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Thomas Adès
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- Book Synopsis
- Thomas Adès is feted from Los Angeles to London, from New York to Berlin, as the musician who has done more than any other living composer to connect contemporary music with wider audiences. But this celebrated composer, conductor and pianist is notoriously secretive about his creative process, about what lies behind his compositional impulse. Here, Adès opens up for the first time, in conversations with Tom Service, about how he creates his music, where it comes from, and what it means. In these provocative and challenging interviews, Adès connects his music with influences from a huge historical and cultural spectrum - from Sephardic Jewish folk music to 80s electronica, from the films of Luis Buñuel and pre-Columbian art to the soundtracks of Al-Qaeda training videos - and offers a unique insight into the crucible of composition. This edition is updated with a foreword on Adès's opera, Exterminating Angel.
- About The Author
- Born in 1971, Thomas Adès is the foremost composer of his generation. His first opera, Powder Her Face, has received productions all over the world. His 1997 orchestral piece, Asyla, won the Grawemeyer Award, and his 2004 opera The Tempest was staged at the Royal Opera House to huge critical acclaim.He was Artistic Director of the Aldeburgh Festival for a decade,has conducted orchestras from the New York Philharmonic to the London Symphony, and has had festivals worldwide devoted to his music.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780571278985
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber, (06 September 2018)
- Number of Pages
- 208
- Weight
- 168 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 129 x 12 mm
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