Duet
(1999) | 5:30
SCORING flute, piano
PREMIERE Jeffrey Khaner (flute) & Hugh Sung (piano). 27 April 2005 at the Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, PA
RECORDING Innova (#814). Mimi Stillman & Charles Abramovic
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Programme Note
Duet is a fusion of two musical styles that have had profound influence on me as a composer: folk dances from the Dai Minority from China’s Yunnan province, and Jazz from the 1960s.
©Zhou Tian
“Duet” received Honorable Mention at 1999 Julius Hemphill International Jazz Composition Awards
Reviews
“Zhou Tian’s jazzy Duet sounds so natural on both instruments, I’m sure the players enjoyed themselves tremendously in recording it.”
—American Record Guide
“Flutist Mimi Stillman does a fine job throughout these eleven solos and duos (with pianist Charles Abramovic). The Micharl Djupstrom is nicely romantic, the Daniel Kellogg has body, and the Zhou Tian is rather original.”
—Francois Couture, MONSIEUR DELIRE
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