Marianne Schroeder
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Marianne Schroeder is a Swiss pianist and composer. She studied with Giacinto Scelsi
. She played at Carnegie Hall
, Lucerne Festival
and Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
. She worked with John Cage
and Shigeru Kan-no
.
She is a member of the Groupe Lacroix and as such is specialized in contemporary classical music
. As a member of the Groupe Lacroix she has worked with international musicians, such as the Ensemble Sortisatio
.
Giacinto Scelsi
Giacinto Scelsi , Count of Ayala Valva was an Italian composer who also wrote surrealist poetry in French....
. She played at Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park....
, Lucerne Festival
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
The Lucerne Festival Orchestra is an ad hoc seasonal orchestra, based at the annual Lucerne Festival in Switzerland. The Lucerne Festival had featured a resident orchestra as far back as 1938, with Arturo Toscanini conducting the first concert of that ensemble. From 1943 until its disbandment in...
and Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
The Théâtre des Champs-Élysées is a theatre at 15 avenue Montaigne. Despite its name, the theatre is not on the Champs-Élysées but nearby in another part of the 8th arrondissement of Paris....
. She worked with John Cage
John Cage
John Milton Cage Jr. was an American composer, music theorist, writer, philosopher and artist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde...
and Shigeru Kan-no
Shigeru Kan-no
is a Japanese composer and conductor living in Germany.-Biography:Shigeru Kan-no was born in Fukushima, Japan. He now lives as a free-lance composer and conductor in Westerwald, Germany. His repertoire includes over 100 operas and 700 concert pieces. He is also a talented musician, able to play...
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She is a member of the Groupe Lacroix and as such is specialized in contemporary classical music
Contemporary classical music
Contemporary classical music can be understood as belonging to the period that started in the mid-1970s with the retreat of modernism. However, the term may also be employed in a broader sense to refer to all post-1945 modern musical forms.-Categorization:...
. As a member of the Groupe Lacroix she has worked with international musicians, such as the Ensemble Sortisatio
Ensemble Sortisatio
Ensemble Sortisatio is a quartet founded by violist Matthias Sannemüller in 1992 in Leipzig, Germany. Its members are mostly soloists at the MDR Symphony Orchestra. They have specialized in contemporary classical music.- Formation :The Ensemble Sortisatio was founded in 1992 by Matthias...
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Discography with the Groupe Lacroix
- 1997: The Composer Group together with the Moscow Rachmaninov Trio (Creative Works Records)
- 2003: 8 Pieces on Paul Klee together with the Ensemble Sortisatio (Creative Works Records)
External links
- http://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/01/arts/recital-marianne-schroeder-pianist.html?pagewanted=1