David Bruce Composer

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Born in Stamford, Connecticut in 1970, David Bruce grew up in England and now enjoys a growing reputation on both sides of the Atlantic. Bruce’s music draws on the wild dances and heartfelt laments of gypsy music, flamenco, klezmer and other folk traditions, as well as having a direct connection to composers like Stravinsky, Janáček, Berio and Bartók, who shared similar passions. Often witty and always colourful, pulsing with earthy rhythms, Bruce’s music has a directness rarely heard in contemporary music, but also contains an emotional core of striking intimacy and sensitivity. Since the première of Piosenki (2006) in Carnegie Hall, Bruce’s career in the US has flourished. Carnegie Hall itself has been a huge supporter of Bruce’s music, going on to commission Gumboots (2008), Steampunk (2011) and the forthcoming That Time with You for mezzo-soprano Kelley O'Connor which premières at the hall in October 2013. In 2009, Dawn Upshaw premièred the song-cycle The North Wind was a Woman, commissioned for the gala opening of the Chamber Music Society of the Lincoln Center’s 2009 season. For 2013–14 Bruce is Associate Composer with the San Diego Symphony Orchestra, for whom he will write three pieces: a new work, Night Parade, for the orchestra’s Carnegie Hall debut in October 2013; a violin concerto for 2014; and a chamber piece featuring mandolinist Avi Avital for May 2013. In the UK, recent commissions include Prince Zal and the Simorgh (2012) for the London Philharmonic Orches

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