From the River Room - Aniruddha Dutta - Haley Myles

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Aniruddha Dutta is a composer working at the interface of Western and South Asian classical musical traditions whose work has been performed at several public concerts in the US and India. Their music seeks to unify Western forms and techniques with Indian classical melodic and rhythmic devices such as ragas (melodic modes) and layakari (rhythmic play) — to not only fuse ‘western’ and ‘Indian’ music but also to find underlying commonalities that allow their mutual translation into a new idiom. In 2022, their composition ‘Circumambulation in Kosalam and Hemavati: A Fantasia for Piano’ was one of the pieces selected for an international ‘Call for Composers’ issued by the Symphony Orchestra of India (SOI), Mumbai, India.

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As a Young Steinway Artist, Haley maintains an international performance schedule. Her appearances to-date include recitals in the United States, France, Germany, Austria, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. She has participated extensively in various high-profile international music festivals, both domestic and foreign. She is also a laureate of seven international competitions.

Haley holds certifications from distinguished institutions including the Mozarteum (Austria), Imola Piano Academy (Italy), and Freiburg International Piano Academy (Germany). She achieved a Bachelor in Piano Performance at the University of Arkansas in 2016 where she was a recipient of the Stella Boyle Smith scholarship. Haley also holds a Master in Piano Performance (with first-class honours) from the London College of Music, where she received the Mona Blackman scholarship. In 2019, Haley received a postgraduate diploma from Trinity Laban Conservatoire as a Cross Funds Scholar.

She is most proud of her extra-curricular activities, involving continued work with individuals on the autism spectrum. Having authored a United Nations honoured book dedicated to helping children with autism, the cause remains a constant passion visible in her everyday life.

[aniruddhadutta]

Thank you so much for this beautiful interpretation and performance!!

[mfbmmet]

Beautiful piece and wonderful interpretation! You are amazing ❤

[jimkesselman]

Really different and nice, 👍❤️ following its progressive and steady flow of trailing harmony to the melody. I liked it very much! 🙌🌈🎹

[r.b.ratieta]

This one had a nice rolling flow to it. Cheerful sound, too. Overall the words I would use to describe the mood would be "Pleasant, pensive." (Read More).

If I had to take a guess (not trying to be too presumptuous), is the composer from India? Or has Indian ancestry? If the answer is yes, then in interpreting the term "River Room", I visualized a doorway that exits a building with a small platform or dock at the edge of a river in India, with people, boats, and vehicles all milling about going about their day. I visualized a young person, either teen or young adult, taking it all in for a moment, trying to figure out their place in the world, with a small smile hoping they make something big of themselves.

Of course, an alternative to that (sorry for the novel) was also a quaint little boathouse or shed at a river's edge in northern climates, tall green trees, faded paint, calm river. Someone taking in the scenery, possibly taking a vacation, or maybe they just live there in a house a short distance up a hill (enter Bob Ross's voice).

Nice piece. Cheerful and pleasant. "Visual" in some ways, if that makes sense.

As always, nicely played.