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BEING

Daniel Pini, acclaimed Australian cellist and conductor, presents this exploration of contemporary Australian classical music for solo cello. The album features works from five of Australia’s most distinguished living composers—Victoria Pham, Brett Dean, Deborah Cheetham Fraillon, Liza Lim, and Carl Vine—showcasing Australia’s modern musical landscape.

Daniel Pini describes the album:

"BEING came out of a love of contemporary Australian classical music and the desire to share the music of my home country 
with people the world over. It is made of five works from living Australian composers for solo cello. Each piece builds its own world of sound, and despite all coming from Australian composers and composed within the past 30 years, each is distinct and speaks to the diverse voices in Australian composition.

"Through sharing this album, my hope is that more people can come to know and love Australian music. My thanks go to the composers Victoria Pham, Brett Dean, Deborah Cheetham Fraillon, Liza Lim, and Carl Vine, to Move records, for helping me to record this project, to Genevieve Fry for her support in creating the art for this album, to Creative Australia for supporting BEING, and for all the wonderful people who supported me during this process."

Further reading:

Stephen Adams’ essay with Resonate Magazine
https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/article/an-essay-to-accompany-daniel-pini-s-being-album-of-australian-solo-cello-music

Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen’s essay with Limelight Magazine
https://limelight-arts.com.au/features/unshackling-the-classical/

Artist

Daniel Pini

Daniel is an Australian cellist and conductor based between Paris and Sydney. He has performed internationally as a soloist, chamber musician, and with orchestras around the world including Sydney Symphony Orchestra and Philharmonia Orchestra.


Audio previews

Track Listing

  1. Red Earth, White Clay Victoria Pham

    2. Eleven Oblique Strategies Brett Dean

  2. I. Listen to the Quiet Voice
  3. II. A Line Has Two Sides
  4. III. Don’t Stress One Thing More Than Any Other
  5. IV. Look at a Small Object, Look at It’s Centre
  6. V. What Are the Sections Sections Of?
  7. VI. Don’t Be Frightened to Show Your Talents
  8. VII. Disciplined Self-indulgence
  9. VIII. Bridges – Build – Burn
  10. IX. Ghost Echoes
  11. X. Disconnect from Desire
  12. XI. In a Very Large Room Very Quietly
  13. Permit Me Deborah Cheetham Fraillon
  14. Invisibility Liza Lim
  15. Inner World Carl Vine

Performers

Composers

Victoria Pham

Spanning art, technology and science, Victoria Pham is an Australian artist, evolutionary biologist, writer and composer. She is based between Paris and Sydney. Originally trained as an archaeologist, she holds a PhD in Biological Anthropology from the University of Cambridge, St John's College. As a composer, she trained under the tutelage of Richard Gill OAM, Liza Lim, Carl Vine AO, Gerard Brophy and Thierry Escaich.

Brett Dean

Composer and viola player Brett Dean studied in Brisbane before moving to Germany in 1984 where he was a permanent member of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for over 15 years.

Deborah Cheetham Fraillon

Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO, Yorta Yorta woman, soprano, composer and educator has been a leader and pioneer in the Australian arts landscape for more than 25 years.

Liza Lim

Liza Lim is a composer, educator and researcher whose music focusses on collaborative and transcultural practices. Beauty, rage and noise, ecological connection, and female spiritual lineages are at the heart of recent works.

Carl Vine

Carl Vine first came to prominence in Australia as a composer of music for dance, with over 20 dance scores to his credit. His catalogue now includes six symphonies, six concertos, music for film, television and theatre, electronic music and numerous chamber works.


Where to buy

BEING is available as as CD. It can be purchased online through Buywell Music or the Australian Music Centre which both offer secure online ordering.

Move CDs can be ordered through music retailers across Australia including Readings.

Product details

List price
$25.00 AUD
Engineer
Martin Wright
Release date
September 2024
Copyright
© 2024 Daniel Pini
Phonogram
℗ 2024 Daniel Pini
Category
Classical
Catalogue number
MCD 662
Alternate catalogue number
MCD662
Barcode
EAN 9314574066227