Listen: Timothy Andres at LPR

On May 17th pianist/composer Timothy Andres celebrated the release of his album Shy and Mighty at LPR.

Timothy Andres is a driving force in a new generation of composers who embrace the current sounds of popular music groups, including Radiohead, Sigur Rós, Arcade Fire and Boards of Canada. With a firm background in the classical tradition--having studied with Martin Bresnick and Ingram Marshall--Andres' music offers a compelling and thoughtful amalgamation of the best of both the contemporary classical and rock worlds. Shy and Mighty, while comprised of ten smaller pieces, is conceived as an album-length work and is the result of a long-standing collaboration with Yale classmate and Fulbright scholar David Kaplan.

WQXR is currently streaming the performance in its entirety. Check it out below.

An Interview with Christopher Cerrone About Sleeping Giant

I think of the group as a network of interrelated and interconnected styles more than one united by a single aesthetic. Jacob Cooper and I both write music highly influenced by the translation of electronic music into acoustic music, Jacob Cooper and Ted Hearne both write music connected by a strong interest in rock instrumentation. Ted Hearne and Timo Andres both have a strong interest in pulsed and rhythmic music; Timo Andres and Robert Honstein both write music of extreme gentleness.

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