now again”-fragments from Sappho , for mezzo-soprano and chamber ensemble, as well as Canti del Sole ...
02/22/2011
schott aktuell - the journal 2/2011 online
THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING OPERA p 3: Editorial · Contents pp 4-7: World Premières: Bernard Rands: Vincent · Gerald Barry: The Importance of Being Earnest · Wilfried Hiller: Kaddisch für David Stahl · Kamran Ince: The Invasion · Christian Jost: Symphonische Toccata ...
01/18/2011
Bernard Rands’ Three Pieces for Piano at Carnegie Hall with Jonathan Biss
January 21 marks the New York City premiere of Bernard Rands’ Three Pieces for Piano at Carnegie Hall. Pianist Jonathan Biss, described by the Chicago Sun-Times as a “poetic pianist of the first order,” premiered the piece in Mainz, Germany in December as part of his two-month international ...
12/06/2010
Bernard Rands sees premieres of his music on two continents this month. First, renowned pianist Jonathan Biss debuts the composer's Three Pieces for Piano on December 3 in Mainz, Germany before embarking on a European and US tour with the work that includes a date at Carnegie Hall on January ...
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