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David Plylar is a composer and a pianist who will be residing in the Los Angeles area during the 2007-2008 academic year. He is currently finishing his PhD in music composition at the Eastman School of Music. In Los Angeles, David will be working on his dissertation and performing alongside oboist Alison Lowell with their new music group, Out of Context.
The dissertation consists of two parts:
- A paper, entitled "The Dynamic Contextual Nexus and the Composition of Self; Franz Liszt's Trois odes funebres: A Case Study in Intertextuality"
- A 40' composition for piano and large orchestra, entitled "Reliquary."
Other projects on the horizon include the score for an independently produced feature-length film, a new work for piano solo, a new piece for solo contrabass and a new work for percussion duet.
NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS
January 2008
Another batch of transcriptions has been completed! These will all be premiered this Spring:
- Prokofiev - The Montagues and the Capulets, which will be paired with another as-yet-unperformed Prokofiev transcription, The Young Juliet (Both from his Romeo and Juliet). These transcriptions are for oboe and piano
- Brahms - Intermezzo, Op.119 No.1, transcribed for oboe and piano
- Plylar - Nachtstücke; three songs after Rilke, transcribed for English horn and piano. These are transcriptions of some of my earliest pieces, back when I was exploring Ply-tonality...
- Ligeti - Five movements from Musica Ricercata, transcribed for wind quintet. Ligeti's 6 Bagatelles are transcriptions of the other six pieces from this set; my transcriptions of his "Forgotten Bagatelles" complete the set.
1-26-2008 ~ 3pm
Premiere of Duel Intentions, for cello and piano
David Gerstein, cello
Duncan Recital Hall
Rice University
POSTPONED--The new date will be updated when available.
3-16-2008 ~ 3pm
Degree recital of Maciej Flis
California Institute of the Arts
Midnight Winds
Ligeti: Six Bagatelles
Ligeti/Plylar: Forgotten Bagatelles
4-5-2008 ~ 4pm
Oboe and Piano Recital
Featuring Alison Lowell, oboe
Program:
Brahms/Plylar - Intermezzo, Op.119, No.1
Plylar -
Nachtstücke
Prokofiev/Plylar -
The Young Juliet; The Montagues and the Capulets
Schumann - Romances
McDonald Recital Hall, USC
5-10-2008 ~ 8pm
Young Artists International presents:
Midnight Winds
Trinity Lutheran Church
Manhattan Beach, CA
Program: Includes David Plylar's new Ligeti transcriptions, "Forgotten Bagatelles"
5-11-2008 ~ 8pm
Young Artists International presents:
Midnight Winds
Greystone Estate
Beverly Hills, CA
Program: Includes David Plylar's new Ligeti transcriptions, "Forgotten Bagatelles"
RECENT EVENTS
11/29/07 ~ 3:30pm
Gave a presentation to the Eastman Composition Department
Discussion of the role of memory and series in my recent work;
Examples drawn from String Quartet, Guitar Quartet, Reliquary & Duel Intentions
Rochester, NY
May 2007
David was awarded a Raymond N. Ball Dissertation Year Fellowship (Eastman, 2007-2008)
July 2007
Moved to Los Angeles
6/16/07
Joe: Body Electric was screened in New York City as part of the Rooftop Films Summer Series
6/4/07
Performed Steve Reich’s Daniel Variations with the Slee Sinfonietta at the “June in Buffalo” Festival
5/2/07
Out of Context, a duo comprised of Alison Lowell and David Plylar, performed a recital of new music and transcriptions for oboe and piano at the Brand Recital Hall in Los Angeles
4/19/07
Guitar Quartet "officially" premiered by Ossia (Eastman School of Music, Kilbourn Hall, 8pm)
Current Composition Projects
Reliquary
Piano and Orchestra
Duration: c.40’
Duel Intentions
Cello and Piano
Duration: c.7’