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Concerto recording release, 14th February 2025
Adam Cicchillitti and Steve Cowan recorded Steve’s Landscape and Memory concerto for two guitars and strings in September 2024 with Canadian ensemble Collectif9, directed by Thibault Bertin-Maghit. The Re/String album will be released on the Leaf Music label on February 14th 2025. Re/String features 6 composers and 6 commissions and was funded by the Canada Council for the Arts.
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'Landscape and Memory' New Triple Album Out Now
‘Landscape and Memory’ is the new triple album of Steve’s music, released on 18th October 2024 on the Deux-Elles label. Artists include John Williams, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Max Baillie, Thomas Carroll, Zoran Dukic, Aniello Desiderio, SoloDuo, Stephen Farr, the Asaka quartet, and many others.
Here’s a link to the album preview film. The London launch concert took place on 22nd October, featuring John Williams, Xuefei Yang, Francisco Correa, Max Baillie, Benjamin Hughes, Ethan Skuodas, and Laurence Ungless.
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New videos sponsored by the Omni Foundation and D'Addario
The Omni Foundation in partnership with D’Addario strings have recently sponsored a number of films of Steve’s music that is featured on his latest album Landscape and Memory. The films feature the artists SoloDuo, Alexander-Sergei Ramirez and Sheila Arnold, Emily Andrews and Francisco Correa, the Asaka Quartet, and Max Baillie.
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'A Concerto of Colours' for guitar and wind ensemble, recording release
Nicholas Goluses has recorded A Concerto of Colours with the Eastman Wind Ensemble. The album will be released in the Spring on the Parma Recordings label.
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'Marylebone Elegy' John Williams and the RPO, New Single Out Now
The third single from Steve’s new triple album Landscape and Memory is out now on the Deux-Elles label, streaming on all platforms. Marylebone Elegy for guitar and orchestra is the slow movement from Steve’s Guitar Concerto. The soloist is John Williams and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is conducted by Paul Daniel.
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'Precipitato' from 'Caught Between' Single Out Now
The second single from Steve’s new triple album Landscape and Memory is out now on the Deux-Elles label, streaming on all platforms. Precipitato is the final movement of Caught Between for cello – Thomas Carroll and piano – Graham Caskie.
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'Negroni' from 'Cocktail List' Single Out Now
The first single from Steve’s new triple album Landscape and Memory is out now on the Deux-Elles label, streaming on all platforms. ‘Negroni’ is taken from Cocktail List for two guitars. The guitarists on the recording are Aniello Desiderio and Zoran Dukić.
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'Histoire du Tango Concerto' recording out now. Artyom Dervoed and the Russian National Orchestra
In June 2924, Artyom Dervoed and the Russian National Orchestra released Steve’s new arrangement of Piazzolla’s Histoire du Tango, for guitar, bayan, strings, and percussion. The album is available on all streaming platforms on the Prima Classic label.
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'Still Life' nominated for an Ivor Novello Award
Steve’s cello and guitar piece Still Life has been nominated for a prestigious Ivor Novello Award in the chamber music composition category.
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