Showing posts with label Classical Brit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Classical Brit. Show all posts

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Classic Brit Awards 2011: Main Event

Perhelatan yang ditunggu para pecinta musik klasik akhirnya digelar juga. Classical Brits Award diselenggarakan untuk kedua belas kalinya Kamis (12/5)  di Royal Albert Hall, London.

Dibuka oleh The Duchess of Cornwall (Camilla Parker Bowles), acara ini didedikasikan bagi para insan musik klasik, baik mereka yang  menekuni genre murni musik klasik (tradisional/konvensional) hingga main-stream (klasikpop/crossover/kontemporer). Mengingat diperhitungkannya juga crossover di penghargaan ini, muka-muka 'fresh', atau 'now-generation' kerap terlihat baik sebagai nominator maupun performer di malam itu. Sebut saja gitaris Milos Karadaglic, mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins, All Angels, Isabel, komposer muda Eric Whitacre meramaikan nominasi dan panggung penampilan diantara nama-nama pemain lama seperti Aled Jones, Antonio Pappano, Andre Rieu, Bryn Terfel. Yang sangat mengejutkan adalah, dianugrahkannya 'artist of the decade' bagi kuartet vokal IL DIVO. Terdengar mengejutkan, karena selama tujuh tahun mereka berkarir, tidak ada satupun album IL DIVO yang dinominasikan di Classic Brits.

Pada malam itu, Classic Brit juga mendedikasikan sebuah penghargaan khusus "Outstanding Contribution to Music" kepada John Barry, komposer theme-song & scorer film JAMES BOND. Dame Shirley Bassey pun tampil secara khusus menyanyikan lagu "Gold Finger" yang terkenal itu untuk menghormati mendiang sang komposer.

Classic Brits akan ditayangkan di ITV Inggris tanggal 29 Mei. Bagi kalian yang tinggal di luar Inggris, masih bisa mengaksesnya via youtube (link menyusul) :)
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Video wawancara IL DIVO di karpet merah Classic Brits. #facts: (setelah Katy Perry membicarakan Indonesia di majalah Vanity Fair), dalam wawancara ini Il Divo membicarakan Jakarta lho.. (skip ke 1:38)



Transcript
Interviewer : "Have you found them (fans), as you gone around the world,  what has the response been like?" 
Il Divo's Sebastian:  : "So far it's been really amazing. The more and more we performing around the world, then the more and more we get fans, and we go to places you would never think we would have gone probably. We playin in JAKARTA, and places, that you live like a tressure, cause you really bring something to music. I think that would be our biggest AWARD. "

intinya: Jakarta adalah satu kota, yang menurut Il Divo punya fans yang loyal. Itu adalah sebuah penghargaan terbesar dalam tujuh tahun mereka berkarir.

Foto Karpet Merah Classic Brits
The Classical Brit Awards 2011 - London
IL DIVO
The Classical Brit Awards 2011 - London
mezzo-soprano, Katherine Jenkins
The Classical Brit Awards 2011 - London
vocal-quartet, ALL ANGELS

Singer Laura Wright
ex-member of ALL ANGELS, soloist Laura Wright
Rhydian RobertsPhotograph by Richard Johnson
Pemenang X-Factor, Rhydian Roberts
Guitarist Milos Karadaglic
Gitaris Milos Karadaglic
Gareth Malome and Eric Whitacre
Gareth Malome & Eric Whitacre

The Classical Brit Awards 2011 - London
Alion Balsom


Berikut full-list para pemenang The 12-th Annual Classic Brits Awards
Female Artist of The Year : Alison Balsom (trompetis) --> Alison Balsom tampil di Late Night with David Letterman

Male Artist of The Year: Antonio Pappano (Conductor)

Newcomer Award : Filde Frang

Composer of The Year : Arvo Part

Critics of The Year : Tasmin Little

Artist of The Decade : Il Divo

Classic FM Album of The Year : Andrea Rieu

Outstanding Contribution to Music : John Barry (James Bond's theme-song composer)

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sebagai penutup, berikut penampilan Andrea Bocelli dan Sarah Brightman di Classic Brits 2008. Bocelli dijadwalkan akan tampil di Jakarta, Minggu (15/5). Which is very exciting for me, cause I'm gonna be there :) 



Monday, May 9, 2011

TORI AMOS goes CLASSICAL (like Sting & McCartney did)






Another mainstream musician explores classical music. Tori Amos, follows Sting and McCartney footsteps, to release classical album. 


The alternative pop rock singer/songwriter will release her debut classical album, under classical label Deutsche Grammophon. "Night Hunters" will due in September. 


On her official website, the singer says about the upcoming album as a "21st-century song cycle inspired by classical music themes spanning over 400 years". She also adds :"The protagonist is a woman who finds herself in the dying embers of a relationship. In the course of one night she goes through an initiation of sorts that leads her to reinvent herself allowing the listener to follow her on a journey to explore complex musical and emotional subject matter. One of the main themes explored on this album is the hunter and the hunted and how both exist within us."


A few years ago, McCartney and Sting did the same stuff. In 2006 The Beatles star released classical recording, titled "Ecce Cor Meum" (Behold My Heart), a choral and orchestral work in both English and Latin. Also in the same year, The Police frontman, Sting, relaesed "Labyrinth", which brings up the music of Elizabethan age back to the modern era. The world reacts. Numbers of award nomination followed the recordings. Both Sting and McCartney were nominated in Classic Brit Awards, a British classical music award equal to Grammy.

We've seen pop acts like Sting and McCartney had released classical album before. Awards and honor followed as the album went 'mainstream'. And now, Tori Amos. Who's next?

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Classical Music in Twitter Universe!!



It's not difficult to keep updated on something these days. Social media era has helped us reach out to everthing, beyond the borders. Look, what they've done to the classical music improvement. We can lots of updates about what's happening in the classical music world. Thanks to the one called twitter

So, here what did I do on my twitter to have myself updated on classical music. Here's what I follow to..

1.The labels
Some major labels that specialized in classical recordings now on twitter. Keep upgrade your latest recordings updates and its promotion events..

Decca  (Andrea Bocelli, Eric Whitacre, Hayley Westenra, All Angels, Aled Jones, Andre Rieu, Farryl Smith, The Choirgirl Isabel, Blake, Camilla Kerslake)
Decca Classics (Renee Fleming, Cecilia Bartoli, Pavarotti, Nico Muhly, Jonas Kaufman)
Deutsche Grammophone (Yuja Wang, Milos Karadaglic, Sting,Anna Netrebko)
Sony Masterworks (Il Divo, The Priests, Lang Lang, Escala, Placido Domingo, Yo Yo Ma, Jessye Norman, Russell Watson)
EMI Virgin Classics (Libera, The King's Singers, Sarah Brightman, Joyce Didonato, Karl Jenkins, Kate Royal)
EMI Classics US
Warner (Josh Groban, Katherine Jenkins)

Note: One artist may sign to different record label in past time, like Lang-Lang who was DG's, also Jessye Norman.

2. The Artists
Twitter is frenzy, even to some of our 'old' classical performers. Flemming and Bocelli, they are 'tweeps' too (even not quite sure whether their own or their manager who is managing their twitter). Here are some of our fave classical performers who join twitta...

Singers
Josh Groban, Katherine Jenkins, Hayley Westenra, All Angels, Renee Fleming, Andrea Bocelli, Joyce Didonato, Russell Watson, Il Divo, Il Volo, Camilla Kerslake, The Priests, Faryl Smith

Choirs/ Vocal Ensemble
Libera, The King's SingersThe Sixteen, Voces8, Stille Anctico, I Faglioni, New College Choir

Violist
Sarah Chang, Andre Rieu

Pianist
Lang Lang, Yuja Wang

Guitarist
Milos Karadaglic

Instrumental Group / Orchestra
Escala, Raven Quartet, London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic

Composers
Eric Whitacre, Nico Muhly

Not to forget, we, as Indonesian, also have our own classical artists who may flood your twitter timeline. Follow them, and see what they've done to 'fix' our national music taste (and image)

Ananda Sukarlan (Composer/Pianist), Addie MS (Conductor) Aning Katamsi ( Soprano), Eric Awuy (trumpetist), Rama Widi & Maya Hasan (Harpist), Batavia Madrigal Singers (Choir), EA Classic (Radio Program)



3. The Venues
Finds the concert details of your favorite classical acts from the most prestigious opera venues in the world

4. The Media
Classical music has now over-ruled the media too, mostly in UK. Follow them:
Magazines: Gramophone, MUSOBBC Music, Classic FM (the mags)
Radio : Classic FM
Critics : Art Desk, ClassicalX
Charts: You can find in iTunes, Gramophone Mags, or Classic FM

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Classic Brit Awards 2011

Saya rasa beberapa diantara kalian masih merasa asing dengan penghargaan yang satu ini: CLASSIC BRIT AWARDS


Berlangsung untuk kedua belas kalinya tahun ini pada tanggal 12 Mei mendatang, Classic Brit Awards (CBA) merupakan acara penghargaan tahunan khusus didedikasikan bagi para insan musik klasik dunia yang digelar di London. Bisa dibilang Grammy-nya musik klasik lah. Beberapa kategori penghargaan dikompetisikan dalam acara ini seperti composer of the year, young British classical perfomer, lifetime achievement in music. Para pemenang diseleksi secara khusus oleh para kritikus musik klasik. Khusus untuk kategori Album of the year, pemenangnya dipilih langsung oleh publik via website. Sebut saja nama seperti soprano Kiri Te Kanawa, Renee Fleming, Jose Careras, Cecilia Bartoli, Andrea Bocelli, Placido Domingo, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Bryn Terfel, Charlotte Church adalah sebagian dari mereka musisi klasik yang sudah pernah menerima penghargaan ini.

Terlepas dari main-stream musik klasik, jenis musik cross-over masih mendapatkan tempat dalam nominasi penghargaan ini. Sebut saja musisi muda seperti Russell Watson, Isabel Suckling, Eric Whitacre masuk dalam nominasi album of the year. Yang mengejutkan adalah, penobatan artist of the decade kepada grup Il-Divo. Mereka dianggap memberikan dampak besar bagi pencitraan musik klasik, yaitu mengubah cara pandang publik terhadap musik klasik yang cenderung terdengar menakutkan dan membosankan (Memang betul sih, semenjak adanya Il Divo, teman-teman saya pecinta Nsync atau Destiny's Child juga memiliki beberapa lagu Il Divo di playlist mereka) Apanya yang membuat terkejut? batu loncatan besar bagi Il Divo untuk mendapatkan penghargaan setinggi itu mengingat Il Divo belum pernah mendapatkan satupun nominasi di ajang ini selama enam tahun lebih mereka berkarir.

Nggak ada salahnya untuk memilih pemenang album of the year. Yah, iseng-iseng berhadiah.

Il Divo

Russell Watson

Katherine Jenkins
Eric Whitacre
Isabel Suckling


Nggak berbeda jauh dengan acara malam penghargaan lainnya, CBA juga menghadirkan penampilan dari sederetan musisi klasik kelas dunia, baik vokal maupun instrumental. Tahun ini mezzo-soprano muda, Katherine Jenkins dan tenor Russel Watson dijadwalkan akan manggung di CBA. Eric Whitacre yang terkenal dengan proyek virtual choir dan para pemain Les Miserables juga siap menggemparkan panggung Albert Hall. Tak lupa juga Il Divo yang bakal membuat debut mereka di panggung CBA, membawakan materi baru mereka.

Classical Brit Awards 2011 akan ditayangkan di saluran TV Inggris ITV secara relay di bulan Mei nanti. Well, di Indonesia sendiri sih belum ada saluran TV lokal yang menayangkannya (bahkan TV berlangganan di Asia pun juga belum pernah ada yang menayangkannya secara exclusive). Tapi bagi kamu yang ingin menontonnya, masih ada YouTube kok :) Berharap sih suata saat nanti, acara ini bisa ditayangkan di TV lokal, supaya orang Indonesia juga bisa tahu dan menikmati musik yang indah itu seperti apa... 


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Il Divo & Russell Watson courtesy of Sony Music
Eric Whitacre courtesy of Decca (Universal Music)
Katherine Jenkins courtesy of Warner Music