Vir's fourth opera - and other Video Interviews with artistes in the first production of BLACK FEATHER RISING
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Delhi-born composer Param Vir is a leading figure in contemporary music. Based in London, his output encompasses works in several genres that include chamber music, symphonic works and opera / music-theatre. His works have been performed by major ensembles, orchestras and opera houses, and presented at several international festivals. He composes prolifically, and the last two seasons alone have seen the premieres of several major works, including a full-length opera Black Feather Rising, a choral work He Begins His Great Trance for the BBC Singers, A Spread of Dreams for the Orchestra of the Swan, two works for cellist Rohan de Saram and a work for the BCMG and Darbar Asian Arts Heritage. His work is inspired by varied sources drawn from world mythology, art and literature. Groups that have performed or given premieres of Vir’s works include The Netherlands Opera, London Sinfonietta, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Klangforum Wien, Schoenberg Ensemble, Fulcrum Point (Chicago), Scottish Opera, Music Theatre Wales and Ensemble Modern. Current commissions include a new orchestral work for 2012. |
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Listen to HAYAGRIVA excerpt The Schoenberg Ensemble conducted by Micha Hamel
Listen to HORSE TOOTH WHITE ROCK excerpt The Gelders Orchestra conducted by Micha Hamel
Listen to an excerpt from the opera BLACK FEATHER RISING Charlotte Riedijk (Soprano) and Stichting Octopus |
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CURRENTS EVENTS:
- UNCHARTED: Matthew Sharp and Joby Burgess . . . beyond the reach of the world . . . for cello and percussion, King's Place, Monday 7 November 2011 at 8 p.m.
WATCH THE TRAILER OF BLACK FEATHER RISING
Libretto by David Rudkin
PAST EVENTS:
- WHEELING PAST THE STARS: Dutch premiere with Charlotte Riedijk, August 26th 2011, at the Zutphen Cello Festival
- CONSTELLATIONS by the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group conducted by Peter Wiegold, 9 October, 2011, Birmingham Town Hall.
- DARBAR CHHAYANAT settings integrating Indian Khayal singing and Coloratura for Soprano within Raag Chhayanat, 1st April 2010, Kings Centre, King's Cross. Commissioned by DARBAR, Asian Arts Culture Heritage.
- CONSTELLATIONS World Premiere by the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Sunday 18 April 2010 – Birmingham CBSO Centre (2 Concerts)
- . . . beyond the reach of the world . . . Rohan de Saram (solo cello), American Premiere, Herbert Zipper Concert Hall, Los Angeles - 15 May, 8 p.m.
- CLEAR LIGHT, MAGIC BODY performance by virtuoso guitarist Oren Fader, 6 February 2010 in Brooklyn.
- . . . beyond the reach of the world . . . new work for cello and percussion, Rohan and Suren de Saram at the Sound Festival, Aberdeen, 14 and 15 November 2009
- WHEELING PAST THE STARS, Song cycle - Romanian Premiere 7 August 2009, Icon Arts Cisnadie 2009 Muzica
- 3 MAY 2009 A SPREAD OF DREAMS, Orchestra of the Swan, World Premiere at the The Spring Sounds Festival, Compton Verney 24 and 25 April 2009
WORKS IN DEVELOPMENT:
NEW ORCHESTRAL WORK - For 2012. In preparation.
WHERE MY HEART LISTS - Choral work on texts by Gerard Manley Hopkins, for female choir
AWAKENING - full length Opera in collaboration with dramatist David Rudkin