1. biografia

[amministratore_1]

Nathan SHIRLEY
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Marion, NC 28752, USA
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mail: music@nathanshirley.org
http://www.nathanshirley.org/
luogo e data di nascita: North Carolina (USA), 1981

Nathan Shirley is an active performer as well as composer. He has given interviews and performed his music live on public radio in the United States, and his music has been featured on European and Canadian radio. He performs concerts of original music and has self-produced community concert events including Images, an original series of ten solo piano pieces performed under a large projection of the paintings which inspired each piece. In 2009 he composed and produced The Black Cat, a tribute to the work of Edgar Allen Poe featuring piano, string sextet, soprano, and dramatic narration. All concerts are opened with a piano improvisation, in homage to the great composer/pianists of centuries past.
Mr. Shirley's influences are very broad, from the interwoven counterpoint of Bach and the driving harmonies of Vivaldi, to the divine lyricism of Chopin and Schumann, to the wild ferocity of Stravinsky and Prokofiev, and beyond. His cross-cultural style reflects his interest in international folk music, including the exquisite timbres of Balinese gamelan music, beautifully dark Gypsy melodies, complex and layered African rhythms, exotic and highly ornamented music of Persia, and intensely fast-paced music of Latin America.
Nathan Shirley has composed many works for children, and taught piano, including improvisation and composition, to over 60 students. In western North Carolina he has worked with hundreds of public school children, introducing them to classical and world music instruments, leading them in group percussion performance, teaching the science behind sound, and exposing them to classical masterpieces through active listening. Working with children has helped shape his style and develop a strong instinct for accessible and engaging music.
He has written for independent film, animation, theatre, and ballet, but composing for the concert hall is his true passion. He began accepting commissions for new work in 2005, and has since written for musicians around the world.