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Ojai Music Festival Announce Esa-Pekka Salonen & Barbara Hannigan as New Music Directors
EXCLUSIVE: Anna Thorvaldsdottir on 'Streaming Arhythmia' NYC Premiere at Pioneer Works
To say Anna Thorvaldsdottir works with large sonic structures is an understatement. Her music, instead, embodies a more enormous sense in composition, one dealing with the environment we live in and its volatility. A force of nature impacts our lives more so than a song. So, how is it that Ms. Thorvaldsdottir's music equals weather in force? Wolfgang Buttress and Kev Bales Bring Bees and Humans into Studio in 'Be:One' Album
Having just written about an Icelandic composer, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, it can easily be said that her music has some sort of sonic quality relating to natural landscapes. But for Kev Bales and Wolfgang Buttress' latest concerto, 'Be's One,' the composers literally use the sounds of nature--in this case, bees--to fill out an entire album that is laden with the hypnotic droning of honey bees as they work.
