Rachmaninov / Dodoka,Viktoriya / Shelley - Songs - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Rachmaninov,S. / Sukmanova,Julia / Sukmanov,Elena - Rachmaninov Songs [COMPACT DISCS] date 06/10/2016

Raised in a Texan Air Force family, Belinda Reynolds now considers herself an 'adopted native' of California. She is an active composer, organizer, and teacher that focuses on bringing new music to a variety of audiences and communities. Ms Reynolds completed her Doctorate at Yale University with Martin Bresnick, Jacob Druckman, Jonathan Berger, and Tania León. She received her M.A. and B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, where she studied principally with Andrew Imbrie and John Thow. She has received awards from ASCAP, the International League of Women Composers, the NACUSA Young Composers Competition, and the CMTA Composition Competition, among others. Belinda Reynolds' music has been performed by a number of organizations throughout North America and Europe, including the Da Capo Players, New Music Consort, The New Millennium Ensemble, Twisted Tutu, Essential Music, Earplay, the Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble, Citywinds, Alternate Currents Performance Ensemble, Fulcrumpoint (Chicago), Continuum Contemporary Music (Toronto), Artemis (Toronto), New Music Works, Music Now, and The Albany Symphony's Dogs of Desire. Her music has been featured in such festivals and venues as the Spoleto USA Music Festival, Lincoln Center's Great Performers Series, The Festival of New American Music, Chicago Artists' Series, the Portugal New Music Festival, Wie Es Ihr Gefält, and Weil Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. She has also been an Artist in Residence at Djerassi Colony, Banff Centre for the Arts, the Atlantic Center for the Arts, and the MacDowell Colony. Recent seasons have been especially productive for Ms. Reynolds. The Amsterdam based group, ELECTRA, has performed her music as part of Lincoln Center's Great Performances Series. They have also toured it across Europe, including performances in London's Queen Elizabeth's Hall and on the island of Sardinia. In a

Time and again, Schubert appears to tear holes in the space-time continuum. A single Moment Musical a few minutes long can seem like an eternity full of pain or joy; a sonata movement of Inchheavenly lengthsInch can seem to be over very quickly. We experience both of these on the new GENUIN CD with the Lubeck pianist, Konstanze Eickhorst.