24 American Caprices
Curtis Stewart
FOR YOUR
GRAMMY® CONSIDERATION
Best Classical Compendium
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
”24 American Caprices finds Curtis Stewart standing tall”
— Strings Magazine
”Across two discs, violinist-composer Curtis Stewart’s 24 American Caprices takes the virtuoso caprice tradition in a strikingly wide-ranging direction”
— The Strad
“Curtis Stewart is something of a 21st-century Nicolò Paganini: virtuoso violinist and composer, and now creator of a collection inspired by his 19th-century Italian predecessor.
— Gramophone
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The 24 American Caprices are inspired by a kaleidoscope of recorded American music, with some honorary American additions...musical aspects of each inspiration are abstracted and imbued with challenging violin techniques emulating the sounds and styles of their origin. In the full meaning of caprice, these violin fragments dance and sing lightly from inspiration to ornamentation, both with flights of fantasy and fastidious settings of referenced material, creating playful musical dialogue around American lineage and individual perspective in Classical music.
ABOUT Curtis StewaRT:
Praised for “combining omnivory and brilliance” (The New York Times), seven-time GRAMMY® Award-nominated violinist and composer Curtis Stewart translates stories of American self-determination to the concert stage. As a solo violinist, composer, Artistic Director of the American Composers Orchestra, professor at The Juilliard School, member of award-winning ensembles PUBLIQuartet and The Mighty Third Rail, and Sphinx Medal of Excellence recipient, he realizes a vision to find personal and powerful connections between styles, cultures, and musics. Learn more at www.curtisjstewart.com.
