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GRAMMY-WINNING DRUMMER AND COMPOSER FOR MGM 1925 SILENT FILM BEN-HUR |
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October 14 at 7:30 p.m. |
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| About Stewart Copeland Stewart Copeland has spent three decades at the forefront of contemporary music as a rock star, acclaimed film composer and film maker, and a much sort-after composer in the disparate worlds of opera, ballet, world music and chamber music composition. In 1984, Stewart was contacted by the celebrated filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola who asked him to visit the set of his latest film “Rumble Fish” to provide percussive accompaniment to the proceedings. Copeland turned this opportunity into the creation of his first film score. Featuring a strikingly original mixture of traditional percussion and unusual prior recordings which came to be called “samples,” Stewart’s work pioneered the field of sound-designed scores and earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Score. Soon afterwards Oliver Stone called on him to write the score to “Wall Street,” and a unique and prolific career in composition for film and television was well on its way. Subsequent assignments have included a second Oliver Stone film “Talk Radio,” three films for Ken Loach, the CBS series “The Equalizer,” the Showtime Series “Dead Like Me,” and the teen hit “She’s All That.” In 1998, Bruno Barreto’s “Four Days in September” was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, featuring Copeland’s soundtrack. As a composer, Copeland has received accolades for his film scores, concert works, ballets and operas including commissions from the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Long Beach Opera. Copeland’s list of awards includes The Hollywood Film Festival’s first-ever Outstanding Music in Film Visionary Award, as well as awards from BMI, Cable Ace, Cinequest, and Mobius and nominations from the Golden Globes and the Emmys. He has been inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Modern Drummers Hall of Fame in addition to receiving five Grammys as a member of The Police. About Richard Kaufman In October of 2011, Richard conducted the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican Centre in a concert presenting the film music of Oscar-winning composer Dimitri Tiomkin. This performance was the first film music recording released on the LSO LIVE recording label. It was nominated for a 2013 Grammy (Best Instrumental Accompaniment for a Vocal – “Wild is the Wind” – Arranger Nan Schwartz), and was also among several LSO recordings produced by James Mallinson for which he received a Grammy nomination in the category of “Best Classical Producer”. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra: www.cso.org and www.csosoundsandstories.org From the baroque through contemporary music, the CSO commands a vast classical repertoire. The renowned musicians of the CSO annually perform more than 150 concerts, most at Symphony Center in Chicago and, each summer, at the suburban Ravinia Festival. They regularly tour nationally and internationally; since 1892, the CSO has made 57 international tours, performing in 28 countries on five continents. Listeners around the globe enjoy weekly radio broadcasts of CSO concerts and recordings on the WFMT network and online at cso.org/Radio. Recordings by the CSO have earned a total of 62 Grammy Awards, including two in 2011 for the first recording Muti released with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Verdi’s Messa da Requiem. The parent organization for the CSO is the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. It includes the Chicago Symphony Chorus and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, a training ensemble. Through its Symphony Center Presents series, the CSOA presents guest artists from a variety of genres—classical, jazz, pop, world, and contemporary. The Negaunee Music Institute at the CSO offers a variety of community and education programs that engage more than 200,000 people of diverse ages and backgrounds. Through the Institute and other activities, the CSO promotes the concept of Citizen Musicianship: using the power of music to create connections and build community. The CSO is supported by tens of thousands of volunteers; patrons; and corporate, foundation, government, and individual donors. Bank of America is the Global Sponsor of the CSO. |
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