Lisitsa´s and Hahn´s encore contest

[sevencircles]

Have you heard about Valentina Lisitsa and Hilary Hahn´s encore contest?

You can send short compositions for violin and piano as PDF and midifiles from November 10:th.

Great idea I think, I am personally working on a piece right now.

[minor9th]

I hope they get better results from this round than the 15 they presented in concert last week! Most were dreadful! A few exceptions included one by Lera Auerbach and Einojuhani Rautavaara--maybe one or two others. Most were forgettable, and one required the pianist to play just a single note in a 4-note pattern for at least five minutes. That's taking minimalism to an extreme!

[sevencircles]

I hope they get better results from this round than the 15 they presented in concert last week! Most were dreadful! A few exceptions included one by Lera Auerbach and Einojuhani Rautavaara--maybe one or two others. Most were forgettable, and one required the pianist to play just a single note in a 4-note pattern for at least five minutes. That's taking minimalism to an extreme!

I wonder if my counterpoint piece that almost sounds like a modern Canon is something they will like. It sounds a bit like Ives actually.

I know that one of the encores is written by Penderecki, would love to hear what he wrote for them.