Laura Young
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Laura Young is a Canadian classical guitarist. She was born in Toronto and now lives in Barcelona, where she teaches at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya. As a soloist Laura has given widely acclaimed performances, offering profound and often daring programs in concert halls around the world, from the Alte Oper in Frankfurt, Germany to the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Canada to the Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, Spain. She’s also a regularly invited performer and teacher in International Guitar Festivals: Iserlohne, Germany; Toronto, Canada; Ezstergom, Hungary; Gdansk, Poland; Cologne, Germany; and Volos, Greece – to name but a few.
In addition to her solo career, Laura was a founding member of the very successful Trio de Cologne, which performed throughout the 1990s in Europe and the Americas. Laura is currently working in duo with the Greek-Canadian singer Frances Pappas in the ensemble Lagrimosa Belta which presents pieces written for them by composers such as Helmut Jasbar, Feliu Gasull i Altisent, Stefan Hakenberg all based on contemporary explorations of traditional folk music.
Laura is currently working on incorporating bowed string expressive playing to current classical guitar performance in her doctoral research, (at the Ghent Orpheus Institute in Belgium), which focuses on the performance of solo violin and solo cello works by Max Reger. Selections from Max Reger's solo violin and cello works are performed regularly in concerts all over the world and her recording of them will be released in the Spring of 2015 by the Austrian label, Gramola.
From 1997 – 2001, Laura was the founder and Artistic Director of the Amsterdam International Guitar Festival. Laura Young was awarded professorship at the Escuela Superior de Musica en Catalunya (ESMUC) in Barcelona, Spain in 2003.
In October 2014, she was appointed full professor of guitar at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria.
WEBSITE LAURA YOUNG SOLO
www.laurayoungguitar.com
WEBSITE LAGRIMOSA BELTA: in duo with mezzo soprano Frances Pappas
www.lagrimosabelta.com
Recordings
- Solo (AS 2017 2, Al Segno, marketed by artelier media)
mp3: Joaquin Turina - Sevillana (Fantasia) - Laura Young & Frances Pappas
Works for guitar and voice by Granados, Domeniconi, Theodorakis and Jasbar. (Bridging Arts) - DEWA
Stefan Soewandi - Guitarworks II (double CD)
CD 1: Zoran Dukic: Träumerei über ein javanisches Volkslied (Reverie on a Javanese Folk-Songs)
CD 1: Siegbert Remberger: Fantasia on a Theme by Tárrega
CD 1: Carlo Marchione: Kamajaya
CD 2: Laura Young: Dewa - Seven Short Etudes
CD 2: Enno Voorhorst: Irrlicht - Sonate
CD 2: The Guitar4mation: Ismaya - Sonatina II for Guitar Quartet
CD 2: Martin Schwarz: Six Studies of a Dream
Recordings
1996 – Solo
With original Works by: Carlo Domeniconi, Oliver Hunt, Vaclav Kucera, Hans Werner Henze, Joaquin Turina, Nikita Koshkin.
Buy this album from Clear Note
Buy this album or individual tracks from Classics Online
1998 – Trio de Cologne: Juegos del Viento
For GHA recording label in Brussels, Belgium. Works by: Bela Bartok, Carlo Domeniconi, Igor Strawinsky, Dusan Bogdanovic, Eric Satie, Paul Hindemith.
1991 – Trio de Cologne: La Belle Excentrique
recorded by the Trio de Cologne. Works by: Claude Debussy, Georges Bizet, Eric Satie and Gabriel Faure.
2000 – Dewa
Collaboration project with music by Stephan Soewandi
2014 Lagrimosa Belta with mezzo soprano Frances Pappas with works by Carlo Domeniconi, Dusan Bogdanovic, Mikis Theodrakis, Feliu Gasull, Stefen Hakenburg
REVIEWS
“Laura Young is beautifully expressive. Her performance was intelligent, articulate and wonderfully exciting” Soundboard Magazine (U.S.A.)
“…..demonstrates extraordinary sensitivity and a total mastery of the instrument.” La Derniere Heure (Belgium)
“What places Zoran Dukic, Laura Young and Pablo Marquez in their playing high above most chamber music ensembles is their identical musical experience of living through each individual composition – a concert that will be remembered forever.” Nove List (Croatia)
“…explosive virtuosity with profound lyricism and stylistic clarity…” Gitarre und Laute (Germany)
“…freedom, excitement and delight in the playing” Absolute Sound (USA)
“…sparkling….excellent…superb…” Klassiek (Holland)
“…This trio puts musical values and consensus of ensemble ahead of virtuosity.” The Ottawa Citizen (Canada)
“…the orchestral dimension of the guitar demonstrated to its fullest…” Neue Westfalische Anzeiger (Germany)
“…It must be rare in the extreme to get three guitarists of this calibre on one stage at the same time, let alone three who play so well together.” The Globe and Mail (Canada)
“…Virtuosic brilliance combined with the pure joy of making music…” Nurtinger Zeitung (Germany)
“Astounding ,…. her performance was breathtaking…” Soundboard (U.S.A.)
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