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Artist
Sean Shepherd
12+ albums
contemporary classicalcomposeramerican
about
"An exciting composer of the new American generation" (New York Times), Sean Shepherd has quickly gained admiration and return engagements with major ensembles and performers across the US and Europe. He recently completed his tenure as the Daniel R. Lewis Composer Fellow of the Cleveland Orchestra, culminating with the premiere of Tuolumne in April 2013, written for Franz Welser-Möst and the orchestra. Other recent performances include those with the New York Philharmonc, the National, BBC and New World symphony orchestras, at festivals in Aldeburgh, Heidelberg, La Jolla, Lucerne, Santa Fe, and Tanglewood, and with leading European ensembles including Ensemble Intercontemporain, the Scharoun Ensemble Berlin, the Asko|Schönberg Ensemble and the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. Conductor-champions include Christoph Eschenbach, Valery Gergiev, Alan Gilbert and Welser-Möst; distinguished composer-conductors Oliver Knussen and George Benjamin; and young stars Pablo Heras-Casado, Susanna Mälkki and Matthias Pintscher. Shepherd’s most recent orchestral work, Magiya, written for Carnegie Hall’s newly established National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America, toured the US and Europe in summer 2013 in the orchestra’s first performances, with Valery Gergiev. In March 2013, the St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble debuted his Quintet at various New York venues. He will compose another work (following the premiere of These Particular Circumstances, commissioned for the inaugural
top songs
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Magiya (Live)
1062Piano Trio – Auf dem Meer: III. Zuhause angekommen
573Blur for Ensemble
404Express Abstractionism: III. Kandinsky, and Marble, and Krasner
405On a Clear Day, Part II: X. Very slow, dreamy
386Express Abstractionism: I. Dense Bubbles, Calder, The Origin of Life on Earth
347Express Abstractionism: II. Richter, The Rainbow Inside a Bolt of Lightning
288Express Abstractionism: IV. The Sun, The Moon, Mondrian
249On a Clear Day, Part I: I.
910These Particular Circumstances, in seven uninterrupted episodes: Floating - Circling - Spinning - Grinding - Sinking - Teetering - Soaring
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Shepherd: On a Clear Day
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Shepherd: On a Clear Day, Part II: X. Very slow, dreamy
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Aspects of America
New York
On the Cutting Edge: New Music from CONTACT!
Boston Symphony Commissions
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Transatlantic Connections
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Sean Shepherd: Works
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(online samples)
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Emailed Album 1
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New York Philharmonic: The Beethoven Piano Concertos: A Philharmonic Festival - Nos. 2 and 3
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Tuolumne