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Artist
Michael Ellison
9+ albums
gammareccontemporary classical2juma
about
The music of Michael Ellison defies categorization, seamlessly integrating contemporary and classical sensibilities with traditional influences into a unique and personal idiom. Described as “beautifully crafted, robust and absorbing” by American Record Guide, Ellison's is a music of colour and contrast, evocative atmosphere and emotional breadth. Having worked out of the collision of cultures that is Istanbul for over ten years, Ellison's recent work explores the integration of disparate traditions and sonic experimentations into meaningful new forms. Notable commissions and awards have included the opera Say I Am You-Mevlana (2012), co-produced by Rotterdam Operadagen and I KSV and the Istanbul Music Festival, the ‘Turkish' Concerto K. 219 , for Turkish instruments, cello and orchestra (2008) commissioned and premiered by the BBC Symphony Orchestra with conductor Pascal Rophé, Kubla Khan (2011) for the 2011 Istanbul Music Festival, String Quartet #3 (2013) from the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music, Nova Chamber Music Series and the Fry Street Quartet, String Quartet #2 for the Borromeo Quartet funded by National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), Copland House (2006), New York Youth Symphony (1995), the Beebe Foundation (New England Conservatory), Ojai Festival, Barlow Endowment, Fulbright Foundation, and ASCAP. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
top songs
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Elif
452String Quartet No. 2: I. Moderato - Allegro
283String Quartet No. 2: V. Tres espresif
244String Quartet No. 2: IV. Presto
215String Quartet No. 2: III. Marcato
216String Quartet No. 2: II. Andante mistico
197String Quartet No. 2: VI. Tranquillo - Adagio
188String Quartet No. 2: VII. Allegro con fuoco
169Pek Kötü Olsa da Durum (Whatever My Sorrows)
1210Say I Am You: Act I Tableau 1: I dreamed of a time (Melike)
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