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Showing posts with label Grammy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grammy. Show all posts
Friday, January 12, 2018
Interview: Beth Ann Hilton
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
What to Do in LA This Week: Friday March 4th - Peter Kater & Tina Guo @The Grammy Museum
This coming Friday night, Mysterium Music presents 11x-Grammy Nominee Peter Kater and virtuoso cellist Tina Guo at The Grammy Museum's intimate Clive Davis Theater. The pianist and cellist are celebrating their new album, Inner Passion, with a tour of Colorado and California. They will perform together and individually, highlighting popular selections from their respective catalogs.
In the video above, they met with no rehearsal and no score – just music and emotion, improvised and recorded live. “Inner Passion” was released on February 26, 2016 by contemplative music pioneer Hearts of Space Records.
In addition to being a multi-platinum selling recording artist, Peter Kater has scored the music for over 100 TV and Film productions including 11 On & Off-Broadway dramatic plays. A humanitarian, environmentalist and leading innovator of contemporary instrumental music, Peter has toured the world and is a proud recipient of the Environment Leadership Award from the United Nations. He was the recipient of the 2015 ZoneMusicReporter Lifetime Achievement Award.
Tina Guo is an internationally acclaimed virtuoso cellist, recording artist and composer known for her distinct sound and mastery in a wide range of genres in film, television and game scores. She has been a featured soloist in many of the world’s great symphonies; as well as Cirque Du Soleil’s “Michael Jackson -The Immortal” World Tour; and dozens of block-buster Hollywood films including “Kung Fu Panda 3”, “Batman v Superman”, “Sherlock Holmes”, “Iron Man 2”, and “Clash of the Titans”. Tina is touring Europe this summer with legendary Hollywood film composer, Hans Zimmer.
Remaining tour dates include:
March 4 - The Grammy Museum, Clive Davis Theater - Los Angeles, CA
March 5 - Seaside Center for Spiritual Living - Encinitas, CA
March 6 - Unity of Santa Barbara - Santa Barbara, CA
March 12 – The Marin School – San Rafael, CA
Ticketing and Tour information is available here, where one can also get a free download from Inner Passion.
One can buy the album for $10 digitally, or $15.95 for physical copy...autographed copies available while supplies last.
One can buy the album for $10 digitally, or $15.95 for physical copy...autographed copies available while supplies last.
Mysterium Music is a new music resource favored by 1000s of healing practitioners and their clients, Explore their growing catalog at www.MysteriumMusic.com.
Hearts of Space, launched in 1984, was created as an extension of the weekly syndicated radio show Hearts of Space. Centered around contemplative music, the label features music from the ambient, new age, electronic, world, Celtic, classical, and experimental genres.
Full TixLink: http://events.brightstarevents.net/featured/peter-kater-tina-guo-album-release-tour?_ga=1.240198467.1527448430.1453215860
Monday, August 17, 2015
Artist Feature: Peter Kater
“Love and
compassion are necessities, not luxuries.
Without them, humanity cannot
survive.”
Peter Kater, with ten GRAMMY® nominations
and more than sixty albums to his name, is arguably one of the most
prolific and popular contemporary pianists on the planet today. He recently
released Love, his first solo piano album in more than ten years, a
collection of seven composed pieces and six improvisations that share the
common theme of love and its many wonders and emotions.
The album’s liner notes
border on poetic, as Peter explains the basis or inspiration of each piece,
giving a deeper and more personal insight into the music. He explores the many
facets of love, not just the more common musical themes of romance and
infatuation. He also encompasses hurt, loss and healing as well as the
love of self - a much more mature approach that translates beautifully into Peter’s
unique and distinctive musical language.
The new work has been called “eloquent and moving” and “one of his best albums
ever.”
“I have been playing the piano since I was 6 years old. There are very few things that are more natural to me than making music. In playing the piano I am able to express what is deep in my heart and soul, where words fall short and seem colorless in comparison. I am fortunate to have a recording studio in my home. Almost every time I sit at the piano to play, I press the record button just in case something "special" comes through. These improvisations and compositions were recorded over the last three years, in "the heat" of the moment. These are musical portraits of my heart, ripe with emotions, joy, complexities, excitement, pain and revelations of the various manifestations and landscapes of LOVE.”
- Peter Kater, on LOVE
Originally born in Germany but raised in New Jersey, Peter is
seemingly comfortable everywhere. Recently relocated to Los Angeles from
Hawaii, the multi-platinum selling artist began working on another type of work
near and dear to his heart, composing the
soundtrack to “Heart of the World,” a much-anticipated, three-hour PBS program
focusing on the stunning National Parks of Colorado. This is gratifying work
for Peter, who among his many awards and honors, has received the Environment
Leadership Award from the United Nations, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from
the Zone Music Reporter.
To date, the tireless composer and producer has
scored over 100 television and film productions -- including music for the 2000
and 2004 world Olympic Games and eleven On- and Off-Broadway dramatic plays -- and
performed all over the world for his devoted fans as well as presidents, dignitaries
and spiritual leaders in fine venues including the United Nations and Carnegie
Hall. In 2015, he joined in creating a Long Life Prayer in honor His Holiness the
14th Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday.
This year, Kater is submitting
his LOVE recording to the GRAMMY Awards’ Best Contemporary Instrumental category. In a sense, he is returning to his roots, as
his early success was not in New Age music, but in Contemporary Jazz. His first solo piano album, Spirit, was
released in 1983. Following that, five
of Kater’s releases charted in the Top 10 National Contemporary Airplay charts
including his National #2 album, GATEWAY.
Kater says, “Love
is a hybrid recording combining my classical roots and jazz improvisational
instincts. I’m excited that the new
Contemporary Instrumental category now exists at The Recording Academy, because I feel it’s the best
place for this new recording that truly crosses genres.”
Love is Peter Kater’s third project
of 2015, released by Mysterium Music; all proceeds from the album's first week of downloads were donated to the American Nepal Medical Foundation's 2015 Earthquake Relief Fundraising Campaign.
Peter's complete discography, sheet music, events calendar, home concerts, and more can be explored at www.PeterKater.com.
Friday, September 20, 2013
An Afternoon with Al Conti
The
Grammy-Nominated New Age Artist Discusses His Life
Q:
What does Al Conti want to be known for?
A:
Crafting good music and having contributed to the New Age genre in a
positive and influential way.
I
also want to be known as a serious artist. Recognition and success
are measured in many ways – for me it is choosing to be an artist
and all that this means. It isn’t an easy journey much of the time,
but it is the path I have chosen. Artists have something inside that
must be expressed; it has to be let out. I like to think I had a
choice in my life to do what I wanted – but in many ways I feel
that the choice was made for me.
Q:
Agreed and well said. What do you want people to take away from your
music?
A:
Each listener needs something different from the experience, so it
is hard to say. But overall, I would want the listener to feel they
have been on a journey when they finish listening to an album of
mine, a journey they wish to take again and again.
I
want my music to evoke images and memories – to bring people to a
higher level of consciousness – to escape the everyday may it be a
job, the groceries, doing their bills – like a cup of tea on a
rainy day can be so soothing – yes, that is it.
Q:
Nice! What is your guilty pleasure music wise?
A:
Lately I’ve been enjoying a step back in time and listening to a
lot of disco music.
As
I have often said, my tastes in music are about as broad as is
possible – I also enjoy 1920s music for its lively optimistic beat.
A little like disco I guess! My music taste can vary greatly
throughout the day. I can go from listening to Juice Newton to R.E.O.
Speedwagon to Chopin to Nina Hagen within a 24 hour period.
Q:
Wow- being so diverse is such a great way for artists to broaden
what influences and affects them. I should probably be broadening my
music list even more. What is your guilty pleasure
TV wise?
A:
I do not watch much television, in fact I only have cable connected
in the set in the kitchen – to watch the news while I cook and that
is about it. I generally watch DVD’s or stream movies. My guilty
pleasure is watching something that can transport me to another place
and time. I love historical fiction a lot – especially period
pieces. As far as TV itself, I may watch some TV on DVD. Recently,
I have been watching DALLAS (the 2012). Can you believe Linda Gray
has not aged a day?!
Q:
Ha! True and I'm sure she appreciates the compliment! Describe your
perfect day?
A:
Waking up slowly and quietly, as opposed to being jarred awake by
street construction, which happened a few times in the last few
weeks!
The
minute I stir, I hear my dog Digby’s tail start to wag and thump
against the floor – she knows breakfast is coming.
This
may sound odd, but I love a day when it rains and I don’t have to
go anywhere. I can watch the rain fall, drink some tea and read or
work on my music. It is pretty simple really – I love to do what I
do and my perfect day would be just that. Ok, I could be doing it in
Paris too or another beautiful place in the world!
Q:
Not odd at all, I love the rain. For me it has these inherent
romantic qualities that are great for creating. Best thing a fan ever
did or said to you?
A:
I’ve mentioned this a few times in interviews, but it was a true
life moment for me when I received an email from a therapist who was
working with veterans of the Iraq war. She told me that she was using
my music in her therapy to help soldiers with post-traumatic stress.
That email was a gift I will never forget.
Q:
Best thing you ever did or said to a fan?
A:
Find that which makes you different and let that define you.
Q:
What is the most empowering thing anyone has ever told you?
A:
Having a learning disability does not mean you are stupid. It just
means most people function like a PC and you function like a MAC.
All end up with the same results, you just process differently.
Q:
Great analogy! Favorite song (not yours) that you play to put
yourself in a great mood?
A:
I have many. My iPOD currently has over 21,000 songs! My mood
changes through the day and, depending on mood, a song may pop up in
my head and I have to listen to it so it will leave me alone.
Q:
Favorite song of yours and why?
A:
‘Daughter of the City’ from the album Scheherazade. I love how
the song came together and, artistically, it is some of my best work.
I was able to convey everything I intended to for the album’s
opening in that song.
Q:
Thank you so much for your time, and for the last bit, your favorite
quote?
A:
“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is
essential is invisible to the eye.” Antoine
de Saint-Exupéry – The Little Prince
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