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WOW! More great news for our dear friend Katelyn Bouska - not only did she receive a terrific review earlier this year f...
19/12/2023

WOW! More great news for our dear friend Katelyn Bouska - not only did she receive a terrific review earlier this year from the AllMusic Guide, but her album 'Women and War and Peace' was selected as one of the BEST CLASSICAL ALBUMS OF THE YEAR!

Congratulations AGAIN!

Find out what all the excitement is about at any of these quality streamers:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/women-and-war-and-peace/1667980568
https://www.deezer.com/us/album/400631407
https://tidal.com/browse/album/273474222
https://www.nativedsd.com/product/yar54460dsd-women-and-war-and-peace/

It's always wonderful to check up on what our friends are doing these days, and it's especially fun when we can actually...
14/12/2023

It's always wonderful to check up on what our friends are doing these days, and it's especially fun when we can actually share with you all of your some of their recent performances.

The wonderful pianist Mika Sasaki has been incredibly busy these days, from participating in multiple music festivals as well as appearing as a featured soloist on some high-profile projects.

A week ago MIka performed with cellist of the Merz Trio, Julia Yang in a program of works by Thomas Adès, Frédéric Chopin and
Shih-Hui Chen as part of the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series. Classical radio giant WFMT was on hand to record the video
we are sharing with you.

Enjoy!

Cellist Julia Yang and Pianist Mika Sasaki perform music by Thomas Adès, Shih-Hui Chen, and Frédéric Chopin, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

Recently, Yarlung's producer Bob Attiyeh was invited by Professor Don Franzen, who teaches music law at UCLA and at Peab...
11/12/2023

Recently, Yarlung's producer Bob Attiyeh was invited by Professor Don Franzen, who teaches music law at UCLA and at Peabody Conservatory of Music at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore to discuss the current state of the (changing) recording industry and how Yarlung's business model is unique. As an incubator for young artists, Bob also offered his advice on how to make recordings an important part of a young artist's portfolio.

Yarlung Artists, Yarlung Records' affiliated nonprofit, raises money to commission new music and support debut albums for musicians beginning their international concert careers.

Professor Don Franzen teaches music law at UCLA and at Peabody Conservatory of Music at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. He often invites Yarlung's pro...

What a lovely surprise to wake up and learn that one of your recordings has been nominated for Album of the Year!Massive...
10/12/2023

What a lovely surprise to wake up and learn that one of your recordings has been nominated for Album of the Year!

Massive congratulations to he brilliant Katelyn Bouska on her album Women, War and Peace receiving a nod from the knowing ears of Bill Dodd and the esteemed team at Native DSD Music!

So, with a rave review like THIS, what are you waiting for? Treat yourself and all of your close friends!

https://www.nativedsd.com/product/yar54460dsd-women-and-war-and-peace/

"Researchers found that familiarity played a crucial role in music enjoyment: the more times a melody was played, the mo...
09/12/2023

"Researchers found that familiarity played a crucial role in music enjoyment: the more times a melody was played, the more it was liked. This aligns with the mere-exposure effect, a psychological phenomenon where people tend to develop a preference for things merely because they are familiar with them.

However, the study went further, revealing that the pleasure from music is not just about familiarity. The prediction errors – those moments when the music deviated from what was expected – significantly impacted the listeners’ enjoyment. When the music followed the expected pattern (no prediction error), listeners generally rated it higher in terms of liking."

The phenomena of music, how we've made it, how we respond to it, how it has become a force for healing - and for cultural persuasion - is endlessly fascinating. New research has revealed incredible insights to how our bodies and our minds respond, sometimes in surprising ways. The latest study challenges some previously held notions about music appreciation, while broadly confirming - as Papa Haydn well knew - a little surprise is JUST what is needed sometime.

A groundbreaking study reveals how the brain's reward system shapes our enjoyment of new music through prediction and familiarity. This research offers insight into the universal appeal of music.

Happy birthday to the Inventor of the 33⅓ LP Record, Peter Carl Goldmark, Born December 2, 1906 (d. 1977)Hungarian-born ...
04/12/2023

Happy birthday to the Inventor of the 33⅓ LP Record, Peter Carl Goldmark, Born December 2, 1906 (d. 1977)
Hungarian-born American engineer. He invented the 33⅓ LP (Long Play) record (1948). One side played for 23 minutes as compared to about 4 minutes for the current 78 records. His 33⅓ LP records are still an industry standard for vinyl records. There were originally 10-inch and 12-inch versions, but the 10-inch version was soon phased out.
Why is it called a "Record Album"?
Prior to the 33⅓ Long Play, records had a thicker groove and ran at 78 rpms and therefore were only about 3-5 minutes per side. Because of this, music was sold on multiple records gathered together in a book called an "album." The new 33⅓ LP could play about 23 minutes per side, therefore, all the records from a typical "album" could by stored on a single 33⅓ LP, but the name "album" stuck.
He also invented the first commercial color television (1940). His television used a spinning color wheel that alternated transmission in red, green, and blue. CBS broadcast using his system in 1950-51, but it was not compatible with the existing black and white sets and was dropped in favor of a competing technology developed for RCA and NBC. He also developed the "Highway Hi-Fi," which could play 7-inch LP records in automobiles.

The verdict's in! The ergonomic piano IS the piano we've waited for! Designed jointly by piano maker Chris Maene and the...
03/12/2023

The verdict's in! The ergonomic piano IS the piano we've waited for! Designed jointly by piano maker Chris Maene and the late architect Rafael Viñoly, the Maene-Viñoly piano began with a dinner-party conversation among Viñoly and two old friends, the pianist Martha Argerich and the conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim.
“...They were all sort of kvetching about how challenging the piano can be,” his son Roman Viñoly said, “he thought up this idea that it could be ergonomic. And if it was, the far reaches of the keyboard — the high end and the low end — could be brought closer to the pianist and relieve the physical contortions that are required on a regular piano.”

Has keyboard development turned a corner or gone round the bend?

Just because Antonio Lysy was retired from teaching at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music doesn't mean it's all rockin...
29/11/2023

Just because Antonio Lysy was retired from teaching at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music doesn't mean it's all rocking chairs and Bingo! He's got an international music festival to manage and of course, he is still the curator of our beloved Sunday Morning Music / Santa Monica series, and on December 17th, we are in for an exceptional surprise when Antonio and an ensemble of distinguished musicians present the mesmerizing piece Alchymia, a newly crafted masterpiece by the internationally acclaimed composer Thomas Adès, which draws inspiration from the themes of Elizabethan London. According to The Guardian, Alchymia has been hailed as "one of Adès's most remarkable accomplishments."

Tickets are still available.

https://broadstage.org/tickets-shows/calendar/alchymia-antonio-lysy-and-friends/

On this special "Sharing Tuesday" what better way to get in the giving mood than to share some delicious music from one ...
28/11/2023

On this special "Sharing Tuesday" what better way to get in the giving mood than to share some delicious music from one of our favorite musicians?

Enjoy this stunning performance of Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations, for cello and piano performed by Zlatomir Fung on cello and our dear friend, David Fung, Pianist on piano.

Recorded in performance on October 18, 2023 and the Kosciuszko Foundation, New York.

Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations, for cello and pianoZlatomir Fung, violinDavid Fung, pianohttps://www.omegaensemble.comAudio/ video by Michael Sinicropi - www....

“Try as I might, 432 Hz failed to make me happier, more balanced, or less anxious. My chakras remain frustratingly misal...
26/11/2023

“Try as I might, 432 Hz failed to make me happier, more balanced, or less anxious. My chakras remain frustratingly misaligned; my third eye more Wotan than Argus. The scar on my elbow from a bike accident remains mysteriously unhealed. Of all the legitimate forms of music therapy, this isn’t it. Nothing has changed, everything is as it was. Although…”

As our friends and regular readers know, Yarlung Records have always been supportive and fascinated with how music – and sound – can impact our lives, both emotionally and in terms of health outcomes, mental and physical. The power of music has, for the entirety of human history, mythologized, its benefits even rivaling astrology. Among the recent popular hypotheses has been the recent fascination with music adjusted to 432 Hz. As a point of reference, the modern orchestral pitch is 440 Hz. So do these 8 Herzes REALLY make a difference?

That’s enough internet for today!
https://van-magazine.com/mag/432-hz-tuning/?

Can listening to music at 432 Hz make everything better?

Yarlung makes albums to celebrate musicians and sometimes new commissions, but by night, we Do become raging audiophiles...
25/11/2023

Yarlung makes albums to celebrate musicians and sometimes new commissions, but by night, we Do become raging audiophiles! While we're not obsessive about every new trend and fad, it is always so gratifying when equipment makers and reviewers utilize our recordings to test and show off their equipment. One in particular was a nice Thanksgiving treat! In the recent issue of Stereophile Magazine Ken Micallef reviewed equipment showcased by Nexus Audio Technologies. While putting the rig through its paces, Ken selected our wonderful Yuko Mabuchi and her trio to test the system:
" Yuko Mabuchi's piano trio album streamed through the room, sounding super spatial, effortless, dynamic, and natural. The speakers disappeared. Piano had weight and tone, and I could practically see the drummer’s hands as he stroked the drumheads, evincing an entirely different sound from sticks on heads. Revelatory!"
Thank you Yuko and thank you Ken!

Nexus Audio Technologies' Walter Schofield presented a rig consisting of the VPI Avenger Direct turntable with Fatboy tonearm ($36,000), VPI Shyla cartridge ($2500), and Primare R35 MM/MC phono preamp ($2000); the 432 EVO Master Music Server with Roon core endpoint ($18,000); the Primare PRE35 Prism...

"On Thursday, Google DeepMind announced Lyria, which it calls its “most advanced AI music generation model to date” and ...
19/11/2023

"On Thursday, Google DeepMind announced Lyria, which it calls its “most advanced AI music generation model to date” and a pair of “experiments” for music making. One is a set of AI tools that allow people to, say, hum a melody and have it turn into a guitar riff, or transform a keyboard solo into a choir. The other is called Dream Track, and it allows users to make 30-second YouTube Shorts using the AI-generated voices and musical styles of artists like T-Pain, Sia, Demi Lovato, and—yes—Sivan almost instantly."

At the risk of sounding like a Luddite, this latest AI development presents some very challenging questions. There have been very high-quality sampling keyboards since the 80s, so THAT is not the problem in full, it's that when combined with other AI functions, an artificially generated composition will, in theory, compete with actual flesh-and-blood composers and performers for legal ownership and royalties. It reduces creativity to generative processes and, forgive the carbon-based life form bias, but most creative work shouldn’t be this easy, it should be difficult. To borrow from A League of Their Own’s Jimmy Dugan, “It’s supposed to be hard. If it wasn’t, everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great.”

DeepMind's latest AI, Lyria, transforms text into unique music compositions.

Congratulations to the incredible Takács Quartet on their nomination from the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA...
15/11/2023

Congratulations to the incredible Takács Quartet on their nomination from the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) for their recording of string quartets by Dvořák and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.

The International Classical Music Awards ICMA today announced the nominations for their Awards 2024, celebrating the best musicians and recordings. This year’s nominations include many renowned soloists, ensembles, conductors and orchestras as well as a lot of young musicians, many of them being first-nominees.

A total of 375 audio and video productions from 115 labels have been nominated. To become a nomination, a production needs to be proposed by at least two jury members.

Album · 2023 · 10 Songs

While a little late for Halloween, the Franken-Violin IS ALIVE – and coming to a luthier near you!Meet The Violinabox a ...
12/11/2023

While a little late for Halloween, the Franken-Violin IS ALIVE – and coming to a luthier near you!

Meet The Violinabox a joint creation from ten of the world’s preeminent violin makers was the brainchild of California-based violin maker Andrew Carruthers. The idea was to collectively craft a violin from local elements instead of using traditional violin materials. In an age where concerns about sustainability – as well as the craft of violin making being superseded by potential 3D rivals, the Violinabox is a showcase production on many levels.

Check out their fascinating Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/violinabox/

https://www.violinist.com/blog/laurie/202310/29784/

October 24, 2023, 5:12 PM · A special violin has been traveling the globe for the last year, first as a work-in-progress and now as an instrument collecting snapshots of local communities and their music. In the coming months it will travel all over the United States, and then after next summer it ...

Once more, with feeling!We are so incredibly proud and thrilled for our dear friend, Laura Dixon Strickling on her most ...
10/11/2023

Once more, with feeling!

We are so incredibly proud and thrilled for our dear friend, Laura Dixon Strickling on her most recent - in an ongoing series - of Grammy nominations!

Congratulations as well to her brilliant accompanist Daniel Schlossberg.

Elton John may have been onto something when he sang “Sad Songs (Say So Much)!”A recent study published in Frontiers in ...
09/11/2023

Elton John may have been onto something when he sang “Sad Songs (Say So Much)!”

A recent study published in Frontiers in Pain Research followed the responses to pain when subjects were exposed to music focusing on four emotion themes – calming/relaxing, energizing/activating, moving/bittersweet, and happy/cheerful. Happiness was the most frequent emotion theme, with subjects frequently reporting that music made them happy, but the surprise winners were songs that fell into the moving/bittersweet. While future studies will no doubt reveal other pathologies, perhaps it is the emotional engagement with sad music that serves to both distract and provide an emotional focus away from the pain?

What IS undeniable, is that once again, music has tremendous potential in the therapeutic process.

by Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Even before it was found to reduce pain and anxiety in modern times, music has been used for centuries to relieve pain. Now, researchers in Canada have investigated which aspects of listening to music can lead to a decreased pain perception. They found t...

Wow.  Josh Barone just published a great piece in the New York Times about the inventive music scene in California.  It ...
06/11/2023

Wow. Josh Barone just published a great piece in the New York Times about the inventive music scene in California. It was fun to see so many friends commenting on the great ferment that is the new music world on the West Coast.

As a Cali-based label, the article took us back to when we met Esa-Pekka Salonen and his then-wife Jane when the Salonens first moved to Los Angeles. And our dear Betty Freeman (aptly described in the article by the way) who ignited so much of this musical excitement. Those music salons paved the way for much of the creative blossoming that happened afterward. Betty introduced us to many of the composers mentioned in Josh's article, including Daniel Lentz, and this friendship resulted in several commissions as well.
Our friends J and Helen Schlichting continue this commissioning work (over 350 new pieces in the past decade, a very high percentage of them successful, by the way) including their first commission, the James Matheson String Quartet, which Yarlung recorded and which remains one of our finest accomplishments to date.
It truly is an honor to be a member in such an exciting cultural community
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/29/arts/music/california-festival-new-music-oral-history.html?

On the eve of a sprawling new festival, John Adams, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Gustavo Dudamel and others recount how the state reinvigorated classical music.

The demand for vinyl continues to lead music sales and attract new listeners.It seems like a decade ago that the first r...
01/11/2023

The demand for vinyl continues to lead music sales and attract new listeners.

It seems like a decade ago that the first reports of the LPs resurgence had music journos and retailers scratching their heads, but once again, US vinyl sales are up 21.7% for the first half of 2023, a report finds. So is it safe to say it isn’t a FAD anymore?

Among the beneficiaries of this revival has been renewed interest in the ultra-hifi technologies of the past, such as the Direct-to-Disc-LPs, a format that originated in the 70s. Increasingly, a number of European orchestras have started releasing their own house recordings in the Direct-to-Disc-LP format, a particularly challenging enterprise.

For listeners curious about what all is involved, here’s a handy – and detailed – introduction from Andrew Hoffman, editor of the Audiophile Archive & Grading Services.

We all have seen the DMM label or a hype sticker that says that this record was recorded direct-to-disc. What does it all mean and how are they different

Friday, November 17th, 2023" Save the date!The Takács Quartet comes to the BroadStage!Known for innovative programming a...
29/10/2023

Friday, November 17th, 2023" Save the date!
The Takács Quartet comes to the BroadStage!

Known for innovative programming and virtuosic musicianship, The Takács Quartet has been described as “one of the world’s greatest string quartets” by The New York Times. As they enter their 49th season of live performance, this special evening of music is in celebration of the collaborative and innovative spirit that thrives in California.

Adding to the excitement - and local pride - is the premiere of a work commissioned especially FOR the Takács by LA native and accomplished violist Nokuthula Ngwenyama.

P.S. - Stay tuned for a very special announcement about the Takács Quartet coming in the next few weeks!

Congratulations to the amazing Clarice Assad on being among the composers selected by NewMusic USA as a consortium membe...
27/10/2023

Congratulations to the amazing Clarice Assad on being among the composers selected by NewMusic USA as a consortium member of Amplifying Voices.

Drawing on an exceptional range of living composers, Amplifying Voices fosters collaboration and collective action between US orchestras and composers toward racial and gender equity in classical music. Through a Co-Commissioning Network of 51 Orchestras and generous funding from the Sphinx Venture Fund, with additional support from ASCAP, the Sorel Organization, the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation, and the Wise Music and The Wise Family Charitable Foundation, this year’s 11 Participating Composers are Clarice Assad, Katherine Balch, Valerie Coleman, Juan Pablo Contreras, Vijay Iyer, Tania León, Jessie Montgomery, Brian Raphael Nabors, Nina Shekhar, Tyshawn Sorey, and Shelley Washington.

With over thirty US orchestras signed up to one of the program’s eight consortia, Amplifying Voices facilitates co-commissions and sharing of existing repertoire of BIPOC composers with these ensembles.

Oh my gosh, how time flies when you are an incredibly talented cellist, festival organizer, teacher, thespian, cultural ...
24/10/2023

Oh my gosh, how time flies when you are an incredibly talented cellist, festival organizer, teacher, thespian, cultural ambassador and Grammy WINNER... has it REALLY been 20 years?

Heartfelt congratulations to our dear friend Antonio Lysy, who on November 10, 2023, will present his final recital as professor of cello at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, best of all, it's a FREE event!

For those unable to attend, the concert will be streamed!

Congratulations, dear Antonio, and thank you for your years of devotion to transmitting the art of music.

Join us for a farewell concert in celebration of Professor Antonio Lysy's 20 years as a cherished cello professor. The program will feature the Spikes

Many thanks to San Francisco Classical Voice for this amazing interview/portrait of an amazing artist! It was such an in...
22/10/2023

Many thanks to San Francisco Classical Voice for this amazing interview/portrait of an amazing artist! It was such an incredible experience working with Pekka and lucky Angelenos will have a wonderful opportunity to experience him for themselves
next week when Kuusisto will be at Walt Disney Concert Hall Oct. 27–29, performing Nico Muhly’s concerto Shrink. The program, which will be led by Esa-Pekka Salonen, music director of the SF Symphony and conductor laureate of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, will also feature the world premiere of Salonen’s Tiu, along with Richard Strauss’s An Alpine Symphony.

The Finnish violinist talks about collaborating with composers, taking up conducting, and his country’s musical culture.

“When we talk about very abstract things such as aesthetic experiences, how you respond to art and to music, the body is...
18/10/2023

“When we talk about very abstract things such as aesthetic experiences, how you respond to art and to music, the body is always involved there.”

Sensorimotor synchronization: We’ve all experienced it some time… that curious way that a number of people walking in the same direction tend to change their pace and rhythms to fit with the group. It turns out that more than just our feet are involved, in fact, this neuromuscular adjustment to our environment has been conjectured to bring a sense of well-being. So, if merely walking down a random street has this effect, what happens when we are together with other people all listening to the same music at the same time?

https://www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/2023/10/11/report-scientific-study-looks-audiences-embody-musical-experience/?

It’s not your imagination — that feeling of communing with the rest of the audience while listening to live Beethoven and Brahms is real.

In this busy award season, it is always gratifying to see so many Yarlung friends and colleagues receive the honors and ...
17/10/2023

In this busy award season, it is always gratifying to see so many Yarlung friends and colleagues receive the honors and recognition they deserve! Heartfelt congratulations to Lotta Wennäkoski, composer for receiving this year's Gramophone Music Awards for Contemporary Music Album of the Year, Sigla. Congratulations are also due our colleagues at Ondine.

We had the pleasure of recording Wennäkoski's music (Päärme ("Hem")) a work written specifically for the Sibelius Piano Trio (Petteri Iivonen, Samuli Peltonen and Juho Pohjonen).


Experience Päärme for yourself here:
https://open.spotify.com/track/79ptFRv2lyAmDv4p9mzWIp?si=f19e56a670444c86

Dear friends and fellow Recording Academy members, these are the candidates from Yarlung Records For Your Consideration ...
13/10/2023

Dear friends and fellow Recording Academy members, these are the candidates from Yarlung Records For Your Consideration for this year's Grammy Awards Nominations

Classical Instrumental Solo
Women and War and Peace
Artist/Performing Name: Katelyn Bouska
https://www.yarlungrecords.com/product/women-and-war-and-peace/

Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Symmetria Pario - Creation
Artist/Performing Name: Pekka Kuusisto - Musician and Joonas Ahonen - Pianist
https://www.yarlungrecords.com/product/symmetria-pario-creation/

Contemporary Classical Composition
Symmetries
Composer: Clarice Assad
Featuring Artists: Pekka Kuusisto, Joonas Ahonen
https://www.yarlungrecords.com/product/symmetria-pario-creation/

Instrumental Composition
Evolution of the One
Composer: Yuko Mabuchi
Featuring Artists: Pekka Kuusisto, Joonas Ahonen
https://www.yarlungrecords.com/product/symmetria-pario-creation/

Global Music Album
Karnatik Roots
Artist/Performing Name: Aditya Prakash
https://www.yarlungrecords.com/product/karnatik-roots/

Producer Of The Year
Bob Attiyeh

We are so thankful to have had the opportunity to work with all of these amazing artists and we invite you to hear their music for yourself. Voting members wishing to have high res downloads and booklets, please IM us.

Good luck to everyone!

Congratulations to our dear friend Aditya Prakash on his new solo album ISOLASHUN, a further exploration of classical Ka...
10/10/2023

Congratulations to our dear friend Aditya Prakash on his new solo album ISOLASHUN, a further exploration of classical Karnitik music on New Amsterdam Records.
As Aditya discusses in this interview, "classical" music is in no way bound to central European culture, but a glorious tradition flowing out from the heart of a people through the generations.

Ahead of the release of his debut solo album, ISOLASHUN, Prakash reflects on his understanding of the concept of ‘classical’ and how it relates to the Karnatik music he performs, arguing that a word so steeped in preconception can present a barrier to enjoying this ‘special sonic experience’

"When we talk about very abstract things such as aesthetic experiences, how you respond to art and to music, the body is...
07/10/2023

"When we talk about very abstract things such as aesthetic experiences, how you respond to art and to music, the body is always involved there."

People who listen to music together often report feeling a powerful connection to each other as a result of their collective experience.

It's always a joy when good things happen to good people, and we were thrilled to learn that Andrew Brown has been appoi...
06/10/2023

It's always a joy when good things happen to good people, and we were thrilled to learn that Andrew Brown has been appointed CEO by The Pasadena Symphony | The Pasadena POPS. As anyone involved in the California arts scene knows, Andrew has a long a distinguished career. For the past five years, he served as CEO of Pacific Chorale, where he guided the organization through significant transitions and growth, including earning its first GRAMMY Award for Best Choral Performance in 2021.

We are privileged to have worked with Andrew during his tenure with the Chorale and are extremely grateful for his support and assistance in helping us record our album, All Things Common (2020), featuring works of Tarik O'Regan.

Congrats again, Andrew. We know this will be another amazing success for all involved!

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04/10/2023

We wrap our journey to Grammy Gold with our final submission for this amazing year of artistic excellence! And WHAT a way to wrap up!

We have previously shared other tracks from our extraordinary Symmetria Pario Creation project with Pekka Kuusisto - Musician on violin and Joonas Ahonen - Pianist. The pieces specially commissioned for this album featured an incredible line-up of contemporary composers, expressing themselves in wildly diverse styles, from steely modernism to an almost naive nostalgia. Among the composers featured was one incredible woman better known to her many fans as a Jazz Virtuoso, but as those who know ANYTHING about Yuko Mabuchi can tell you, she is a consummate artist at home in playing Mozart as she is playing Miles!

If you are a voting member, please feel free to reach out to us. We’re happy to provide full HiRes downloads and booklets, but even if you’re NOT involved with the Grammys, this is a terrific time to discover, explore, or revisit some of the great Yarlung albums of the past year!

Please enjoy – and SHARE – this little snippet for Yuko’s Grammy Submission for Best Instrumental Composition, The Evolution of the One.

And speaking of Clarice Assad, warm congratulations on the brilliant premiere of her opera Isolda/Tristão, a colorful re...
01/10/2023

And speaking of Clarice Assad, warm congratulations on the brilliant premiere of her opera Isolda/Tristão, a colorful retelling of the famous, tragic love story.

Clarice has written a number of works for the stage including ballets and a children's opera based on The Selfish Giant. More recently, she contributed an episode to the Experiments in Opera Everything for Dawn, a project that another amazingly talented friend of ours also participated in, our Grammy-nominated soprano superstar, Laura Dixon Strickling.

De 15 a 23/9, nossa Sala de Espetáculos recebe o espetáculo Isolda/Tristão, de Clarice Assad!🌊 ISOLDA/TRISTÃO transporta o mito do cenário medieval celta pa...

30/09/2023

Among the All-Star submissions that Yarlung has made to this year’s Grammys is a powerful suite for violin and piano by Clarice Assad, titled Symmetries submitted for Best Contemporary Classical Composition. Clarice, whose stepmother Professor Angela Olinto teaches quantum physics at the University of Chicago, opens our album with Symmetries. Clarice’s work expresses her vision of the earliest fractions of moments after the Big Bang in six through-composed movements, Spin, Inertia, Energy, Space, Time and Momentum. As when listening to this music by all the great composers Pekka and Joonas recorded on this album, one does not need to know anything about science or even the inspiration behind these works to enjoy this music. Clarice’s work proves this instantly upon hearing.

Thanks to the generosity of executive producer Russell Ward who generously underwrote Yarlung’s six new commissions, performed and recorded so eloquently by Pekka Kuusisto - Musician on violin and Joonas Ahonen - Pianist on our album Symmetria Pario Creation. Featuring the music of Clarice Assad, Yuko Mabuchi, Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol, Hannah Kendall, Ricky Kej, Cecilia Damstrom, Harrison Birtwistle and Missy Mazzoli explores the “beginnings of things,” the origin of the universe as expressed in music, and various creation stories from different cultures around the world. But when listening to this album one does not need to know anything about science or even the inspiration behind these works to enjoy the music.

If you are a voting member, please feel free to reach out to us. We’re happy to provide full HiRes downloads and booklets, but even if you’re NOT involved with the Grammys, this is a terrific time to discover, explore, or revisit some of the great Yarlung albums of the past year!

26/09/2023

One of the most memorable projects of the past year was the opportunity to work with Aditya Prakash. Nearly FOUR YEARS in the making, ‘Karnatik Roots’ was a dream project for all concerned, presenting the passionate intensity of traditional Karnatik vocal music in its alloyed, pristine beauty.

Needless to say, with Grammy season is upon us and all of us at Yarlung are so incredibly proud that Aditya’s album was accepted for submission by the Academy as a ‘Best Global Music Album’ contender.

If you are a voting member, please feel free to reach out to us. We’re happy to provide full HiRes downloads and booklets, but even if you’re NOT involved with the Grammys, this is a terrific time to discover, explore or revisit some of the great Yarlung albums of the past year!

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