The composer and pianist Andrew Violette has died of a long-lasting cancer.
A student of the modernists Elliott Carter, Roger Sessions and Otto Luening, he looked to Bach as his supreme comfort. His orchestral works include (Dawn (1988); Fanfare (1992) and Music In 6 Parts (2000).
photo: Barbbara Nitke
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Here’s more:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFVMzYfh9X4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjPWph9vpFw
Something very different:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQlVtdaXrCA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYI2_M6_r4g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQSj4mLj5A0
He seems to have had some sort of conversion.
A genius pianist and composer, and a good friend and colleague for 45 years, he will be truly missed.
Wonderful composer, wonderful friend, to the elements be free. We still have your music.