Annual American Composers Update
David Liptak
David Liptak lives in Rochester, NY and teaches composition
at the Eastman School of Music.
Premieres
On Feb. 14, 2000,
Janus Variations was heard first,
with the New York New Music Ensemble, in Los Angeles,
CA. In 2000, the Ying Quartet introduced
Chaconne
with performances in Rochester at the Society for Chamber
Music, May 21; at the School of the Arts, May 3; at Brighton
High School, May 2; and at Rush-Henrietta High School,
May 2. Etudes commissioned and premiered as the required
pieces for the 2000 Irving Klein International Competition
for Strings, in San Francisco, CA, June 10, 2000, included
A Bridge Across Spaces, for solo cello (four performances);
Starpoints, for solo violin (seven performances);
and
The Play of Winds, for solo viola (one performance).
In 2000,
Poppies, for string trio, was presented
by Trio la Corda at Bramdrup Kirke, Denmark, Aug. 22;
and then by Pia Terndrup Liptak, violin; Elizabeth Seka,
viola; and Robert Taylor, cello, in Rochester, Oct. 8.
Rush was played first by the Rochester Philharmonic
Youth Orchestra, under David Harman, Nov. 5, 2000. On
Jan. 27, 2001 in New York, NY,
Like Clockwork will
have its first performance, with Kristian Bezuidenhout,
fortepiano.
Performances
Guitarist David Starobin played
Forlane Dec. 16,
1999 in Dublin, Ireland. A St. Paul, MN program, Feb.
20, 2000, featured violinist Pia Terndrup in
Spirit,
for solo violin, and
Sonata, with organist Katherine
Lund. In 2000
Janus Variations was performed by
the New York (NY) New Music Ensemble at Sarah Lawrence
College, Feb. 27; and in Merkin Hall, Feb. 28.
A Bridge
Across Spaces, for cello, heard June 19, 2000 with
Margaret Tait, at the Old First Church, in San Francisco,
CA, will have another performance Feb. 8, 2001, in New
York, NY, with Ariane Lallemand. Paul Merkelo was scheduled
to solo in Liptak's
Trumpet Concerto with the Eastman
Chamber Orchestra, Bradley Lubman, conductor, at the Eastman
School of Music, in Rochester, NY, Dec. 9, 2000; and with
the Montreal (Quebec, Canada) Symphony Orchestra, Feb.
28, 2001.
Recordings
Giovine vagha, i' non senti, for violin, cello,
flute, clarinet, piano, and marimba;
Albany
Records Troy 380.
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