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Bryce David Dessner (born April 23, 1976) is a Brooklyn-based composer, guitarist, and curator primarily known as a member of the Grammy Award-nominated band The National.〔(Pitchfork.com )〕 In addition to his work with The National, Dessner has made a name for himself as an acclaimed composer, working with some of the world’s most creative and respected musicians and visual artists, including Alejandro González Iñárritu, Justin Peck, Ragnar Kjartansson, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Marcel Dzama and Matthew Ritchie, among others. Dessner is also the founder of the MusicNOW Festival, a founding member of the improvisatory instrumental group Clogs and co-founder of Brassland Records. He has a master's degree in music from Yale University,〔(Yale.edu )〕 and is currently a composer-in-residence at Muziekgebouw Eindhoven.〔(Muziekgebouweindhoven.nl )〕 ==Composer== Dessner's compositions draw on elements from Baroque and folk music, late Romanticism and modernism, as well as minimalism. His unique and individual voice as a composer has earned him a number of high-profile commissions. Recent commissions include ''Quilting'' for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, which premiered in May 2015 at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and was performed by the LA Phil, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel; ''Wave Movements,'' an orchestral work co-composed with Richard Reed Parry and featuring visuals by the photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto, which premiered at the Barbican Concert Hall in London in the spring of 2015; ''40 Canons'' for the Grammy Award winning Kronos Quartet, which premiered at the Barbican Concert Hall in London in the spring of 2014; ''Reponse Lutoslawski'' for the National Audiovisual Institute of Poland, which was premiered by the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Warsaw fall 2014; ''Black Mountain Songs'' for the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, which premiered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in November; ''Music For Wood and Strings'' with So Percussion, which premiered at Carnegie Hall in November 2013; and ''Murder Ballades'' a work inspired by American folk music and written for the multiple Grammy-winning new-music ensemble eighth blackbird. The group premiered the piece in Eindhoven in April 2013 and featured it on their 2015 album "Filament." ''Murder Ballades'' is also used as the score for a ballet of the same name, choreographed by Justin Peck for the LA Dance Project.〔()〕 The ballet premiered in Lyon, France in September 2013. In October 2014 the piece was performed by eighth blackbird as a live music accompaniment for a performance by the L.A. Dance Project at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Upcoming projects include a score entitled ''The Most Incredible Thing'' written for the New York City Ballet, choreographed by Justin Peck. The score will premiere in the 2015-16 season. Important past compositions by Dessner include three string quartets for Kronos Quartet (''Aheym,'' ''Tenebre'' and ''Little Blue Something''); ''Tour Eiffel'' for the Brooklyn Youth Chorus; ''O Shut Your Eyes Against the Wind'' for Bang on a Can All Stars; ''Lachrimae'' for the Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Scottish Ensemble, and the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra; ''St. Carolyn by the Sea'' for the American Composers Orchestra and Muziekcentrum Eindhoven; ''The Lincoln Shuffle'', a cycle of pieces for brass ensemble and electric guitar premiered at Philadelphia’s Rosenbach Library for Abraham Lincoln’s bicentennial; and ''Propolis'' for bass clarinet and electronics, co-composed with David Sheppard and Evan Ziporyn for a sound pavilion by Matthew Ritchie. The first recordings of Bryce's compositions, performed by the Kronos Quartet, were released in 2013 by Anti- Records. The album, "Aheym," features four of Dessner’s compositions: ''Tenebre,'' ''Little Blue Something,'' ''Tour Eiffel,'' and ''Aheym.''〔(Anti.com )〕 On March 4, 2014 Deutsche Grammophon/Universal Music Classics released "St Carolyn By the Sea; Suite from There Will Be Blood." Performed by the Copenhagen Philharmonic and conducted by Andre de Ridder, the album features three of Bryce's orchestral works (''St. Carolyn by the Sea,'' ''Lachrimae'' and ''Raphael'') as well as the suite from ''There Will Be Blood'' by Jonny Greenwood. May 19, 2015 marked the release on Brassland of ''Music for Wood and Strings,'' an album-length work composed by Bryce and performed by Sō Percussion on custom-built “Chord Sticks” invented by Bryce and built by Aron Sanchez from Buke and Gase In January 2012, Bryce signed to Chester Novello Publishing for his concert music. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bryce Dessner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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