Dafina Zeqiri Nushi: Sankta Catharina

Monday, 21 October 2024   |   19:30 - 20:30

Dafina Zeqiri Nushi: Sankta Catharina

Peter Sheppard Skærved’s ‘Knowledge Exchange Violin’ project brings together historic instruments, composers, nature , painting, ecologists, architecture, and much more. Over the past  two years, he has collaborated with institutions including the Library of Congress, the Ashmolean Museum Oxford, the Pharos Trust Cyprus,  Lund University, Sweden, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Metropolitan Museum, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, the Zagreb Museum of Arts and Crafts, the Newark Violin Making School and the National Gallery of Art Washington DC, on an exploration of how the making of music illuminates and is illuminated by its place in the world.

Knowledge Exchange Violin is supported by Research England and the Royal Academy of Music, London

 

 

  • Composer(s) Title(s) of the Work(s): Program Sadie Harrison ballare una passacaglia di ombre (Swedish premiere) Rolf Martinsson Three Chapel Miniatures (world premiere) 1. Fable Animals 2. Saint Heliga Birgitta 3. Dance of Death Staffan Storm Eroded Memories of Heaven and Beyond (world premiere) 1. Knight in Armor 2. Angel's Music 3. Faded Madonna Bent Sørensen Magdalena (world premiere) Evis Sammoutis Etude 2 Ά ϒ ία Σοφία (Swedish premiere) Robert Saxton Lament of Holger Danske (world premiere) Daniel Hjorth Insight (Insikt/Insight) (world premiere) David Riebe Horror Vacui (world premiere) Michael Alec Rose St Anthony's (Swedish premiere) Dafina Zeqiri Nushi (Kosovo) Saint Catharina (world premiere)
  • Title(s) of the Work(s)

    Sankta Catharina

  • Performer, Ensemble or Orchestra Peter Sheppard Skærved
Date
Oct 21 2024
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Time
19:30 - 20:30
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Location
Nashville, Blair School of Music-Vanderbilt University, Tennessee, USA
Nashville, Blair School of Music-Vanderbilt University, Tennessee, USA
Turner Hall
Website https://blair.vanderbilt.edu
Phone Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt University,Nashville, TN

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