1. biografia

[Amministratore]

Sean FRIAR
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cap, città Stati Uniti
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mail: sean@seanfriar.com
http://www.seanfriar.com
luogo e data di nascita: Los Angeles (CA), Stati Uniti, 1985

Formazione e studi: attualmente Friar frequenta il dottorato presso Princeton, dove studia con Steve Mackey, Paul Lansky, David Lang e Dmitri Tymoczko. Si è laureato in musica e psicologia presso la UCLA nel 2007, dove aveva lavorato con Paul Chihara, Roger Bourland e Ian Krouse.
Concorsi: oltre ad essere il più giovane vincitore del Premio Roma, ha ricevuto vari riconoscimenti, tra cui Aaron Copland Award, Charles Ives Scholarship, quattro ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards, Renee B. Fisher Award.
Impegni artistici e commissioni: fa le sue prime esperienze nel rock e nell’improvvisazione blues con il pianoforte. Le sue recenti commissioni vanno da quartetti d’archi e quintetti di fiati a un concerto per automobile rottamata e musica per laptop orchestra. La sua musica è stata eseguita da ensemble come Berlin Philharmonic Scharoun Ensemble (Germania), Crash Ensemble (Irlanda), Ensemble Klang (Paesi Bassi), New York Youth Symphony, Orkest de Ereprijs (Paesi Bassi), Psappha (Gran Bretagna), Darmstadt Staatsorchester (Germania), Alter Ego (Italia). La sua musica è stata presentata in vari festival tra cui Aspen, Bang on a Can, Bowdoin, Gaudeamus Muziekweek. Nel 2011 Clunker Concerto per automobile rottamata e orchestra è stato eseguito in prima assoluta al Carnegie Hall.
Attività creativa: nonostante il suo interesse si sia ben presto indirizzato verso la musica classica, la sua maniera di comporre è rimasta in contatto con le primarie radici musicali legate al rock e al blues.
Attività critica, didattica e di studio:
Aforismi e poetiche

Catalogo opere (editori: )
Chamber
Little Green Pop (2008) 10′ for sop. sax, ten. sax, tbn, elec. gtr, pno, perc, sound engineer
Scale 9 (2009) 6′ for clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion also available are sextet (fl, cl, vln, vcl, pno, perc) and septet (fl, cl, vln, vla, vcl, pno, perc) versions
Velvet Hammer (2009) 6:30 for flute, clarinet, electric guitar, piano, acoustic bass
In the Blue (2013) 13′ fl/picc, ob, cl, cl/bcl, bsn, hn, tpt, tbn, 2 perc, pno, 2 vln, vla, vcl, bass
Breaking Point (2013) 13′ electric guitar, clarinet, trumpet, piano, percussion, string quintet.
Spin-Off (2013) 8′ electric guitar, flute, violin, piano.
One-way Trip (2011-12) 25′ clarinet, horn, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, and bass.
Short Winds (2010) 7′ versions for wind quintet and saxophone quartet. I. Wiggle Room 3′- II. Lick Machine 3′
Hypnic Twitches (2010) 9’00” for string quartet
Fighting Words (2010) 14′ for soprano, cl/b. cl, vln, vcl, elec gtr, piano, perc, drum kit
Short Orbit (2009) 8′ for piccolo/alto flute, viola and harp
String Quartet (2009) 14′ for string quartet
Hell-Bent (2006) 9′ for violin, cello and piano
Bad Wiring (2006) 5′ for fl, cl/b. cl, (doubling bass), vln, pno, 2 perc.
Orchestra
Clunker Concerto (2010-2011) 19′ for percussion quartet on junk car parts and chamber orchestra
Out of Line (2008, rev. 2009) 9′ for chamber orchestra
Wind-up Etude (2012) 5′ for solo piano
Teaser (2010) 10′ for solo cello
Elastic Loops (2007) 8′ for solo piano
Oboemobo (2010) 7′ for oboe and effects pedals
Percussion Burn-off (2012) 3′ for percussion quartet
Ruining Fusion (2008) 9′ for percussion quartet
Dawn Raid (2006) 9′ for eight percussionists
Boomdinger (2009) 9′ for laptop orchestra, video, and optional percussion

Interviste
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English translation:

Training and education: Friar currently attends his doctorate at Princeton, where he studied with Steve Mackey, Paul Lansky, David Lang and Dmitri Tymoczko. He is a graduate in music and psychology from UCLA in 2007, where he worked with Paul Chihara, Ian Krouse and Roger Bourland.
Competitions: in addition to being the youngest winner of the Rome Prize, has received several awards, including Aaron Copland Award, Charles Ives Scholarship, four ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards, Renee B. Fisher Award.
Engagements and commissions: makes his first experiences in rock and blues improvisation on the piano. His recent commissions ranging from string quartets and wind quintets to a concert for the scrapped car and laptop music for orchestra. His music has been performed by ensembles such as the Berlin Philharmonic Scharoun Ensemble (Germany), Crash Ensemble (Ireland), Ensemble Klang (Netherlands), New York Youth Symphony, Orkest de Ereprijs (Netherlands), Psappha (Great Britain), Darmstadt State Orchestra (Germany), Alter Ego (Italy). His music has been presented at various festivals including Aspen, Bang on a Can, Bowdoin, Gaudeamus Muziekweek. In 2011 Clunker Concerto for car wreck and orchestra was premiered at Carnegie Hall.
Creative activity: his interest is soon directed to classical music; his way of composing has remained in contact with the primary musical roots tied to rock and blues.
Critical activity, teaching and study:
Aphorisms and poetry
Interviews