Who is Brett Dean?
Who is Brett Dean?
Brett Dean was born, raised and educated in Brisbane. He started learning violin at the age of eight, and later studied viola with Elizabeth Morgan and John Curro at the Queensland Conservatorium, where he graduated in 1982 with the Conservatorium Medal for the highest achieving Student of the Year.
When did deandean start composing?
Dean began composing in 1988, initially focusing on experimental film and radio projects as well as improvisational performance. Since then, he has created numerous compositions, mainly orchestral or chamber music as well as concertos for several solo instruments.
Who is Dean Dean?
Dean was Artistic Director of the Australian National Academy of Music in Melbourne until June 2010 when his brother, Paul, took up the post. The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra celebrated Dean’s fiftieth birthday, and his contribution to music as composer, performer and teacher, in its 2011 Metropolis Festival.
What is deandean’s style of music?
Dean’s compositional style is known for creating dynamic soundscapes and treating single instrumental parts with complex rhythms. He shapes musical extremes, from harsh explosions to inaudibility. Modern playing techniques are as characteristic for his style as an elaborate percussion scoring, often enriched with objects from everyday life.
What is the Lost Art of letter writing by Brett Dean?
The Lost Art of Letter Writing is Brett Dean’s 2007 violin concerto that won the Grawemeyer award for composition two years later.
What happened to Michael Dean?
On 5 March 2020, it was confirmed that Dean was hospitalised in Adelaide with the COVID-19 illness. Dean’s clarinet concerto Ariel’s Music won an award from the UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers in 1995.
