About

Pianist & composer Michael Arnowitt is one of the most creative musicians of today. His imaginative musical landscapes and extraordinary sense of touch have delighted audiences around the world, from his home base in Toronto and Vermont, to Korea, Russia, and many European countries. His life and music is the subject of a documentary film, Beyond 88 Keys (2004). In 1989 Michael Arnowitt began his novel, 26-year-long presentation of the complete 32 Beethoven piano sonatas, matching up his age as he performed the various sonatas with Beethoven's age as Beethoven composed them. In 2013 his composition 'Haiku Textures' for three cello soloists and orchestra was premiered. A 2 CD-set of 14 of Arnowitt's jazz compositions, Sweet Spontaneous, was released by Parma Recordings in July 2018. He is currently working on a new composition, Sound Essence, for jazz quartet and Indonesian gamelan ensemble.

Music

On Tuesday, July 16th, Michael Arnowitt will give a special talk-performance on the music of Aaron Copeland. Throughout the presentation, Arnowitt explores a colourful variety of Copeland's music, including:
- the lively 'El Salon Mexico', which gives a vivid portrait of a dance hall in Mexico City
- 'Conversation at the Soda Fountain', a scene from the music he wrote for the film version of Thornton Wilder's 'Our Town'
- the ballet music for 'Appalachian Spring'
- and more

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