Rigney Shaun (1960)
Australia
Composer, was born in Melburne.
English
Shaun Rigney is a composer, producer and occasional writer (b 1960, Melbourne).
His music includes orchestral, chamber, instrumental, electronic and mixed media pieces. His writings include plays, radio drama, poetry and critical writings.
Distance is the new album from the Grigoryan Brothers. This album features the music of Ralph Towner, Nigel Westlake, Eduard Grigoryan and many others. Shaun continues his long-standing collaboration with Slava and Leonard in the role of producer and contributing composer on Distance. Slava and Leonard recorded Shaun's work Prayer Flags in Bright Wind for the album.
Previously Shaun produced the CD Impressions from Slava and Leonard Grigoryan, available on ABC Classics. This CD features the music of Debussy, Mompou and de Falla.
From 2007 to mid 2009 Shaun was composer and Artistic Director of the Aquamarine project, featuring several new orchestral works inspired by the Great Barrier Reef and its people.
Several CDs featuring his music have been released, including Afterimage – Slava Grigoryan Plays the Music of Shaun Rigney, released through ABC Classics. This CD features the acclaimed guitar virtuoso Slava Grigoryan performing a program of works from Shaun’s guitar archive, including the guitar concerto Lapis Lazuli (with Orchestra Victoria conducted by Brett Kelly), the guitar quintet The Garden of Forking Paths (with the Flinders Quartet), and the solos Ten Coastal Sketches and Girasol.
Web: http://www.hotkey.net.au/~gatita/Biography.htm (2014)
His music includes orchestral, chamber, instrumental, electronic and mixed media pieces. His writings include plays, radio drama, poetry and critical writings.
Distance is the new album from the Grigoryan Brothers. This album features the music of Ralph Towner, Nigel Westlake, Eduard Grigoryan and many others. Shaun continues his long-standing collaboration with Slava and Leonard in the role of producer and contributing composer on Distance. Slava and Leonard recorded Shaun's work Prayer Flags in Bright Wind for the album.
Previously Shaun produced the CD Impressions from Slava and Leonard Grigoryan, available on ABC Classics. This CD features the music of Debussy, Mompou and de Falla.
From 2007 to mid 2009 Shaun was composer and Artistic Director of the Aquamarine project, featuring several new orchestral works inspired by the Great Barrier Reef and its people.
Several CDs featuring his music have been released, including Afterimage – Slava Grigoryan Plays the Music of Shaun Rigney, released through ABC Classics. This CD features the acclaimed guitar virtuoso Slava Grigoryan performing a program of works from Shaun’s guitar archive, including the guitar concerto Lapis Lazuli (with Orchestra Victoria conducted by Brett Kelly), the guitar quintet The Garden of Forking Paths (with the Flinders Quartet), and the solos Ten Coastal Sketches and Girasol.
Web: http://www.hotkey.net.au/~gatita/Biography.htm (2014)
Composizioni (11)
| Titolo | Editore | Strumentazione | Anno |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAPIS LAZULI | self-published | guit, orch | 1990 |
| WETLAND | non pubblicata | guit, electronics, environmental sounds | 1992 |
| GIRASOL | self-published | 1996 | |
| SONATA IN E MAJOR HOMAGE TO RODRIGO | self-published | 1996 | |
| TEN COASTAL SKETCHES | self-published | 1996 | |
| CIRCADIA | non pubblicata | guit, electronics, live exhibits | 2001 |
| THE GARDEN OF FORKING PATHS | self-published | guit, 2 vl, vla, vnc | 2002 |
| CHAMBER CONCERTO | self-published | guit, clar, ob, bas, horn, pno | 2005 |
| ULTRAMARINE | self-published | guit, orch | 2008 |
| END POINT | self-published | ob, guit | |
| PRAYER FLAGS IN BRIGHT WIND | self-published | guit, baritone guit |