{"id":2261,"date":"2023-04-17T11:48:18","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T15:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/?p=2261"},"modified":"2023-04-17T14:04:24","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T18:04:24","slug":"musiciam-richardcameronwolfe-composer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/musiciam-richardcameronwolfe-composer\/","title":{"rendered":"Music I Am #21 – Richard Cameron-Wolfe, composer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The moment when you knew you wanted to be a musician:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I began studying piano at age 7, as a hobby, focused on pop music. At the age of 12, however, with aspirations of becoming a scientist, our family moved to a different city, where the pop music teacher had a full class and the Director of the school suggested that I could “temporarily” study with the school’s classical teacher. After just two lessons, introduced to Bach and Chopin, I knew that the musician’s life lay before me.<\/p>\n

An important skill for a career in music that does not have anything to do with an instrument or making music:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I never intended to have a “career” in music but knew that I would live my life in it.<\/p>\n

Two ways you stay motivated:<\/strong><\/p>\n

As pianist, I sought, discovered and promoted lesser-performed music, by lesser-known composers. As composer, I have vowed never to repeat myself, be it the rhetoric of my successful works as well as my failures, seeking always to find a new creative pathway.<\/p>\n

Latest Project:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m currently composing a microtonal guitar sextet, “Arcturus”, for the Danish ensemble CRAS, to be presented at the Mozarteum’s “Microtone: Small is Beautiful” Symposium in Salzburg this summer.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> <\/strong>What inspired it:<\/strong><\/p>\n

My collaborations with guitarists over the past 7-8 years, particularly with the Ukrainian members of the Kharkiv Guitar Quartet and New York guitarists Marc Wolf and Dan Lippel.<\/p>\n

Who\u2019s on it:<\/strong><\/p>\n

CRAS members: Peter Oldrup, Henrik Bay Hansen, Mikkel Egelund Nielsen, Jacob N\u00f8rrelund, S\u00f8ren Eriksen, and Uffe Carl Hansen.<\/p>\n

How do you discover new music?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I no longer search for music, but by associating with other composers and with new-music-focused performers, I have made many wonderful discoveries. [Actually, I prefer to think of my own composing process as “discovering” rather than “creating”.]<\/p>\n

One living and one dead musician that deserves more attention:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Living musician: Ghanaian pianist William Chapman Nyaho.<\/p>\n

Deceased: composer Franz Kamin.<\/p>\n

Where can we find you online?<\/strong><\/p>\n

On the American Composers Alliance<\/a> website <\/p>\n

VIDEOS:<\/strong>
\nMirage d’esprit<\/a> – guitar quartet
\nMeMarie<\/a> – micro-opera for soprano alone
\nKyrie(Mantra)IV<\/a> – flute and guitar<\/p>\n

Upcoming Event you\u2019d like to share? (optional)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two performances of my 2019 cello quartet “Telesthesia” –
\n1 – June 10 in Antwerp at the Love2Arts Gallery<\/a> <\/p>\n

2 – June 12 in Brussels at the Wiertz Museum Citizens’ Garden (on a concert series sponsored by the European Parliament).<\/p>\n

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