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Mayor's Concert Programme.pdf - Milton Keynes City Orchestra

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95003 May 2011 programme text.qxd:Layout 2 11/5/11 08:24 Page 9Noriko OgawaPianoPhotograph by Satoru MitsutaNoriko OgawaSince achieving her first great success at Leeds International PianoCompetition, Noriko Ogawa has worked with leading orchestras andconductors, such as Dutoit, Vanska, Slatkin and Otaka. Ogawa is alsorenowned as a recitalist and chamber musician, performing with artists suchas Evelyn Glennie. In 2001 Ogawa established a piano duo with Kathryn Stott.Ogawa regularly commissions new works and has performed premieres ofworks by Fujikura and Kanno. Noriko has just been appointed Artist inResidence to Bridgewater Hall in Manchester where she will be artisticdirector for a Debussy/Japan festival (Reflections on Debussy), hosted byBBC Philharmonic and Bridgewater Hall from January-June 2012. Ogawa isan exclusive recording artist for BIS Records. Her discography includesTakemitsu Riverrun (Editor’s Choice - Gramophone Magazine) andMussorgsky ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’ (Critics’ Choice - BBC Music Magazine).Ogawa’s ongoing series with BIS presents the complete solo works for pianoby Debussy, which has already won critical acclaim. Ogawa has received theJapanese Ministry of Education’s Art Prize in recognition of her outstandingcontribution to the global cultural profile of Japan. Since 2004 Ogawa hasacted as artistic advisor for the MUZA Kawasaki Symphony Hall. As a writer,Ogawa has completed her first book (published in Japan) and is a regularcolumnist for the music press both in the UK and in Japan.This series is presented in association withYamaha Europe GmbH (UK)Ian TippingComposerIan was born in Bedford in 1975. He has been composing since his earlyIan Tipping 20s, initially jazz pieces to be played by his own group. More recently, he hasbeen composing serious contemporary classical music, including works forstring quartet, chamber orchestra, choir and symphony orchestra. His twoString quartets both received premiere performances by the Alani StringQuartet at Portsmouth’s New Theatre Royal, receiving enthusiastic reviews inthe Portsmouth News. Both have been performed many times since andcontinue to find favour with audiences and performers alike. Ian has workedfrequently with <strong>Milton</strong> <strong>Keynes</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Orchestra</strong>’s Education and Outreachdepartment, composing a suite each year since 2008 for schools tours, all ofwhich have been well received. His setting of John Donne’s ‘Go, and CatchA Falling Star’ for unaccompanied choir received a ‘highly commended’ in theHarrogate Vocalis Vaughan-Williams memorial competition of 2008. Ian’sstyle of composition incorporates elements of his eclectic musicalexperiences – hints of Minimalism, Impressionism, Modal Jazz, LatinAmerican rhythms, Eastern European Folk and Rock can all be found in hismusic and he is fascinated by the opportunities of mixing and matching these and other diverse influences into onestyle. His favourite composers include Ravel, Holst, Stravinsky, Ellington, Miles Davis and John Adams.For booking and information call : 01908 558311 9

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