Most important works 2000-2010

[iumonito]

Hammer away.  A different way to look at the question of what to play in a competition.  Discuss works you love and please stay away from the rest.

To get things started, I submit to you this.

Admittedly entirely retro aesthetically, and yet entirely enjoyable.

[sevencircles]

Fire Strings by Ishiro Nodaira, a concerto for electric guitar and orchestra.

Very influenced by the avant garde movement and a milestone in many respects.

It shows the true potential of the electric guitar more then any other classical piece.

[retrouvailles]

Fire Strings by Ishiro Nodaira, a concerto for electric guitar and orchestra.

Very influenced by the avant garde movement and a milestone in many respects.

It shows the true potential of the electric guitar more then any other classical piece.

Have you heard any Steven Mackey? That guy may give this Ishiro Nodaira (who I've never heard of) a run for his money regarding electric guitar composition prowess.

[sevencircles]

Have you heard any Steven Mackey? That guy may give this Ishiro Nodaira (who I've never heard of) a run for his money regarding electric guitar composition prowess.

Nope, who has performed his works?

Steve Vai performed the world premiere of Fire Strings and David Tanenbaum the American premiere.

Both of them considered that work a challange of lifetime and made mistakes during their performances despite many hours of practice.

A significant problem is that very electric guitarist can sightread avantegarde music.

[retrouvailles]

Nope, who has performed his works?

Steven has performed most of his own works, but other guitarists, many of whom have experience in both rock music and new classical music, have taken up his works. Mackey was recently nominated for a number of Grammys, and he even teaches at Princeton, so he isn't exactly someone who is just a fluke. You should check him out.

https://stevenmackey.com/

[sevencircles]

Thankīs fpr the tip

I could only find  micro concerto on youtube and there were no guitar in that piece.

Do you have any links?

[retrouvailles]

Here are two examples of his music I found on YouTube with electric guitars:

These are just two small examples. You'll have to buy some CDs (especially of his Grammy-nominated work) to really get what he does as a composer. His music is incredibly varied, as you can see from Micro-Concerto and the two examples.

[sevencircles]

Here are two examples of his music I found on YouTube with electric guitars:

These are just two small examples. You'll have to buy some CDs (especially of his Grammy-nominated work) to really get what he does as a composer. His music is incredibly varied, as you can see from Micro-Concerto and the two examples.

Listened to the works but I donīt find them very interesting.

Fire Strings is a lot more interesting to me 

I have link where you can download Fire Strings by Nodaira though but I donīt think I will post it since itīs a piratesite. 

[retrouvailles]

I have link where you can download Fire Strings by Nodaira though but I donīt think I will post it since itīs a piratesite. 

You can always PM it to me, heh.

[john11inc]

Not saying it's the most important work of 2000-2009, though.  Music is too broad, atm, for there to be a single "most important" work.

[bleicher]

Oooooh where to start? I'll just stick with piano music for now. How about George Benjamin's Piano Figures from 2006?