Trey Lee - Seasons Interrupted - Import CD

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Trey Lee

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Schubert's "Four Seasons" and Piazzolla's "Four Seasons" arranged and edited by himself/Kirmo Rintinen's Cello Concerto dedicated to himself Trey Lee, Miracle Cellist from Hong Kong Trey Lee was born into a musical family in Hong Kong, and has studied at a wide range of venues including the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, Juilliard School of Music in New York, Harvard University (economics), New England Conservatory of Music, Queen Sofia Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid, and Cologne College of Music. He is currently based in Berlin and performs in the U.S., Europe, China, and other parts of the world. He has been praised as a "miracle" by Gramophone magazine, and the late Lorin Maazel called him "a wonderful protagonist..." after performing Haydn's cello concerto with the Philharmonia Orchestra. . a brilliant cellist" after performing the Haydn cello concerto with the Philharmonia Orchestra. Trey Lee's album Seasons Interrupted, released by Signum Classics, features four cello arrangements of four selections from Schubert's extensive song cycle, "Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter," as well as a cello and string orchestra version of Piazzolla's masterpiece "The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires. The ambitious repertoire includes an arrangement of Piazzolla's masterpiece "The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires" for cello and string orchestra, and a cello concerto by Finnish contemporary composer Kirmo Lintinen (dedicated to Trey Lee and premiered by Lee). Lintinen's cello concerto depicts a future arising from the effects of climate change, an environmental crisis in which the seasons have disappeared, and together with Schubert's "Four Seasons" and Piazzolla's "Four Seasons" tells a story of seasons and climate change. Schubert's piano accompaniment is by Georgy Chaise, who has visited Japan for La Folle Journée TOKYO 2019 and other events. The "Cello Concerto" will be conducted by Emilia Hoving, a Finnish female conductor who made her Japan debut with the Yomiuri Symphony Orchestra in 2022, performing with Fumiaki Miura. (Tokyo M-Plus) Included Schubert:Four Romances (arranged by Trey Lee for cello and piano) [In Spring D.882, Summer Nights D.289, Autumn D.945, Frozen Tears (from Winter Journey D.911)]/ Piazzolla: The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires (arranged by Trey Lee, cello and string orchestra version)/ Kirumo Rinttinen:Cello Concerto Performers Trey Lee (cello), Georgi Chaitze (piano), Emilia Hoving (conductor), English Chamber Orchestra Recorded in London, May 2023 & Berlin, August 2023