UiTM Faculty of Music in collaboration with The Kuala Lumpur Performing
Arts Centre (klpac) will present its upcoming4th Malaysian Composers Concert Series , 30 Nov-1 Dec 2013 at Pentas 2, The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre .
Matthew Davidson's Six Chorale Preludes for Piano will be performed by Milan Franek on Sunday, Dec. 1st, along with works by Ross James Carey, Katia Tiutiunnik, Philip Glass, Julian Yu, Makoto Nomura, Li Yiding, and others.
The concert is part of the UiTM Faculty of Music Composers Series to
provide a platform for composers to get their works performed, express
their voice in original new music ideas and to be heard in public. The concert will be performed by the UiTM New Music Ensemble, gamelan
ensemble and choir.
The UiTM Faculty of Music and klpac proudly presents the 4th Composers
Concert Series 2013, in collaboration with the Society of Contemporary
Malaysian Composers. The concert features students of New Music
Ensemble, Voices and special guests performing almost 40 new
contemporary compositions by students and other composers.
UiTM - Universiti Teknologi MARA is a public university with its main campus located in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. The
project is initiated by composer/conductor Prof Madya Dr Tazul Tajuddin.
Matthew Davidson resides in Montreal Canada, and holds degrees from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, the University of Toronto, Canada, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. His works encompass almost every medium, have received radio broadcasts and performances in New Zealand, Asia, North America, and Europe. He is a member of BMI. Davidson has studied theory with Alexander Rapoport at the Royal Toronto Conservatory of Music; his composition teachers have been Jack Body in New Zealand, John Beckwith in Canada, and Salvatore Martirano in the United States. Violinist Piotr Szewczyk, has described Davidson’s compositions as “…very charming, sophisticated, and very innovative…”. And Italian critic Mauro Carli has stated:“…[Davidson’s work is]…simultaneously complex and communicative, very original, and with a well-defined identity.”
