Duo 46

Founded in 1994 by violinist Beth Ilana Schneider-Gould and guitarist Matt Gould, Duo46 can be focused on cultivating the tradition of chamber music for violin and guitar initiated with the legendary virtuoso Niccolò Paganini. (Although mainly known for his incredible prowess being a violinist, Paganini was also a electric guitar virtuoso, and your guitar statistics prominently in his chamber compositions.) While Paganini’s functions for violin and electric guitar may be considered to be the building blocks of Duo46’s traditional repertoire, in addition they perform functions by various other eminent composers for electric guitar, including Mauro Giuliani and Filippo Gragnani. Furthermore, Duo46 is rolling out an extraordinary repertoire of 20th hundred years and modern music, including compositions by Manuel Ponce, Joaquin Nin, Henri Sauget, and Astor Piazzolla. A powerful and thrilling ensemble, Duo46 positively looks for and commissions music by modern composers, executing, broadcasting, and documenting not only functions by rising composers but also neglected functions by 20th hundred years composers. Critics praised their debut documenting, FM1: Homage towards the 50s, offering music by lesser-known Central Western european composers, emphasizing Duo46’s specialized quality, melodic beauty, and interpretive originality. Duo 46’s pursuing disk, Untaming the Fury, highlighted music by past due 20th hundred years American composers. Actually, these discs are section of an ambitious task to commission songs for violin and electric guitar, sometimes in conjunction with various other instruments aswell. By 2010, the duo provides premiered a lot more than 100 brand-new functions. The Duo’s initial teaching position is at Turkey, which allowed it to determine its existence at several Western european festivals and type fresh partnerships. With pianist Nathanael Might, they will be the Strung Out Trio, carrying out music by Scott Brickman. Both Gould and Schneider-Gould became a member of the faculty of Cambrian University in Sudbury, Ontario in 2011.