The album is starting to come together. I’ve lined up some stellar musicians to perform my works. I’m very excited to have such incredible performers involved:
The Lyris Quartet
The Lyris Quartet, described as “radiant…excellent… and powerfully engaged” by Mark Swed of the LA Times, was founded in 2008. The individual members of the quartet have won top prizes at such competitions as the Tchaikosvky International Competition and Aspen Music Festival as well as collaborated with renowned artists Natalia Gutman, David Geringas, Martha Argerich, Alban Gerhardt, Boris Pergamenschikov, Guillame Sutre, Myung-Whun Chung, and Richard Stoltzman.
Violin: Alyssa Park
Violin: Shalini Vijayan
Viola: Luke Maurer
Cello: Timothy Loo
Robert Thies
A pianist of “unerring, warm-toned refinement, revealing judicious glimmers of power,” [Los Angeles Times] Robert Thies (pronounced “Theece”) is an artist renowned for his consummate musicianship and poetic temperament. He first captured worldwide attention in 1995 when he won the Gold Medal at the Second International Prokofiev Competition in St. Petersburg, Russia. With this victory, Thies became the only American pianist to win first prize in a Russian piano competition since Van Cliburn’s famed triumph in Moscow in 1958.
Brian O’Connor
Brian O’Connor is a studio French Horn player with over 30 years of experience playing on countless movies, TV series and shows. He’s played (often as principal horn) for legendary composers such as Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, James Newton Howard, James Horner, Thomas Newman, Maurice Jarre, Alexandre Desplat, Michael Giacchino & Danny Elfman, to name a few. If you’ve gone to the movies in the past 3 decades, you’ve doubtless heard him on many occasions.