Songs
Hauntingly beautiful music from centuries past in traditional and contemporary settings.
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- country:USA
- region:North America
- style(s):Classical, Experimental
- label:not signed
- type:Solo, Composer/Songwriter
- gender:male
- instrumentation:instrumental
- artist posted by:Class Acts on Tour
Line up
- Eugene Friesen (cello)
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"Transcending all categories, Friesen's music stirs the soul with a passion and sense of 'bright moments' that are nothing less than inspiring."
- Jazz Times
Eugene Friesen's gift for the responsive flow of improvisatory music has been featured in concerts all over the world with the Paul Winter Consort, Trio Globo,and with poets Yevgeny Yevtushenko and Coleman Barks. He won a Grammy for the 1994 Paul Winter Consort album, Spanish Angel, and received grants from the Lila Wallace/Readers Digest Fund and Continental Harmony to compose a symphonic setting of Carl Sandberg's Prairie. His compositional credits include five albums of original music. Grasslands, a symphonic/oratorio, and numerous works for choral and chamber ensembles. Eugene is on the faculty of the Berklee College of Music in Boston and is an artist-in-residence at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York.
Program Offerings:
Trio Globo w/ Howard Levy and Glen Velez
Compositions for Orchestra: Grasslandia
World Solstice Celebration
The Cello/Piano Project
The Great Big Piano Trio
Tre Corda