In concomitanza pochi giorni fa con il suo ottantesimo compleanno, Michael Mantler ha consegnato alle stampe due ulteriori volumi della prestigiosa serie Editions, con un'ampia scelta di partiture tratte dal suo immenso catalogo. Come già i tre precedenti, li distribuisce Ecm.
EDITIONS - Volume Four - LARGE AND SMALL (144 pages) includes engraved scores for One Symphony, a large orchestral work (1998 / ECM 1721), the guitar/piano duets For Two (2010 / ECM 2139), and facsimiles of the original lead sheets used during the recording of the trumpet/synthesizer duets album Alien (1985 / WATT/15).
EDITIONS - Volume Five - COMMENTARY (260 pages) includes engraved scores for the "sort-of" opera The School of Understanding (1996 / ECM 1648/49), and the song cycle Comment c'est (2016 / ECM 2537).
Austrian trumpeter and composer Michael Mantler celebrated his 80th birthday on August 10. Born in Vienna, he studied trumpet and musicology at the Academy of Music and Vienna University. In 1962 he moved to the USA to continue his studies at the Berklee School and two years later started playing trumpet with Cecil Taylor, among others. In 1973, he launched WATT Works, a record label devoted to his and Carla Bley's music. Rarely appearing live, except with the Carla Bley Band, he recorded a series of albums for the label. In 1991 he returned to live in Europe, now recording for ECM. His latest album Coda-Orchestra Suites (reinterpretations of older works for large orchestra), as well as a series of print editions (including engraved scores of selected recorded work from a 50-year period) was released in 2021. In recognition of his life's work he received several awards, including, among others, the Austrian State Prize for Improvised Music and the Music Prize of the City of Vienna. On September 26, he will receive the Austrian honorary cross for Science and Art.
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