With Timo Andres, piano
Technical Information
ca. 12’
piano, cello, percussion
Premiered July 12, 2012
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Performance History
September 23, 2017
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York, NY
Split bill with Thomas Kotcheff
November 24, 2013
Spectrum, New York, NY
Split bill with Paul Kerekes
November 23, 2013
Trinity Lutheran Church, New Haven, CT
Split bill with Paul Kerekes
July 14, 2012
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Norfolk, CT
World premiere performance
Split bill with Paul Kerekes
About the Work
I. turning
II. three rooms
Trio in two parts was composed for my friends, Mike Compitello and Hannah Collins, also known as, New Morse Code. Since I’ve had the pleasure of working alongside them in the past, I knew I wanted to compose something personalized. My inspiration for “three rooms” comes from an odd rehearsal experience we had during a summer residency in which none of the practice rooms were large enough to accommodate both marimba and piano. We had to rehearse in three adjacent spaces with the doors open, which, despite its inconvenience, resulted in reliance towards the person one was nearest to. Each part’s melody moves independently, but in a way to signal the others around it. “Turning” is based on a baroque form, the virelai, and was written especially with Hannah in mind, since she was my TA for a baroque orchestra class.
– Paul Kerekes
About the Composer
Paul Kerekes is a composer and pianist based in New York City who often confronts and blurs the space between composition and performance. As a co-founding member of Grand Band – a piano sextet described by the New York Times as “a kind of new-music supergroup” – and Invisible Anatomy – an “otherworldly and uncanny” (Village Voice) composer-performer ensemble/collective that’s “shedding labels” (Yale Alumni Magazine) – most of his projects engage and unify these two sometimes-disparate worlds. Both ensembles have had the pleasure of being featured on festivals across the States and abroad – most notably Grand Band’s performance of Kerekes’ first six-piano piece, wither, on The Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, which was described as “pointallistic, sparkling, and delicate” by the Kalamazoo Gazette, and Invisible Anatomy’s performance on the Beijing Modern Music Festival, which lead to consequent tours throughout China’s major cities.
Paul’s music has also been described as “gently poetic” (The New York Times), “striking” (WQXR), “highly eloquent” (New Haven Advocate) and he has had the privilege of hearing his pieces performed by many outstanding ensembles, some of which include the American Composers Orchestra, Da Capo Chamber Players, New Morse Code, guitarist Trevor Babb, Thin Edge New Music Collective, Real Loud, andPlay, and Exceptet in such venues as Merkin Hall, (le) poisson rouge, The DiMenna Center, Roulette, Spectrum, and Symphony Space. His compositions and playing have also been featured on NPR’s Performance Today hosted by Fred Child and released on major recording labels such as New Amsterdam Records, Innova, New Focus, and Naxos.
He is a recipient of the Morton Gould Young Composer Award from ASCAP, the JFund Award from the American Composer’s Forum, and the Walter Hinrichsen Award from the Academy of Arts and Letters.
Paul is a graduate of Queens College and Yale School of Music and currently teaches at Sarah Lawrence College.
Performance History
September 23, 2017
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York, NY
Split bill with Thomas Kotcheff
November 24, 2013
Spectrum, New York, NY
Split bill with Paul Kerekes
November 23, 2013
Trinity Lutheran Church, New Haven, CT
Split bill with Paul Kerekes
July 14, 2012
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Norfolk, CT
World premiere performance
Split bill with Paul Kerekes
