16 Songs, 1 Hour, 11 Minutes
Voyages
Conrad Tao
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Railroad (Travel Song)
By Meredith Monk
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2:06 | |
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Five Preludes: Prelude in G Major, Op. 32 No. 5
By Sergei Rachmaninoff
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3:24 | |
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Five Preludes: Prelude in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 32 No.12
By Sergei Rachmaninoff
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2:27 | |
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Five Preludes: Prelude in C Minor, Op. 23 No. 7
By Sergei Rachmaninoff
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2:33 | |
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Five Preludes: Prelude in B Minor, Op. 32 No. 10
By Sergei Rachmaninoff
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5:28 | |
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Five Preludes: Prelude in B-Flat Major, Op. 23 No. 2
By Sergei Rachmaninoff
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3:28 | |
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Vestiges: Upon Waking Alongside Green Glass Bottles
By Conrad Tao
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2:12 | |
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Vestiges: Upon Ripping Perforated Pages
By Conrad Tao
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2:10 | |
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Vestiges: Upon Being
By Conrad Tao
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6:09 | |
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Vestiges: Upon Viewing Two Porcelain Figures
By Conrad Tao
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5:22 | |
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Gaspard de la nuit, M. 55: 1. Ondine (Lent)
By Maurice Ravel
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6:57 | |
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Gaspard de la nuit, M. 55: 2. Le gibet (Très lent)
By Maurice Ravel
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6:34 | |
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Gaspard de la nuit, M. 55: 3. Scarbo (Modéré - Vif)
By Maurice Ravel
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9:01 | |
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Iridescence (For Piano and iPad)
By Conrad Tao
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6:13 | |
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I Know There's an Answer
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2:27 | |
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Surf's Up
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4:49 |
About Conrad Tao
Conrad Tao emerged as a very impressive young performer and composer in the first decade of the 20th century, becoming the only classical musician on Forbes magazine's 2011 "30 Under 30" list of people who just might change the world.
Tao was playing piano at a very young age, with a public performance of Mozart's Concerto No. 12 at the age of eight, but then he also took the violin, which he studied in Juilliard's pre-college division. He self-released an album of piano music recorded at the Verbier Festival in 2008. By 2012, he had received recognition as a Presidential Scholar in the Arts, been named a Gilmore Young Artist, and awarded an Avery Fisher Career Grant. That same year, he also released an album of Mozart concertos with Santa Fe Pro Musica and his first recording as an EMI Classics artist, an digital exclusive featuring music by Debussy, Stravinsky, and his own works. In fact, between 2004 and 2011, Tao had won eight ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards. He began a joint degree program at Columbia and Juilliard, studying both piano and composition, but still performed on both violin and piano. He was heard on both instruments on Jackie Evancho's Dream with Me television special, and more than once played both the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto and Piano Concerto in the same concert. In 2013, Tao was commissioned by the Hong Kong Philharmonic to compose a piece for China Day and the orchestra's new season under Jaap van Zweden, and by the Dallas Symphony to observe the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination. Also on his 2012-2013 schedule were performances in Europe, Asia, South America, and all five Beethoven piano concertos in the U.S. Tao's second EMI recording, with his piano music along with that of Rachmaninov and Ravel, was released in June 2013.
Tao was playing piano at a very young age, with a public performance of Mozart's Concerto No. 12 at the age of eight, but then he also took the violin, which he studied in Juilliard's pre-college division. He self-released an album of piano music recorded at the Verbier Festival in 2008. By 2012, he had received recognition as a Presidential Scholar in the Arts, been named a Gilmore Young Artist, and awarded an Avery Fisher Career Grant. That same year, he also released an album of Mozart concertos with Santa Fe Pro Musica and his first recording as an EMI Classics artist, an digital exclusive featuring music by Debussy, Stravinsky, and his own works. In fact, between 2004 and 2011, Tao had won eight ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards. He began a joint degree program at Columbia and Juilliard, studying both piano and composition, but still performed on both violin and piano. He was heard on both instruments on Jackie Evancho's Dream with Me television special, and more than once played both the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto and Piano Concerto in the same concert. In 2013, Tao was commissioned by the Hong Kong Philharmonic to compose a piece for China Day and the orchestra's new season under Jaap van Zweden, and by the Dallas Symphony to observe the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination. Also on his 2012-2013 schedule were performances in Europe, Asia, South America, and all five Beethoven piano concertos in the U.S. Tao's second EMI recording, with his piano music along with that of Rachmaninov and Ravel, was released in June 2013.
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Classical
Songs
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Gaspard de la nuit, M. 55: 1. Ondine (Lent)Voyages
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Five Preludes: Prelude in G Major, Op. 32 No. 5
Voyages
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Railroad (Travel Song)
Voyages
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A Walk (for Emilio)Pictures
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Iridescence (For Piano and iPad)
Voyages
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Homework Suite (version for piano): I. SeascapeGetty: Piano Pieces
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I Know There's an Answer
Voyages
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Surf's Up
Voyages
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Five Preludes: Prelude in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 32 No.12
Voyages
Albums
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Arthur Rubinstein
Haydn: London Symphonies
Marc Minkowski & Les Musiciens du Louvre
In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores
Hilary Hahn & Cory Smythe
Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 17, K. 453 & No. 25, K. 503
Santa Fe Pro Musica Orchestra, Thomas O'Connor & Conrad Tao
