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Black and White Statements: The Austrian Sound of Piano Today | Gramola 99019

Black and White Statements: The Austrian Sound of Piano Today

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Label: Gramola

Cat No: 99019

Barcode: 9003643990197

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 4th November 2013

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'Black and White Statements', the new album by the Istanbul-born pianist Seda Röder, contains twelve Austrian reflections on the piano - miniatures by contemporary composers from Austria that each reinvent and define the sound of the piano.

The works, the majority of them written for Seda Röder, are characterized by the most varied preparations of the instrument, experimental performance techniques and other effects. You can hear Karlheinz Essl’s Take the C Train and Matthias Kranebitter with drei nihilistische Etüden über eine Liebe der Musikindustrie, Rupert Huber’s Teardrops IIa and Liszten to... Totentanz by Johanna Doderer.

In recent years, the Turkish pianist Seda Röder has established a reputation for herself as one of the most interesting interpreters of contemporary music, through her many commitments and her unusual concert programmes. ‘You are a master of the avant-garde piano!’ Alfred Brendel once remarked, impressed by Seda Röder’s performance. ‘Your dialogues with silence enthralled me.’

As an associate at Harvard University (2007 until 2011), the musician conducted research on Viennese musical life at the beginning of the 20th century and the music of Alban Berg, Anton Webern and Arnold Schoenberg. In addition, she has taken a keen interest in Old Music and historical performance practice.

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