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Deviations Project is a British electronic music group composed of producer Dave Williams and international violin virtuoso Oliver Lewis
. The group blends elements of classical music with electronica; pieces such as Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake", Bizet's "Carmen" and Bach
's "Sonata in Gm" are recreated with modern music technology. Contemporary compositions, including Dave William's own songs, John Williams
’ "Theme From Schindler's List" and Fleetwood Mac
's "Albatross" are integrated with the classical works on the group's first full-length release, a self-titled LP. They have also released the Christmas
album "Adeste Fiddles" (a play on Adeste Fideles
) and a second album in the style of their self-titled debut, "Ivory Bow".
, the bassist of Queen
, in several different bands. When the magic of touring began to lose its charm Williams opened his own recording studio and became a songwriter for Warner/Chappell. Williams has created musical jingles for TV & Radio that can be heard all over the world including his first big time job, a radio jingle for Radio Rentals with session vocalist Tony Head (who later went on to work on Buffy the Vampire Slayer). Dave became the Music Director for the long running international smash hit Spirit of the Dance, which has four touring shows in the US and two international touring groups. Formed in 1996, Spirit of the Dance is a foot-stomping international production featuring a spectacular display of traditional Irish culture that has thrilled audiences all over the world. Williams's own compositions have most recently been performed by Oliver Lewis and broadcast to over two billion people in Asia.
virtuoso Oliver Lewis is hailed by the Guardian as "Magnificent talent, he took the audience into another world." Even from a young age Oliver Lewis’ talent for the violin was undeniable. As a child prodigy he was one of the first leaders of the National Children's Orchestra of Great Britain, making his concert debut at the age of twelve. Scholarships from the Purcell School of Music, the Guildhall School of Music and the Berne Conservatoire opened doors for Lewis, enabling him to be trained by great talents and educators of music. His professional career began as a concert soloist with the Berne Symphony Orchestra where he played Ravel's "Tzigane" and Bruch's "G Minor Violin Concerto." This led him to be leader of the Heidelberg Chamber Orchestra, touring Europe and performing Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" over four hundred times.
Although Lewis has proven himself a virtuoso of the classics, he also has mastered stylistic diversity. Star of the international smash hit Spirit of the Dance, he performed a spectacular display of traditional Irish culture that has thrilled audiences. Spirit of the Dance has become one of the most successful shows in the world, seen by millions of people. As an avid fan of new music, many modern day composers have written pieces specifically for him to play. These pieces include "Insomnia" by British composer John Pickard and Nicholas Brown's "Silence is Golden". With his piano trio he has recorded two new scores to the classic silent movies Lady Windermere's Fan and After Death, released worldwide by the British Film Institute.
Lewis's concerts have taken him to Europe, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Asia, Brazil, and Trinidad
, where he performed for the president of Trinidad and Tobago
alongside Trinidad's soprano star Natalia Dopwell. Currently, Lewis plays regular recitals at the Wigmore Hall and with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
, both of which are box office sellouts. He records extensively for Guild Music, winning the top double five-star award from Classic CD Magazine and he is sponsored by the leading American string manufacturer D'Addario
.
Oliver Lewis (violinist)
Oliver Lewis is a British violinist and founding member of the electronic music group Deviations Project. He is best known as one of the 'world's fastest violinists', having broken the Guinness World Record for the fastest performance of the Flight of the Bumblebee...
. The group blends elements of classical music with electronica; pieces such as Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake", Bizet's "Carmen" and Bach
Bạch
Bạch is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as Bai in Chinese and Baek, in Korean.Bach is the anglicized variation of the surname Bạch.-Notable people with the surname Bạch:* Bạch Liêu...
's "Sonata in Gm" are recreated with modern music technology. Contemporary compositions, including Dave William's own songs, John Williams
John Williams
John Towner Williams is an American composer, conductor, and pianist. In a career spanning almost six decades, he has composed some of the most recognizable film scores in the history of motion pictures, including the Star Wars saga, Jaws, Superman, the Indiana Jones films, E.T...
’ "Theme From Schindler's List" and Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac are a British–American rock band formed in 1967 in London.The only original member present in the band is its eponymous drummer, Mick Fleetwood...
's "Albatross" are integrated with the classical works on the group's first full-length release, a self-titled LP. They have also released the Christmas
Christmas
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
album "Adeste Fiddles" (a play on Adeste Fideles
Adeste Fideles
"Adeste Fideles" is a hymn tune attributed to English hymnist John Francis Wade . The text itself has unclear beginnings, and may have been written in the 13th century by John of Reading, though it has been concluded that Wade was probably the author.The original four verses of the hymn were...
) and a second album in the style of their self-titled debut, "Ivory Bow".
Dave Williams
After receiving a degree in Art and Design, Dave Williams began his musical career playing with best friend John DeaconJohn Deacon
John Richard Deacon is a retired English multi-instrumentalist and song writer, best known as the bassist for the rock band Queen. Of the four members of the band, he was the last to join and also the youngest, being only 19 years old when he was recruited by the other members of the band...
, the bassist of Queen
Queen (band)
Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury , Brian May , John Deacon , and Roger Taylor...
, in several different bands. When the magic of touring began to lose its charm Williams opened his own recording studio and became a songwriter for Warner/Chappell. Williams has created musical jingles for TV & Radio that can be heard all over the world including his first big time job, a radio jingle for Radio Rentals with session vocalist Tony Head (who later went on to work on Buffy the Vampire Slayer). Dave became the Music Director for the long running international smash hit Spirit of the Dance, which has four touring shows in the US and two international touring groups. Formed in 1996, Spirit of the Dance is a foot-stomping international production featuring a spectacular display of traditional Irish culture that has thrilled audiences all over the world. Williams's own compositions have most recently been performed by Oliver Lewis and broadcast to over two billion people in Asia.
Oliver Lewis
International violinViolin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
virtuoso Oliver Lewis is hailed by the Guardian as "Magnificent talent, he took the audience into another world." Even from a young age Oliver Lewis’ talent for the violin was undeniable. As a child prodigy he was one of the first leaders of the National Children's Orchestra of Great Britain, making his concert debut at the age of twelve. Scholarships from the Purcell School of Music, the Guildhall School of Music and the Berne Conservatoire opened doors for Lewis, enabling him to be trained by great talents and educators of music. His professional career began as a concert soloist with the Berne Symphony Orchestra where he played Ravel's "Tzigane" and Bruch's "G Minor Violin Concerto." This led him to be leader of the Heidelberg Chamber Orchestra, touring Europe and performing Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" over four hundred times.
Although Lewis has proven himself a virtuoso of the classics, he also has mastered stylistic diversity. Star of the international smash hit Spirit of the Dance, he performed a spectacular display of traditional Irish culture that has thrilled audiences. Spirit of the Dance has become one of the most successful shows in the world, seen by millions of people. As an avid fan of new music, many modern day composers have written pieces specifically for him to play. These pieces include "Insomnia" by British composer John Pickard and Nicholas Brown's "Silence is Golden". With his piano trio he has recorded two new scores to the classic silent movies Lady Windermere's Fan and After Death, released worldwide by the British Film Institute.
Lewis's concerts have taken him to Europe, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Asia, Brazil, and Trinidad
Trinidad
Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean and lies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. With an area of it is also the fifth largest in...
, where he performed for the president of Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
alongside Trinidad's soprano star Natalia Dopwell. Currently, Lewis plays regular recitals at the Wigmore Hall and with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is a British orchestra based in London. It tours widely, and is sometimes referred to as "Britain's national orchestra"...
, both of which are box office sellouts. He records extensively for Guild Music, winning the top double five-star award from Classic CD Magazine and he is sponsored by the leading American string manufacturer D'Addario
D'Addario
D'Addario is a manufacturer of musical instrument strings, primarily guitar strings, currently headquartered in Farmingdale, Long Island, New York...
.
Deviations Project
- "Really Big Swans" (Tchaikovsky "Four Little Swans")
- "Tootin' Carmen" (Bizet "Habanera" from CarmenCarmenCarmen is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, first published in 1845, itself possibly influenced by the narrative poem The Gypsies by Alexander Pushkin...
) - "Ladies on Lavender" (Nigel HessNigel HessNigel John Hess is a British composer best known for his television, theatre and film soundtracks, including the theme tunes to Wycliffe, Dangerfield, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates and Ladies in Lavender.-Biography:...
"Ladies in Lavender") - "Deviations" (Paganini "24th Caprice")
- "Tocata in Fog" - written by Dave Williams
- "Les Belles" (Mike OldfieldMike OldfieldMichael Gordon Oldfield is an English multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, working a style that blends progressive rock, folk, ethnic or world music, classical music, electronic music, New Age, and more recently, dance. His music is often elaborate and complex in nature...
"Tubular Bells") - "She Too" - written by Dave Williams
- "Albert Ross" (Fleetwood MacFleetwood MacFleetwood Mac are a British–American rock band formed in 1967 in London.The only original member present in the band is its eponymous drummer, Mick Fleetwood...
"Albatross") - written by Peter GreenPeter Green (musician)Peter Green is a British blues-rock guitarist and the founder of the band Fleetwood Mac... - "Medication" (Jules MassenetJules MassenetJules Émile Frédéric Massenet was a French composer best known for his operas. His compositions were very popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and he ranks as one of the greatest melodists of his era. Soon after his death, Massenet's style went out of fashion, and many of his operas...
"Meditation" from ThaisThaïs (opera)Thaïs is an opera in three acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Louis Gallet based on the novel Thaïs by Anatole France. It was first performed at the Opéra Garnier in Paris on 16 March 1894, starring the American soprano Sybil Sanderson, for whom Massenet had written the title role...
) - "Swan Fake" (Tchaikovsky "Swan Lake")
- "The List" (John WilliamsJohn WilliamsJohn Towner Williams is an American composer, conductor, and pianist. In a career spanning almost six decades, he has composed some of the most recognizable film scores in the history of motion pictures, including the Star Wars saga, Jaws, Superman, the Indiana Jones films, E.T...
"Schindler's List") - "Nuclear" - written by Dave Williams
- "Dear Old Swanney" (Saint-Saëns "The Swan")
- "Frogger" (Harold FaltermeyerHarold FaltermeyerHarold Faltermeyer is a German musician, keyboardist, composer and record producer.He is recognized as one of the composers/producers who best captured the zeitgeist of 1980s synth-pop in film scores...
"Axel F") - "O2" (Jean Michel JarreJean Michel JarreJean Michel André Jarre is a French composer, performer and music producer. He is a pioneer in the electronic, ambient and New Age genres, and known as an organiser of outdoor spectacles of his music featuring lights, laser displays, and fireworks.Jarre was raised in Lyon by his mother and...
"Oxygene") - "Barking" (BachBạchBạch is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as Bai in Chinese and Baek, in Korean.Bach is the anglicized variation of the surname Bạch.-Notable people with the surname Bạch:* Bạch Liêu...
"Presto" from Sonata in G minor) - "The Car Men" (Bizet "Carmen")
Adeste Fiddles
- The First Noel 4:00
- The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy 3:04
- Ave Maria 4:23
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman 3:36
- Favorite Things 3:12
- Silent Night 4:22
- Celtic Christmas 3:38
- We Three Kings 3:22
- Adeste Fiddles (Oh Come All Ye Faithful) 3:44
- I Saw Three Ships 3:10
- The Coventry Carol (Lu lay lu lah) 3:31
- The Holly and the Ivy 3:20
- Hark the Herald Angels Sing 2:51
- Here We Come A Wassailing 2:08
- Oh Holy Night 3:52
- Ding Dong Merrily On High 3:09
Ivory Bow
- Pavanorama 04:42
- Celtic Frock 03:39
- Carmen Over To My Place 02:04
- Bolero 06:51
- Flight Of The Crimson Queen 03:27
- Arabian Knights 03:52
- Canned Rock 04:48
- The Ivory Bow 04:37
- Big Bad Bumble 02:03
- Edelweiss 03:08
- Carmen Electro 02:45
- The Lying King 04:13
- Camera Gazing 03:04
- Dance Of The Rude Peeps 03:14
- Oh, Eso Es Un Castillo Bonito 03:21
- Gypsy Cream 03:38
- Ave Maria 03:36
External links
- http://myspace.com/deviations Deviations Project Myspace
- http://neurodisc.com Neurodisc Records Official Site